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Posted on 05/07/2009 6:08:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
(CNN) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is weighing into the heated internal debate over the future of the Republican Party, declaring it would be a mistake for the GOP to "moderate."
"This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas … what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and constitutional principles," Cheney said in an interview with North Dakota radio host Scott Hennen Thursday, according to a transcript.
"You know, when you add all those things up, the idea that we ought to moderate basically means we ought to fundamentally change our philosophy," Cheney also said. "I for one am not prepared to do that, and I think most of us aren’t. Most Republicans have a pretty good idea of values, and aren’t eager to have someone come along and say, 'Well, the only way you can win is if you start to act more like a Democrat.'"
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God bless Dick Cheney.
How I wish Chaney had run in 2008
I wish Cheney could have gotten to GWB on that one.
GWB was quite moderate ... on way too many issues.
Cheney = backbone
I’d like to see him go after Powell. He has the cujones to take him apart.
Agree
No more socialism support
no more nanny state support
No more income redistribution
— without the expressed personal consent of the taxed
If someone wants a program,
they are welcome to pay for it themselves
All Power not specifically vested in the Federal Gov.
By the Constitution, not the Supreme Court
is reserved toward the States and Local Communities
Cheney is correct. We lost the last election in part because we had a moderate running for President. I wish that these Republicans who have been advocating a shift to the center would shut up and realize this. A return to conservative principles and abandoning the notion that we can be civil towards the democrats is what will help the Republican party win elections.
I’ll never forget Dick Cheney taking apart that pansy John Edwards in their debate.
Ultimately we will all have to answer to God. “Moderating” so that a Repub can get elected is tantamount to declaring that God is not important IMHO. Good luck to anyone who takes that path.
I have moved away from political party identification. I am an American with Christian values and a strong belief in following the provisions of the Constitution as written, not interpreted by progressives with a belief that it is a “living” document. Nor do I hold with a shifting, relativistic moralism that departs from the values set forth in the only Book that matters to mankind as a whole. The Republican Party abandoned those of us with similar beliefs years ago. Therefore I can’t support it as an organized party.
Cheney doesn’t know anything about anything. Now Megan McCain, I saw her on the morning shows, and she’s a smart one. She has Gravitas. Big Time.
Hooray Dick Cheney! Thanks for your continued service to this great nation, sir.
Jeff C
I sure hope you forgot to add the sarc to your post accidentally.
Ping.
I think even the most dense Freeper would have
mentally added the /sarc tag
Is it really necessary?
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Cheney’s only 67. Will be 72 during the 2012 election. Darn sure not too old for a strong statesman, his sticky ticker has worked without a glitch for some time, WHY NOT CHENEY-PALIN 2012?
WHY DIDNT YOU RUN FOR PRES?????
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