Posted on 06/18/2013 4:53:47 PM PDT by Starman417
Barack Obama sought to once again use Dick Cheney as a whipping boy to create a distinction between his and the previous administration.
President Barack Obama used a television interview set to air Monday night to defend his administration’s use of far-reaching surveillance programs as carefully supervised and controlled.Obama also appeared to reject comparisons between himself and Vice President Dick Cheney, who strongly backed similar surveillance efforts in the George W. Bush administration and has defended Obama’s continuation of national security-related programs similar in many respects to those pursued by the previous administration.
“Some people say, ‘Well, you know, Obama was this raving liberal before. Now he’s, you know, Dick Cheney.’ Dick Cheney sometimes says, ‘Yeah, you know? He took it all lock, stock, and barrel,’” the president told interviewer Charlie Rose in the exchange recorded Sunday, according to excerpts of the transcript published by BuzzFeed. “My concern has always been not that we shouldn’t do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances?”
Hang on. We're doing all this to set up a system of checks and balances instead of preventing terrorism?
Really?
In an interview that’s been heavily promoted by the White House and Obama aides, the president acknowledged that a program which collects massive amounts of data on telephone calls made in or through the U.S. could theoretically be used to invade individuals’ privacy, even potentially yielding conclusions about callers’ health conditions.
Dick Cheney didn't do that.
Then Obama goes off the rails
“All of that is true. Except for the fact that for the government, under the program right now, to do that, it would be illegal. We would not be allowed to do that,” the president said, according to a transcript. “The number of requests are surprisingly small. ....Folks don’t go with a query unless they’ve got a pretty good suspicion.”
But, but, but, Barack, you said
"No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime."
And yet you are collecting everyone's emails and phone calls.
Then Obama goes Orwellian with "Newspeak"
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
No, he’s more of a Cheech or Chong only without the humor.
Here is not even one tenth the man or public servant that Dick Cheney was in office.
Got that right. Dick Cheney loves America, something Obama knows nothing about.
Dick Cheney says thanks for the compliment.
Dick Cheney says he flattered.
Dick Chaney has warmth and compassion.
Pray for America to Wake Up
that is correct obama you are just a dick
As I replied the first time, Obama may not be a Cheney but he sure is a D**K!
Barry my Cat’s poop is smarter than you.
This is probably the first thing Barry has ever said that I agree with him on. He is definitely no Dick Cheney and he never will be. Vice President Cheney is a true American. God bless Dick Cheney. Allah can do to Barry whatever it is he does.
nope, just a dick...
no kidding! We WISH Dick Cheney was POTUS.
Dick Cheney has more character in a polyp inside his lower intestine than BO has in his whole soulless body.
Nope he isn’t.
Obama paid him the supreme compliment.
Same-sex marriage? Warrantless tapping of EVERYONES phones? Not just terrorists.
What's the deal?
Dick used to be the smartest guy in the room.
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