Posted on 05/22/2009 11:03:11 PM PDT by Schnucki
Senior Republicans have rallied to support former Vice President Dick Cheney in the wake of his vehement attacks on Barack Obama.
His fierce criticism has made him the principal voice opposing the new president and won him praise from figures.
Republican leaders have cast aside doubts about Mr Cheney reminding voters of the unpopular Bush administration, and concluded that his critique is valuable.
Mitt Romney, viewed by many Republicans as the front-runner for the party's 2012 presidential nomination, weighed in behind the former vice-president after he accused Mr Obama of practicing "recklessness cloaked as righteousness".
The former Massachusetts governor described Mr Cheney's intervention, in a speech delivered minutes after a major address by Mr Obama, as "direct, well-reasoned, and convincing".
He said: "Former Vice President Cheney seeks no political future. He speaks from the vantage of one who witnessed the killing of our fellow citizens, who deliberated and defined the strategy that would successfully prevent further murders of our fellow Americans."
Senator John Thune of South Dakota told Bloomberg that Mr Cheney "might not have the highest favorability ratings, but on this issue, I think he's viewed by people across the country as being very credible and very knowledgeable".
Mr Cheney's poor popularity ratings have recently taken an upturn. A CNN poll released on Thursday found 37 per cent of Americans had a favourable opinion of the former vice president, up eight points from January when he left office.
Some Republicans, however, wish Mr Cheney would follow former President George W. Bush's example and disappear from public view.
Senator John McCain, who was defeated by Mr Obama in last November's presidential election, said: "When you have a majority of Americans, seventysomething per cent, saying we shouldn't torture, then I'm not sure it helps for the vice president to go out
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You beat me to it. - that was my exact thought, as well.
To be fair, at least he is not defending mccain in this one.
We better have more than Sarah.
I’m not a Romney fan, he’s part of the Bush machine. No more Bushes. Mitt and Jeb can just go away and Charlie Crist. Go pound sand.
Yes,...but....Amerika likes the younger images on the TeeVee....
Good one!...
Did Cheney look frail in his presentation? NO. Is being a leader physically stressing? NO. Would runnin the USA be physical hard work? NO! For the task at hand and ahead, Dick Cheney certainly looks ready, willing and able.
Who can argue that Cheney is not RIGHT or is not CONSEVATIVE or is not a strong sensable voice in this darkness?
In the days ahead there may be another equal or even greater leader come forth, until that day I say
CHENEY-PALIN 2012
No one claims John McCain was not truly tortured by the Vietnamese. America has repaid him to some degree with a relatively cushy life since Vietnam and a chance to lead America.
Had he EVER been subjected to waterboarding from his NV captures he, no doubt would have enjoyed the mildness of this “torture” and the opportunity to bathe.
Mc Cain needs to shut up and go away. We gave him his chance and he blew it. Now it only makes our pain worse to have him keep kissing up to the damn libs and rubbing our nose in it.
Shut up McCain! Let a real man speak!
mcpain is a republican ONLY because when he first ran, that was the only position open. He’s NO Republican..he’s a wannabe public face to whatever will make him look like he knows something. The only reason I voted for him was, he was the only rino-republican on the ticket and because of the Cuda.
And all this talk of TORTURE by waterboarding...it was done ONLY THREE (3) TIMES to to muslim terrorists at Gitmo, but has been done MANY time to OUR OWN cadets, so they know what it is like. HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES, members of our sorry elected congress.
I don’t really trust Newt. Seems to me he flows with the wind of what looks like a political win. He’s flip-flopped too many times...and he’s a DC politician.
Thanks Ernest and Fred Nerks.
“I don’t really trust Newt.”
*****
Newt is Mitt’s short dumpy twin. Two insincere peas in a pod.
yep.
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