Madame Pelosi better watch her step.
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."
Dick Cheney for President !
Madame Pelosi better watch her step.
VP Cheney is no Nancy-Boy!
If Madame Pelosi wants a smackdown with VP Cheney, she is gonna need a whole division of flying monkeys.
"The Al Qaeda strategy is to break the will of the American people ... try to persuade us to throw in the towel and come home, and then they win because we quit."
Finally............someone with a spine.
Oh, poor "Grandma Mimi," she's upset.
Well, I'll tell you what, I question her patriotism.
Way to go, VP Cheney!
Hope this is the start of a "New Tone" for the Administration.
LOL
Thanks for the laugh!
First time I have heard that from Washington. :')
Very good!
I stole it.
FINALLY! Dick Cheney makes Nancy poop a little every time he's close to her...
Go Cheney!!!
Don't back down...
Good for Cheney. Why in the world would any man worth the name make a specific criticism of a politician's agenda ... and then "take it back"?
In fact, the whole concept is disgusting.
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