Posted on 07/29/2012 3:11:39 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
The news of Cheney’s interview airing on ABC tomorrow morning (Monday) on GMA is making its Sunday-rounds. The MSM couldn’t be happier.
While the entire interview has yet to be released, it appears Mr. Cheney has decided to do his part for his establishment-buddies by attacking his own party’s last VP nominee in lieu of going after the nation’s biggest elected mistake of all time – Barack Obama. In response, good conservatives all across the web are responding.
Mark Levin stated this morning: (emphasis)
“John McCain ran a terrible campaign; the Bush-Cheney administration had become very unpopular with the American people, including many Republicans; and the Bush-Cheney administration was every bit as activist when it came to expanding domestic spending and government activism as the Nixon administration. The continuing attacks on leaders of grassroots conservatives by the Republican establishment, especially former Bush administration officials, need to end now. They got their nominee and they need to focus on Obama. “
Tony Lee over at Breitbart said:
“Cheney, who led the vice presidential search that picked Nelson Rockefeller for Gerald Ford’s VP, is probably more comfortable with a vice presidential candidate who has similar establishment bona fides to Rockefeller, which Palin obviously lacks.”
Cheney said about Palin:
"I don’t think she passed that test … of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake.”
He might have a point.
Apparently, Palin’s not “ready” to sit in an administration for eight years which added 5 trillion dollars to our unpaid debt basically demoralizing the spirit of conservatism leading to four years of Barack Obama. Cheney was “ready” for that, wasn’t he?
Palin’s not “ready” to engage in cronyism which dictates who she’d appoint to lifetime positions on the Supreme Court or to head federal emergency agencies like FEMA. Bush & Cheney were “ready” for that, weren’t they?
Palin is “ready” to balance a budget – since she did it in Alaska.
Palin is “ready” to increase benefits for our esteemed elders while cutting out wasteful spending existing all across our federal government – since she did similar things in Alaska.
Palin is “ready” to call out entrenched special interests like she did when she served up a little justice to the Republican Party’s good old boys and their dealings with big oil. She did that in Alaska, too. Palin’s “ready” to unabashedly call out Barack Obama. This includes pointing out his past associations, his reckless squandering of billions of our dollars to pay back his Wall Street friends (just as Bush/Cheney once did), and his plans to whip Americans into Greece-like big-government submission. This is in contrast to the establishment’s plans to hold back.
Palin’s “ready” to endorse countless candidates for the Congress. She’s been successful at using her enormous grassroots influence to pull a great deal of them across the finish line.
Palin’s not ready to fall in line with the establishment. Until any candidate (including our perceived “front-runner”) demonstrates a full willingness to truly unify with the party’s grassroots, don’t count on her to make deals behind closed doors or hold high-priced fundraisers at her home.
Considering everything Bush & Company were “ready” for, it’s no wonder why Barack Obama was ever put in the position of becoming President of our great Republic. Now of course, he must be fired.
But after observing the behavior of Cheney, Sununu, and other Romney surrogates, it might serve the interest of the American people to ask whether or not Romney is truly “ready” to do that considering the company he chooses to keep.
Every time I read about some establishment politician criticizing an outsider like Sarah Palin, I take it as a personal insult. In the Beltway, God-fearing is out and evil is in. Woe unto them.
"I'd like to put these VP nomination rumors to rest once and for all. While serving as VP would be a great honor,
I'd not be able to accept the office as I am not a Natural Born Citizen.
My parents became US Citizens after my birth so by the eligibility requirements specified in Article. II. Section. 1. I'm not eligible.
The fact that the CommiecRAT Party lied about their usurper Obama's status doesn't change the Constitutional Natural Born Citizen requirement."
There is such a thing as too much experience. In other words, I’ve dealt with people who are the “We’ve been doing it THIS way for 20 years and it’s just fine” types. They don’t want change, can’t deal with doing things a better way. Cheney and Bush are insiders and power-brokers. Sarah has shown that she can penetrate the power structure and change it to suit the peoples’ needs, not the insiders.
The only thing that will change the party is for ALL of the people screeching at us “purist” conservatives, to turn their fire on the party which is actually responsible.
They might be amazed at how quickly the party will fall in line with the voters the way it should be.
If “exprience” got us where we are today, I think I will go with inexperience, integrity, intelligence, and a heart for the country.
LLS
Perhaps they would like to change the sales rep, but the product line will be pretty much the same.
LLS
Cheney wanting to homosexualize the military, fits right in with this attack on the right that he is making.
Bingo! They know they can keep it business as usual, thoroughly disrespect their base, because they feel they are dealing with sheep with nowhere else to go.
“establishment politician criticizing an outsider like Sarah Palin, I take it as a personal insult”
Exactly, it isn’t that they are attacking Sarah per se’. It’s more that i know that’s exactly how they feel about me. And they are doing it BEFORE the election. I’m very used to getting the Bush clan GOPe diss treatment after an election,, but BEFORE? Thats a deliberate insult.
“If “exprience” got us where we are today, I think I will go with inexperience, integrity, intelligence, and a heart for the country.”
Ding ding ding,,a winner.
The VP Cheney or the Halliburton version?
:) Yes, well, if there is CERTAINLY one Republican of yesteryear we do not want to emulate it is T.R., right? He was John McInsane’s favorite President, remember?
Sarah Palin has taken charge of the Republican Party and the GOP establishment wants it to stop. On Tuesday, Ted Cruz will win in Texas, making seven elections in a row where Sarah Palin endorsed a candidate to victory. All the stops are being pulled out to discredit her as unsuitable to be VP or President.
Every conservative she places in office replaces one of their reliable GOPe votes. The Cheney interview has more to do with reducing Palin’s credibility in the Texas runoff election than it does about her suitability for VP. A likely Dewhurst loss is a major defeat for the Rockefeller wing of the GOP and if that occurs expect a showdown in MO over Sarah Steelman. The battle will be to get control away from Sarah Palin and back in the hands of the milquetoast moderates. All of these Republicans will win their elections in November, They are in safe states, so the only losses felt will be by the GOPe.
“He should have kept his mouth shut.,.”
Well said.
Major gaffe on Cheney’s part.
PERIOD.
What you said is probably true...... great conservative, great Republican.
My posts are to point out she is not a candidate for anything
I really liker her, and am especially fond of Piper
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