Cheney For President, Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Says

The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto, launching off an anonymous-source-filled Washington Post story claiming a waterboarded detainee gave valuable intelligence, suggests that Dick Cheney may yet save America from the dangerously torture-free Obama administration:

If the Bush administration's policies really did keep us safe for 7½ years, then it stands to reason that the Obama administrations' policies may be endangering us now. Certainly that is how the public would see it in the event of another terrorist attack.

If that happens, heaven forbid, Obama will be seen to have failed in the most basic presidential duty, and the Bush administration will be vindicated. As inconceivable as it may seem today, the 2012 election may end up turning on national security. Republicans would be wise to nominate someone with both toughness and experience. Under such circumstances, it's hard to think of a better candidate--assuming, of course, that he could be persuaded to run--than Richard B. Cheney.

The Post wrote that "for defenders of waterboarding, the evidence is clear: Mohammed cooperated, and to an extraordinary extent, only when his spirit was broken in the month after his capture March 1, 2003, as the inspector general's report and other documents released this week indicate." Of course, like Cheney, these defenders can only claim that detainees who were tortured gave valuable intelligence, not that one led to the other.

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[smeag]

Why is this clown not in jail?

[rshrink]

I would be okay with Cheney being president of his cell block at Leavenworth.

[Flavor]

The only way the other party will have another chance is if (we) the people get amnesia we have to come out in record number just like we did in this election, although I don't see the republican party in office for a long while, history has been known to repeat itself (we) are the ones who will make that not true. Why? would one even consider this man running for anything but running toward the border. Flavor,does not even worry about that but we need to be aware of how they think. You can take a 10 year old and rehearse words that would make it may appear that this kid is a genius when in fact he practiced what he read and was able to deliver. Probably not even aware or knows the meaning of what he just spoke, Mr. Cheney, may sound like he knows what is right but the people have had enough of him and do not want to see him a second time. Just my view.

[Horus45]

I'd rather have Flavor Flav as President before ever letting Cheney take office!

[Flavor]

This flavor is not related to flavor-flav but that is something to consider.

[plsps]

If he thinks everyone actual believes he did any thing right while he was in office. He is crazy. It would be like inviting a robber, thug, coward, and a hatchet man in your home. NO WAY

[organiccarrotjuice]

I'm so disappointed in Obama i think i will vote for a pompous dictator that likes spying on Americans and is responsible for this unholy war on terror............

[rshrink]

While Cheney may seem very convincing, one must never pay attention to that confident personality. That is quite common for sociopaths. Instead, one must pay attention to what he is really saying and what he has really done. He has clearly lied so much, one would wonder if he even has an awareness of the truth. He has misguided motivations which he sees as good for him, but the direction he leads in is one of continual disaster and would lead to the destruction of our country. As it turns out, what is good for Cheney is not really even going to come close to being good for the rest of us.

[plsps]

Right On!!

[Brian Ward]

I'm so sick of the Republicans claiming that their policies kept us safe for 7 1/2 years. Well, what about those first eight months? 9/11 happened on their watch, not Clinton's: in the time immediately prior to the attack, they had a Republican congress along with the White House. If they wanted to change things that they didn't like or they felt would make us safer, then why did they do it before 9/11? I'm not trying to shift the blame, but eight months into the Bush Administration we suffered the worst attack in recent American history. You own that, Republicans. This quote really stuns me:

"If the Bush administration's policies really did keep us safe for 7½ years, then it stands to reason that the Obama administrations' policies may be endangering us now. Certainly that is how the public would see it in the event of another terrorist attack.

If that happens, heaven forbid, Obama will be seen to have failed in the most basic presidential duty, and the Bush administration will be vindicated."

Let's use their scenario for a second: if an attack happens on the watch of the Obama Administration, then it's the Obama Administration's responsibility. Okay, that sounds reasonable, but if an attack happened on the watch of the Bush Administration then wouldn't it, by their definition, be the responsibility of the Bush Administration? I mean, the level of hypocrisy within this rhetoric is really quite astonishing.

[fairplaystacy]

Cheney For President, Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Says AND "Scarborough presents one of the biggest potential threats to Obama..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/president-scarborough-mor_b_273620.html

...enough to make your head spin, anyway I tried to post this to the Andy Ostroy HuffPo blog but the censorship is really heavy over there. He puts forward his thesis in a vacuum rather than acknowledge what most folks know, which is that Only 21% of Americans Identify as ‘Republican’
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/5062

[DJBALL]

Cheney IS Al Qaeda.

[ObamanextPresident]

or the evi/ ant/chr/st.

[sjaz]

If this criminal were elected, we can expect Americans to be dragged off the street and tortured for any reason or suspicion, a new invastion/war maybe using the atomic bomb, the climate of the earth to spiral out of control, and maybe even a new appointment for Rumsfield. Oh and maybe a high level position to reward his daughter for her loyalty.

[ksjprod]

Cheney 2012... still a D*ck

[Cookie100]

Obama 2012

against

Cheney 2012

perfect! A human being against a megalomaniac, no contest

[AnnDunham]

New Zogby poll shows Obama’s approval at … 42%

Since last month, he’s down 13 points among Democrats, nine points among liberals, and 18 points among voters 18 to 29. OMG.

Let me say, this is the most enjoyable slow motion train wreck I have ever witnessed!

Cheney 2012

[DavidClaiborne]

Man, I knew a lot of you people lived in a fantasy land... but its always fun to get a peek. Thanks for that...

[fairplaystacy]

leading up to the election of Obama Zogby consistently understated Obama's lead.
Zogby = fiction

For the same period Zogby had Dems up by 4% while Gallup had Dems up by 8%
Zogby 10/2-3/08 +4D
Gallup 10/1-3/08 +8D
another comparison
Zogby 9/26-27/08 +1D
Gallup 9/25-27/08 +8D

The further away from the election the more corrupt the survey.
Towards the end close to the election, Zogby and Gallup were identical with Rasmussen lagging way behind reality.

You're following fiction baby

[mike102]

A 'Dick' ran the country for the last 8 years. You want more of that?

[Lavafalls]

And cheeney is at what, 12%?

[Genep34]

Just what we need - another GOP drunk.

[ksjprod]

Hey, remember when you were drunk? And you were "hunting" birds? And you shot your lawyer buddy in the face? And you totally got off scott free? AND you got HIM to apologize for it?

Good times.

[Bronxdude]

One prerequisite: Cheney must submit to a full psychiatric evaluation, to include psychological testing to rule out psychosis, dementia, and schizophrenia.

[ObamanextPresident]

He must agree to expose the zipper that holds up his human being costume.