Cheney vs. Biden
From CNN. Well, the White House must be pleased that former Vice President Dick Cheney has come out of hiding once again, while Republicans are grumbling behind the scenes. Cheney sparred with Vice President Biden on most hot-button topics during separate appearances on the Sunday Morning news shows. Cheney echoed many of his past arguments (soft on terror, etc.) while Biden attacked his accusations one by one in a pretty effective way. Cheney seemed to imply that he didn't support President Bush either when it came to Miranda rights for accused terror suspects and was not happy to be overruled (at least he is consistent.)
Maybe Dick Cheney is trying to soften his tone because, believe it or not, he actually showed support for a few of President Obama's policies, including his troop increase in Afghanistan and the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Washington (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden and his predecessor Dick Cheney sparred Sunday over terrorism and the Iraq war, duking it out on the most prominent of platforms: the political TV talk show.
In separate appearances on different programs, Cheney called the Obama administration "dead wrong" about al Qaeda and Iraq, while Biden accused Cheney of trying to "rewrite history" and downplay Obama's actions against terrorism.
However, the former vice president did call himself "a complete supporter" of Obama's Afghanistan strategy. He also expressed some support for Obama's decision to ask the military to drop its "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Citing military chiefs' support for the change, Cheney -- whose daughter is openly gay -- said he believes "society has moved on" and that it is "time to reconsider the policy."
Although it was Valentine's Day, Cheney did not give much love to Sarah Palin, implying she was wrong on Iran, and refusing to endorse her as a Presidential candidate. Watch the video from YouTube.
In an appearance on ABC's "This Week," Cheney said that Palin's argument that Obama might have a clearer path to a second term if he "played the war card" was faulty.
"I don't think a president can make a judgment like that on the basis of politics," Cheney said. "The stakes are too high, the consequences too significant to be treating those as simple political calculations."
During the same Sunday show appearance Cheny also declined to endorse the former Alaska governor's potential 2012 presidential bid, saying that he has not yet decided on a candidate to support.
Cheney did not say whether he thinks Palin is capable or qualified of being president.
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Afghanistan is the one issue
Afghanistan is the one issue the talking-point writers on the right have let themselves support the President on. It makes them feel like they can support Obama every once in a while.
If only they were willing to meet the President half way on some (any) other issue.
Well, I'm glad to hear
Well, I'm glad to hear that. For awhile, right wingers/bloggers were still saying Obama should have sent even more troops and berated him for wanting to begin withdrawl in 2011, blah, blah, blah. I think in the interview that Cheney actually said he agrees with Pres. Obama "100%" on Afghanistan so that may go a long way with the nay-sayers in the GOP. We can only hope...
I wonder what Cheney thinks of that huge capture of a major Taliban Commander in Pakistan. Soft on terror, huh?
I wonder what Cheney thinks
I wonder what Cheney thinks of that huge capture of a major Taliban Commander in Pakistan. Soft on terror, huh?
Cheney congratulates Obama for capturing Taliban top military commander.
Just kidding!
From Washington Post.
From Washington Post. Here's a link to the big capture.
The Afghan Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was captured last week in Karachi during a joint operation by Pakistan's intelligence service and the CIA, according to U.S. and Pakistani sources.
Deputy to Taliban leader Mohammad Omar, Baradar has been considered by many to be in de facto control of the insurgent organization in recent years. His capture is by far the most important detention since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 2001 and the first known capture of a top-ranking insurgent during the Obama administration.
The sources, who would speak only on condition of anonymity about the highly secret operation, said that the information had been tightly held to prevent word leaking to other senior Taliban commanders while Baradar was being interrogated. They said the interrogation was being conducted jointly by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence officials and is seen as a major step forward in cooperation between the two services, which has been rocky in the past.
Must see! Feb. 15:
Must see!
Feb. 15: Rachel Maddow condemns Dick Cheney and the cadre of echoing partisans who dishonestly attack the Obama administration for treating Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a civilian criminal when every single person who was arrested on a terrorism charge during the Bush administration was handled the same way, including being Mirandized.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/35413947#35413947