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Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC: Cheney Speech ‘Sleazy,’ ‘An Abomination’
Newsbusters.org ^ | 5-21-09 | Kyle Drennen

Posted on 05/21/2009 3:16:38 PM PDT by Justaham

Immediately following a speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday, MSNBC assembled it’s usual panel of left-wing pundits to tear him down, including political analyst Lawrence O’Donnell, who proclaimed: "Well, he came today to -- obviously to do nothing much other than defend torture, which he calls 'tough questioning.' This was as sleazy a presentation by a vice president as we've had since Spiro Agnew. This was an absolute abomination."

Chris Matthews anchored the coverage and had just asked O’Donnell: "Lawrence, can he get away with this? Giving a speech that's -- well, it was 16 pages long -- and never mention the main foreign policy initiative of the administration just passed, which is the war in Iraq." After O’Donnell denounced Cheney’s sleaziness, he went on this diatribe:

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To: Justaham
Well, we know at least one of the Newsbuster guys was watching. Anyone else?

*Crickets chirping*

21 posted on 05/21/2009 3:55:33 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Justaham

Big deal, who cares what they think or say other than their audience of 200K that will get tingles up their legs.


22 posted on 05/21/2009 3:55:47 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (tagline under renovation)
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To: Justaham
Larry... poor you, you can't help being such a *ussy.

Don't go away mad... just go away fool.

23 posted on 05/21/2009 4:10:32 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: GSWarrior

free speach!


24 posted on 05/21/2009 4:10:46 PM PDT by sappy
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To: Justaham

“This was as sleazy a presentation by a vice president as we’ve had since Spiro Agnew.”

How much you wanna bet this guy doesn’t remember a solitary Agnew speech, just knows the guy was a felon.

Now, if he had said as sleazy a speech we’ve had since Al “The Sky Is Falling” Gore, that would’ve been something to listen too.


25 posted on 05/21/2009 4:24:11 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: GSWarrior

“Get away with what, exactly?”

Reasoned argument?


26 posted on 05/21/2009 4:24:40 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: KarlInOhio
After Obama and Cheney’s speeches, Chrissy Matthews was left with one leg tingly and the other one numb. He couldn’t walk all day.

LOL!

27 posted on 05/21/2009 4:27:03 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men)
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To: Justaham

“Lawrence, can he get away with this? Giving a speech that’s — well, it was 16 pages long — and never mention the main foreign policy initiative of the administration just passed, which is the war in Iraq.”

Would discussing Iraq have been germane? Did Obama bring it up? I thought this hullabaloo was about Gitmo and torture, not the invasion, which as you may recall Congress agreed to out in the open.

Matthews is so very, very irrelevant.


28 posted on 05/21/2009 4:27:44 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Justaham

They are really afraid of VP Chaney.


29 posted on 05/21/2009 4:28:44 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Nuc1

Do you think Cheney has any White House plans in 2012?


30 posted on 05/21/2009 10:43:21 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Mark Levin really went off on this on his radio show. He told his producer to contact MSLSD (as he puts it) and get this O’Donnell guy on his show so he could confront him and see if he (O’Donnell) can defend himself like a man. I would say he went on about this for maybe 10 minutes. He was quite angry. Anyone think O’Donnell will really accept the challenge?


31 posted on 05/21/2009 10:50:15 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: Justaham
Do you think Cheney has any White House plans in 2012?

I hope so. He is the best man for the job. And one of four people I think could be trusted with our nation. Cheney, Newt, Keys, Palin. There are some others but these are my preferences in order.

32 posted on 05/22/2009 5:45:48 AM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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