[FRgal4u]

I agree -

W's should be speak in forums like MTP as often as possible. He should be less scripted, but he comes off very reasonable. In the post 9/11 world, he has to make tough calls. Well he made it, and he can't let the armchair critics to back down.

The next admin official need to come out and answer seriosu questions is Cheney. Cheney is weighing down the ticket. He should NOT be hiding in his own spiderhole and not dealing with the facts. Smoke Cheney out to deal with the facts or dump him in 2004. I am convince the low approvals of Cheney is hurting Bush bad here. Time to face the music. I honestly believe Bush made the best call with the info he had, but I am far less confident on the legitimacy of the intel. Cheney/Libby got! Maybe the President was misled by his aides, who the heck know. Time to find out the truth.

[summer]

The next admin official need to come out and answer seriosu questions is Cheney.

I agree, and I think Cheney comes off extremely well when he speaks, as he is always confident and calm. People need to see more of both GW and Cheney, because when they are not out as often, that alone is what looks bad. GW did a terrific job here with Russert. Even some of the brighter Dems at a Dem site are grudingly conceeding that.

[leadpenny]

Cheney/Libby got! Libby??

Your point on Cheney - - I think he is setting himself up to spend more time with his family - soon.

[CasearianDaoist]

I do not get this anti-Cheney stuff on FR. He is doing a great job and the country knows it - the only people that hate him is the left and their stooges in the media. I could not disagree with you more. Cheney is very well respected in this country. I would not believe the "polls" if I were you.

He will come out swinging bye bye and make is opponents look like teenagers as he alsway does.

Don't believe the hype.

[isthisnickcool]

The next admin official need to come out and answer seriosu questions is Cheney. Cheney is weighing down the ticket. He should NOT be hiding in his own spiderhole and not dealing with the facts. Smoke Cheney out to deal with the facts or dump him in 2004. I am convince the low approvals of Cheney is hurting Bush bad here.

(Insert note to self here. Keep in mind that Cheney took on a job that could kill him. And still could.)

[cyncooper]

What? Cheney has been giving speeches defending the war in Iraq.

What do you mean he's been hiding? That is flatout false.

Why are so many willing to by the democrat spin on VP Cheney?

[cyncooper]

For example:

Cheney, Rumsfeld defend Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes

Washington, February 8

Excerpt:

Two senior leaders of the Bush Administration, Vice President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, have defended the "Bush Doctrine" of pre-emptive strikes and punishing not only terrorists but those who harbour them.

Rumsfeld, speaking in Munich, said the US has to strike first when there is danger of potential use of a biological agent or other weapons that could cause thousands of deaths.

Cheney, addressing a National Republican Congressional Committee meeting in Illinois on Saturday, said, "In the war on terror, we have only one option: We must take the fight to the enemy."

"Terrorists continue to plot against America and the civilised world. We see them for what they are: killers who will not be stopped by negotiations or treaties, by appeals to reason, or by the least hint of conscience," he said.

~SNIP~

[cyncooper]

I honestly believe Bush made the best call with the info he had, but I am far less confident on the legitimacy of the intel. Cheney/Libby got!

I see you say later that you change your criteria after I point out that, contrary to your "spider hole" assertion, VP Cheney has been out making speeches, that what yo meant is you want him to answer questions. Well, he does that, too.

But I would like to know what you are talking about when you say the above about Cheney/Libby (alarm bells going off on where you're coming from with that little reference) and the intel you purport they received.