Cheney: Bush Copped Out On GM Bankruptcy

Politico:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says that former President George W. Bush did not want to be the one who "pulled the plug" on General Motors and instead decided to pass on the issue to President Barack Obama.

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Comments

[bill456]

..with a friend like this, who needs friends...

[ztck5356]

Cheney said, adding that he and Bush wanted to allow Obama’s team to “decide what they wanted to do.”

Along with deciding what they wanted to do about the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, gas prices, job market,
gitmo, blah, blah, blah. Anything else that Cheney/Bush would like to dump on Obama?

[jeffp26]

Where was the real president, Cheney? Was he hiding in his bunker, like a scared little wuss?

[WindySailor]

Bush's whole eight-year tenure was a case of:

"Oops. Heh heh. Missed that one. I'll take a Mulligan.
Oops. Heh heh. Darn thing won't hold still. 'Nother Mulligan.
Oops. Heh heh. Thought I had it that time. Mulligan here we go.
Oops. Heh heh. Almost got it. One more try.
Ha! Knocked that sucker 250 yards. Mission accomplished!
Wha? It went backwards? Can I start over?"

[Katzencats]

When Cheney says he "knows where the bodies are buried", I tend to believe him. After all, isn't he the one who put them there?

[Wigelah]

It's getting crowded under that Cheney bus. It's like a game of whatever is the truth, let's say the opposite. It's almost fun to watch. Almost.

[paulalex]

LOL too true.

I'm glad he doesn't know me :-)

[drymartini1]

Well think about this,

Bush did the smart thing. If he tried to force GM to bankruptacy, all hell would break loose (class wars, republican vrs union). Why would he take that chance when all he has to do is throw 20 billion till he leave s office.

Media wont go after Obama if he tries to play hardball with GM. but if Bush tried that we would be hearing,
rich vrs poor, repub vrs union arguments.

smart move i say

[paulalex]

Bush never did anything smart, at least not on purpose.

The house of cards came down fast, too fast. It wasn't meant to happen during the election but instead immediately after McCain got in so he could declare martial law and lock the country down for a thousand years.

Thanks goodness people were even greedier than Cheney gave them credit for LOL

[madbonger618]

We should have all realized something bad was going to happen when Dick Cheney finalized the search for a VP for Bush and picked himself.

[ejhickey]

The facts of what Cheney said are accurate. GM would have gone into BK in Dec. 2008. So Bush gave GM $20 Billion and kept them going through Xmas and the New Year. Was this a bad thing? What would people have said if Bush let GM go BK just before Xmas? Is it possible that Bush did something good eve if the $20 billion was wasted?

[MESGAIN26]

are u serious all bush did was kick the can down the road like the rest of his fail dealings to his sucessor like cheney said he cop out

[rascalish]

Wonder if he ever gets out of the bus and checks to see if he needs more air in the tires.
W aint no saint, but with friends like Cheney who needs enemys.

[roshni]

Cheney is more ev.il than Bush, but Bush does not get a pass on anything. He stole the election and is to blame for what his adminsitration did.
Cheney is steamed that there was no pardon for Libby. This may be the one and only thing Bush did right.

[PatCcj]

Unfortunately it was only the right thing for Bush & Cheney. Bush did one better than a pardon--he commuted Libby's "excessive" sentence. I wish he had pardoned Libby, then he would have been able to testify against Cheney with impunity.

[24kgold]

Soon Cheney is gonna have all their @ $ $ e$ on trial. I know the Bush family just want him to shut up and that's why they are leaking information every week that make Cheney look like he was running things without G. W. Bush knowledge.

[timetorevolt]

He passed an entire sh*tload of mess he created over 8 yrs to Obama. Tell us something we don't know.

[Tom95134]

This sounds about right. Bush did as much as possible to avoid making any decisions. Clearly, Bush was gelded at an early age.

[Zoe1]

lol good one

[Emerald1943]

We ought to have a little betting game....wh­o will Cheney throw under the bus tomorrow?

Let me see...it was Colin Powell a week ago. Yesterday, it was Richard Clarke. Today it is the Shrub!
Wonder when Condi will get the "treatment"? Gonzo can't be far behind! Rumsfeld, too!

If this was not so serious, it really would be fun to watch!

[roshni]

The whole lot deserve it, especially cheney.

[doneflyin]

Don't forget Tenet. His under that bus too.