Posted on 11/16/2005 2:32:09 PM PST by Cautor
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: "As most of you know, I have spent a lot of years in public service, and first came to work in Washington, D.C. back in the late 1960s. I know what it's like to operate in a highly charged political environment, in which the players on all sides of an issue feel passionately and speak forcefully. In such an environment people sometimes lose their cool, and yet in Washington you can ordinarily rely on some basic measure of truthfulness and good faith in the conduct of political debate. But in the last several weeks we have seen a wild departure from that tradition. And the suggestion that's been made by some U.S. senators that the President of the United States or any member of this Administration purposely misled the American people on pre-war intelligence is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.
"Some of the most irresponsible comments have, of course, come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorizing force against Saddam Hussein. These are elected officials who had access to the intelligence, and were free to draw their own conclusions. They arrived at the same judgment about Iraq's capabilities and intentions that was made by this Administration and by the previous Administration. There was broad-based, bipartisan agreement that Saddam Hussein was a threat … that he had violated U.N. Security Council Resolutions … and that, in a post-9/11 world, we couldn't afford to take the word of a dictator who had a history of WMD programs, who had excluded weapons inspectors, who had defied the demands of the international community, who had been designated an official state sponsor of terror, and who had committed mass murder. Those are facts. What we're hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war. The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out. American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures – conducting raids, training Iraqi forces, countering attacks, seizing weapons, and capturing killers – and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie. The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone – but we're not going to sit by and let them rewrite history. We're going to continue throwing their own words back at them. And far more important, we're going to continue sending a consistent message to the men and women who are fighting the war on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other fronts. We can never say enough how much we appreciate them, and how proud they make us. They and their families can be certain: That this cause is right … and the performance of our military has been brave and honorable … and this nation will stand behind our fighting forces with pride and without wavering until the day of victory."
They did take too long to react--maybe too long. I sure hope not. If only the Republicans would grow a spine and get behind the administration, they could roll Dingy Harry and the drunken sot Teddy Boy to hell where they belong.
"We're going to continue throwing their own words back at them."
And hopefully never stop.
I find it totally unconscionable what has been done to our fighting men and women by the cowardly and traitorous behavior of the pols in Congress. They should be ashamed, very ashamed. They're playing with lives here, potentially millions of lives if they turn the GWOT into a cut-and-run retreat.
Give um hell!
It is beyond dispicable.....and to learn that yesterday billy klinton had the GALL, the CREEPINESS, the drive to DAMAGE OUR NATION AND OUR TROOPS SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH that he actually told a group of Arab students in Dubai that the war we are fighting in Iraq is a MISTAKE!
A MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so furious and outraged I have called lugar, frist, hastert, pence and burton ( lugar is my senator and burton is my rep) and BEGGED them to confront this horrific, traitorous, damaging rhetoric by bill klinton.
It is unspeakably horrific for an ex prez to betray his nation like this in a time of war. What he does to our troops in the line of fire right now is JUST AWFUL!
What kind of a heinous creep would do this to his nation....and before a group of no doubt conflicted ARAB KIDS no less.
And just cannot believe the democrats.
Are they even human?
Who would DO THIS to his nation after being elected its President not once, but TWICE?
klinton is surely the most failed human being in our nation....to be willing to trash our precious troops like this, and our nation's drive to defeat horrific terrorism just to appease and build his liberal base for his wife in name only political future sucks on its face..
he is a traitor.
And I SPIT on his filthy name.
Now having said that, what a GREAT vent!
Yep. I would throw in "supporting the terrorists" and then cite them being quoted in al Jazeera and on Islamist websites. Oh, cite them by name...
The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone – but we're not going to sit by and let them rewrite history.
WooHoo! They've let Cheney out to unleash hell!
"Hey Dems, better put some ice on that"
I'd like to think the ass-whooping they're going to get won't be salved by ice.
Bravo!! (clapping)
Clearly you like nothing so why don't you go to another thread and bitch about the administration.
Bravo!
Go get 'em, Dick!!
"Is this a shot across the bow of the gutless wonder Republicans in Congress that have not stood up against the war being raged by the Democrats?"
I sure hope so. I can't decide whether the DemoRATS disgust me more or the gutless wonders. They need to get the message and fast that the base is hacked off at their cowardice.
Took the breath, took several, and am still so righteously outraged I cannot sit still.
bill klinton has gotten away with this for too long.
To many republicans in positions of political power play it WAY TO SAFE, either they have no backbone or worse, maybe, are afraid of the klinton anti-american machine.
This rhetoric by bill klinton is so horrific it needs a response NOW. Not a week from now...
Are there ANY men left other than our President and Vice President and Donald Rumsfeld grown up enough, and convicted enough to place the shame on bill klinton he so richly deserves?
He needs to be taken to the woodshed by the ENTIRE REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND SENATE. NOW.
I could not agree more, FRiend.
I could not agree with you more! But I wanted to calm you down because you are one of the good guys! We can't be having all the conservatives dropping of heart attacks now, can we?!! :-}
Nah, that would be Carter....
but, klintoon is a very close 2nd.
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