Here's yer spine back..
Posted on 11/16/2005 5:09:35 PM PST by xcamel
(Reuters) - In the sharpest White House attack yet on critics of the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday accusations that the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war were a "dishonest and reprehensible" political ploy.
Cheney called Democrats "opportunists" who were peddling "cynical and pernicious falsehoods" to gain political advantage while U.S. soldiers died in Iraq.
The comments were the latest salvo in an aggressive White House counterattack on war critics, launched as Democrats step up their criticism of the war and polls show declining public support for the conflict.
Cheney repeated President George W. Bush's charge that Democratic critics were rewriting history by questioning prewar intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction even though many Senate Democrats voted in October 2002 to authorize the invasion.
"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," said Cheney, a principal architect of the war and a focus of Democratic allegations the administration misrepresented intelligence on Iraq's weapons program.
Cheney said the suggestion Bush or any member of the administration misled Americans before the war "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," he said in a speech to the conservative Frontiers of Freedom group.
'A PLAY FOR POLITICAL ADVANTAGE'
"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," he said. "The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out."
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He's got a point.
About friggin' time. Go Cheney.
From Drudge:
CHENEY FIGHTS BACK
Wed Nov 16 2005 18:56:46 ET
Excerpts As Prepared For Delivery Tonight by Vice President Cheney
THE VICE PRESIDENT: "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.
Developing...
About time, too.
He should use smaller words so the Dimowits can understand him, LOL!
Go, Dick! Go! (I agree. 'Bout friggin' time!)
They are also seditious.
Was he referring to his own party?
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.
Time to bring out the Big Guns.
The spineless dirtbags will out themselves when they rise up to criticize VP Cheney's speech.
Harry Reid already took the bait.
Go Cheney! Go Cheney!
In his intro he also names Rockefellar, Reid and Kerry by name. Play on words by saying he's sorry they couldn't make it....due to a lack of committment. LOL
Nail the treasonous scum Sir!
Some of us speculate that reference to "spine" was a shot at Republicans. We can't prove it, of course, but it's interesting the charge most leveled at Republicans finds it's way to Cheney's Lips. I can say this. Those damn Frenchicrats in the U.S. Senate have earned a slam by the Vice President.
Thanks. Now if we could just get the rest of the Republicans to grow one.
I never, ever, never want to see Trent Lott on tv again. Weasel.
Cheney is a vicious animal, when attacked he defends himself. /S
3 cheers for Cheney ..That being said , it's about damn time these guys we put in office get some gonads. He SHOULD HAVE NAMED NAMES. I still think there is MORE to be said by Bush..Total HARD BALL needs to be played with these leftist pigs. Sad part is , HUGE sectors of the numb American TV news watching public will eat up every lie of the left . The Dems KNOW that the general public is dead from the neck up. I meet then every day here in the NY area. The Dems realize that they can say just about ANYTHING ,no matter how absurd , and the Bush bashing masses won't even question it .
I'm glad Cheney said what he said but I doubt a huge portion of the population and most of the world will accept a word of it. Bubba ( that horses ass speakes ) and the whole world hangs on every word ..Lie afer lie and they listen ..I honestly thing we're doomed
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