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Yesterday my daughter asked, "Why is Dick Cheney everywhere on TV?" His behavior of late has been more than disappointing. Appalling would be a better word. He has all-time low favorability ratings for a VP. He left in disgrace. His "legacy" is that he repeatedly lied to Americans and used his office to promote war rather than defend America. The fact is that the way he used his office was tantamount to terrorizing Americans with threats and intimidation. He knowingly used false claims, tried to shape the intel, and fear-mongered to manipulate a citizenry. And it had lethal consequences, not just for Americans, but also for Iraqis Afghanis unnecessarily dying because he neglected Afghanistan. But there Cheney is, still pretending that the US must torture to get answers, despite research showing it doesn't work. Check out the MSNBC video at the top of this thread. |
| He still implies, and sometimes states explicitly, that he and King George kept us safe, while conveniently starting the clock on Sept 12, 2001. (Ironically, that's also the day that brings tears to the eyes of Glenn Beck.) Sept 11 was only convenient if they want to fan fear and exploit that very same 9-11 failure over and over. Even now Cheney deceives Americans in his outrageous suggestion that President Barack Obama isn't keeping us safe.
A New Pew study shows President Obama's approval rating at 73%. MSNBC reports here that an AP-GFK poll shows Obama's approval rating at 64%.
Americans think President Obama is doing a good job. And you have to wonder, don't Dick Cheney and Bill Bennett (yes, he's making the rounds too) know that, every time they "rear their heads" (you know, kinda like Putin was supposed to be doing over Alaska, except this is real), their ubiquity reminds people how much better President Obama stacks up against them?
Today the GOP's chief pseudo-moralist, Bill Bennett, was on CNN pointing a finger at Barack Obama too. With Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett, John McCain and Super-Whiner Mitt Romney the best the GOP can muster, one could almost feel sorry for that party. But, I must say, after the last eight years, I am not in much of a forgiving mood. The GOP, led by Dick Cheney and his front man, George W. Bush, caused a terrible train wreck. And the wounds are too fresh. |
