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Cheney won't take back Pelosi comment
AP ^ | 02/23/07

Posted on 02/23/2007 6:05:17 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Cheney won't take back Pelosi comment

24 minutes ago

Vice President Dick Cheney refused Friday to take back his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record)'s opposition to President Bush's Iraq war buildup is playing into the hands of the al-Qaida terrorist network.

"If you're going to advocate a course of action that basically is withdrawal of our forces from Iraq, then you don't get to just do the fun part of that, that says, 'We'll, we're going to get out,' and appeal to your constituents on that basis," Cheney said.

The vice president had voiced the same criticism of Pelosi earlier this week during a visit to Japan, and the California Democrat accused the vice president of questioning her patriotism, saying she was going to call President Bush directly with her complaint.

"I hope the president will repudiate and distance himself from the vice president's remarks," Pelosi said. She ended up talking with White House chief of staff Josh Bolten instead of Bush.

The long-distance quarrel began in Tokyo, where Cheney earlier this week used an interview to criticize Pelosi and Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., over their plan to place restrictions on Bush's request for an additional $93 billion for the Iraq war to make it difficult or impossible to send 21,500 extra troops to Iraq.

During Friday's interview in Sydney, Cheney said, "I'm not sure what part of it is that Nancy disagreed with. She accused me of questioning her patriotism. I didn't question her patriotism. I questioned her judgment."

"You also have to be accountable for the results. What are the consequences of that? What happens if we withdraw from Iraq?," he said. "And the point I made and I'll make it again is that al-Qaida functions on the basis that they think they can break our will. That's their fundamental underlying strategy, that if they can kill enough Americans or cause enough havoc, create enough chaos in Iraq, then we'll quit and go home. And my statement was that if we adopt the Pelosi policy, that then we will validate the strategy of al-Qaida. I said it and I meant it."

Asked if he was willing to take back his criticism of Pelosi, Cheney replied, "I'm not backing down."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheney; gotcha; iraq; pelosi; questionpatriotism; retraction; smackdown
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To: snugs

:-) You may appreciate this ping.

Here's a link also from PowerLine

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016861.php


101 posted on 02/23/2007 9:48:03 AM PST by saveliberty (Liberalism (called Middle of the Road by MSM) = You are free to do as you are told.)
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To: Madeleine Ward

I don't think this is so much a "woman thing" as a bedwetting, act-like-a-two-y/o liberal thing.

It is a common disorder known as infanticism and is generally coupled with narcissicism and BDS.


102 posted on 02/23/2007 9:51:46 AM PST by Tucker822
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To: Suzy Quzy

If you want to make him stop, you have to use your "safe" word: Palomino.


103 posted on 02/23/2007 9:56:37 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: Tucker822

The narcissism certainly fits. She can't comprehend that her actions undermine her credibility.


104 posted on 02/23/2007 9:57:11 AM PST by saveliberty (Liberalism (called Middle of the Road by MSM) = You are free to do as you are told.)
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To: Pirate21
Love it! Love it! I love how Vice President Cheney talks straight, is eloquent and calm (yet clear and blunt) in the process, explains his rationale clearly, and stands behind his words.

He said the essential same thing to Senator Lehey.

105 posted on 02/23/2007 10:07:16 AM PST by Texas Songwriter
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To: OBXWanderer
Talk about MY dream ticket. Cheney/Cheney in 08

They'd have to be able to claim residency in different states.

106 posted on 02/23/2007 10:16:34 AM PST by kevkrom (WARNING: The above post may contain sarcasm... if unsure, please remember to use all precautions)
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To: IrishMike

Cheney/Hunter 08.


107 posted on 02/23/2007 10:24:25 AM PST by Blue State Insurgent (Those who know the truth need to speak out against these kinds of myths, and lies, and distortions..)
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To: appeal2

I question her patriotism and her JUDGEMENT. And I can't believe that the American voters made her speaker of the House!


108 posted on 02/23/2007 10:46:51 AM PST by juliej (vote gop)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; You Dirty Rats

I love the way Dick Cheney referred to her as "Nancy"--no title, no nothing. I was hoping he would run for President after the first Gulf war. Sorry Ali, he is the Greatest!!!


109 posted on 02/23/2007 10:48:55 AM PST by GoldwaterChick (Never give in, never give in, never, never, never give in. Winston Churchill Oct. 29, 1941)
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To: Grammy

Grammy (from another Grammy) you've got it! Lynn Cheyney for President. She has an incredible way with words--she could cut them all down graciously, and be a lady doing it. I remember when she was on Crossfire.

She would be another Margaret Thatcher/Golda Meir!!!


110 posted on 02/23/2007 10:54:06 AM PST by GoldwaterChick (Never give in, never give in, never, never, never give in. Winston Churchill Oct. 29, 1941)
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To: appeal2

Um, you mean is is NOT patriotic to side with the enemy, and provide the enemy aid and comfort?


111 posted on 02/23/2007 10:54:24 AM PST by OldArmy52 (China & India: Doing jobs Americans don't want to do (manuf., engineering, accounting, etc))
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To: Grampa Dave

Sadly, how true, how true. Thank you for your cartoon.


112 posted on 02/23/2007 10:55:46 AM PST by GoldwaterChick (Never give in, never give in, never, never, never give in. Winston Churchill Oct. 29, 1941)
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To: GoldwaterChick
Oh, NOW I get it. The Dems can say the President LIED about getting the war going in Iraq, and THAT'S NOT being unpatriotic! But disagree with and question the position(s) put forth by the Dems and that IS being unpatriotic???

This is how the Dems are trying to shut down anyone who disagrees with them. All they have to say is, "you're questioning my PATRIOTISM!" Then, with the exception, thank God, of Vice President Cheney, the Repubs back off. Geez, we have GOT to get smart about this approach of theirs. It's slimey, and SOOOOO like the Democrats.

113 posted on 02/23/2007 11:08:37 AM PST by Max7
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To: italianquaker
I think he's cute as a button.

Or something to that effect.

Is that the one?

114 posted on 02/23/2007 11:27:25 AM PST by BARLF
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To: GoldwaterChick

I love her no nonsense way of dealing with BS..... she calls it BS. She says out loud what the libs are thinking but don't have the guts to say, then refutes it.


115 posted on 02/23/2007 11:30:16 AM PST by Grammy
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To: IrishMike

Wouldn't that be WONDERFUL!


116 posted on 02/23/2007 11:33:12 AM PST by auto power
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To: Enterprise
Cheney: "Honest, I have nothing but the highest respect for Speaker Nancy Al Tikriti Hussein Pelosi."

ROFLMAO!

117 posted on 02/23/2007 11:35:37 AM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: IrishMike

We need to clone at least 100 of this guy.


118 posted on 02/23/2007 11:39:09 AM PST by ShandaLear (Perfect People Need Support, too.)
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To: MBB1984
Cheney is right, but he is quickly becoming irrelevant.

One of the ways that Bush did succeed in winning the election was that the opposition dismissed him. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the power of Cheney's formidable intellect. He is a major reason I voted for the Bush ticket. I rely on knowing he is there as an influence.

119 posted on 02/23/2007 11:39:33 AM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: snugs

FYI in case you've not seen this.


120 posted on 02/23/2007 11:46:49 AM PST by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
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