Posted on 10/28/2009 10:14:06 AM PDT by crescen7
I admire Dick Cheney, but I strenuously disagree with his endorsement.
Cheney is also for gay marriage.
Very bad move Dick. Kay Bailey is a RINO through and through.
No need to make any illusions about Cheney. We may like his style and foreign policy, but Cheney IS liberal on social issues such as Gay marriage.
He is not “Mr Conservative”.
I wonder if this is another inside-the-beltway reaction to Sarah endorsing Perry?
Sadly, it’s true......
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1207946&format=text
Perry.
Not perfect but MUCH better than Hutchison (who is kiss-kiss with Democrats, anti-life, pro-Obama, pro-Porkulus, viciously anti-Palin).
Cheney is pro-gay marriage and Hutchison is pro-Obama, pro-Porkulus, anti-Palin, anti-Life.
"True conservative"... maybe to you.
People have ALWAYS made the mistake of considering Cheney (or anyone else) a conservative just because he is “strong” on defense.
Cheney is NOT a conservative in the “limited government” sense of the word and Im not sure that he ever was. Ive actually warned people on here not to idolize the man just because of his stance on the military and national security.
Now, because he was put on a pedestal by certain folks we are going to have to knock him down and risk damaging the area he was having a positive effect (attacking the administration on their national security stances).
conservative.
Sarah and Cheney are on the same side, but this is payback for KBH supporting the Administration during the War.
Best,
Chris
Very true. Cheney like many other folks from the Bush admin are hawks, but not true conservatives. How can someone who is for gay marriage be a social conservative i.e.?
I hope not, but these days I’m almost afraid to find out. I’ve had such respect for him and his wife. Perhaps the endorsement is a product of an old friendship. Whatever, KBH lost me with her craveness about illegal aliens.
So disappointed...
This is a Hobson’s choice.
Perry is no conservative prize either.
You are crazy if you think KBH is a conservative.
That's the problem around here. Some of us expect to find perfect human beings here on earth and it's not going to happen.
I don't care who Cheney endorses, or doesn't endorse, he's still a GREAT American.
We need to be a bit more forgiving of allies.
This is the guy that remained quiet all during the amnesty debate.
I don't think she's a "conservative"! I believe she's a "compassionate conservative" in the TRUE Bush vein...My ideal of a "conservative" is RR, someone who served his country in unstinted and stellar public service, yet established no political family dynasty (Bush, Kennedy) and wore a uniform in time of national need (unlike the example of Cheney, who received 5 deferments during Vietnam yet was able to pass himself off as a defense "hawk"). /RANT
Uh, ok...
I love Cheney. He’d be a great, and has been a great, Secretary of Defense. Or Secretary of State.
I even think he’d be a great president.
He’s strong on defense, and thats what we need right now.
But despite what the press may say about him, he’s not really all that conservative, certainly not a social conservative.
So I’ll respectfully disagree with him on Hutchinson. He may be supporting her because he likes her on a personal level, which is understandable. Whatever. I like the guy a lot but that doesn’t mean I agree with every last word out of his mouth.
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