Posted on 05/11/2009 7:57:17 AM PDT by Maelstorm
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday took a shot at former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell by accusing him of turning his back on Republicans, adding that conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh is a more loyal party member than the retired Army general.
"If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh," said Mr. Cheney on CBS' "Face the Nation."
Mr. Powell recently said that Republicans need to move to the center politically and said that Mr. Limbaugh's conservative rhetoric is polarizing and hurts the party's image. The radio talk-show host fired back by accusing Mr. Powell of being "just another liberal" and said he should become a Democrat.
Mr. Cheney agreed that, in light of Mr. Powell's endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama's presidential bid last year, that he no longer can be considered a Republican.
"I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interest," Mr. Cheney said, adding that Mr. Powell's recent comments had convinced him that "Colin had already left the party."
"I didn't know he was still a Republican," he said.
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If Americans had to go on a cruise ship tour with Rush or Madonna who would they chose? I think Madonna, unfortunately. They would rather hear about sexploits rather than exploits; rather see how a dried up, old bitty of a hag is still able to do disco yoga while pretending it’s sex than watch a chubby guy smoke a cigar. What boggles the mind is what liberals think of what conservatives offer to liberals... the liberals think it is baubles, trinkets, Tommy Hilfinger rip offs. There are no conservative rock stars that the liberal see as rock stars... there is just a cruise ship sailing off the edge of the world. The conservative Titanic, the band and Rush played on while Madonna was doing it doggy style on some island with a sailor.
I choose Rush instead of the hag! LOL
Too bad Dick didn’t run in 08. I believe the vote would have been close and he just might have beat Obama.
Conservatives would have come home , the base would have voted.
If Powell switched parties he would just be one of many blacks on the dem side - and what he had to say would be worthless.
Why worthless?
If he critized conservatives - it would be "normal" because he would be a dem. If he tried to criticizes Democrats he would quickly discover the MSM doesn't like that - and what he said wouldn't be covered.
In short, he'd be powerless.
“Tart-tongued Wanda Sykes is returning to Fox TV with a late-night series offering a comedic look at current events...”
It's an early morning show, by the way.
And people who have been sold a cartoon version of Cheney are getting the opportunity to hear his side of things, since he is able to draw an audience.
When Powell was at the UN hearings talking about the evidence for WMD, I got a huge feeling he wasn’t on our side.
Any right Powell ever had to influence the GOP ended with his support of Obama. Someone needs to show him where the exit is!
Ain’t that the truth.
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