[mazda77]

Angry? She was not angry, just pointed. So I guess the new definition of angry is that you disagree with something.

[4rcane]

most of the rino/establishment politicians get their news from liberal media, they don’t listen to radio or read blogs

[Venturer]

Cheney still doesn’t realise that it wasn’t Palin’s fault McCain didn’t win.

When a candidate backs his opponent instead of opposing him he cuts his chances of winning immensely.

Nothing to be afraid of in an Obama win McCain said.

Boy was that a stupid statement or what?????????????

[Erik Latranyi]

The media has destroyed Palin’s image, just as they did with Dan Quayle and so many others.

[bkepley]

It was a stupid thing to say. 2008 was an Anybody But Bush year. 2012 is and ABO year.

[trubolotta]

Cheney had it exactly reversed; McCain was the wrong candidate and Palin was the right one.

[Sir Napsalot]

My theory is if McCain had chosen Pawlenty or Romney, the resulting media scrutiny in election cycle 2008 would not be what we've seen against Palin.

But as soon as she burst onto the national stage, it will be existential hatred from both media and GOP establishment. Remember she got unbelievable scorns from GOP insiders and media happily 'reporting' along?

She would still get slanted coverage but not an all out war to destroy her.

[LibLieSlayer]

“excuse me, Vice President Cheney — never misfires”

Touche!

LLS

[nathanbedford]

I think that Cheney made an uncharacteristic mistake and walked into a trap, partly of his own making, sprung by a media determined to reelect Obama and destroy Sarah Palin. So Cheney was thinking in terms of process and made the mistake of making a substantive observation. He was the director of the process and charged with the responsibility of leading the vice presidential candidate twice in his career and he scrupulously followed is indisputably correct sequence for picking a vice president with the first and indispensable qualification to be whether the individual was ready to be President.

In this context, a process context, Cheney was thinking about the people he had worked with and served under all of whom at the very top, like Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Gerald Ford, who were man of vast experience compared to Sarah Palin. If he had thought about it, he might have observed, as did his daughter, that Palin's experience, especially the quality of her experiences, was in sum greater than the combined experience of Obama and Biden.

On the other hand, Cheney's remark betrays a serious deficiency in the Bush administration, a phobia of partisanship, a hesitancy to plead one's own case, an utter inability to fully appreciate the evil motive of Democrats, a tendency to regard party politics as "smarmy," a tendency to throw fellow Republicans under the bus, a willingness to compromise fundamental conservative principles if regarded to be necessary to advance the war on terrorism.

[LibLieSlayer]

Sarah has shot Caribou, Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear, skeet and targets... but Sarah has never shot a friend.

LLS

[Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand]

I would like to see the two of them debate.

[bandleader]

While I have the utmost respect for Dick Cheney,I MUST question his judgement on Sarah Palin!She is a TRUE CONSERVATIVE and a supporter of The US Constitution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GrannyK]

I believe Sarah is a lot like Rush, he stated he is just being himself, decided not to be upset if someone don’t like him. Stay on track & don’t back down on his principals. That is one reason he won’t be likely to run for any political office. When Sarah makes a statement she sticks to it and it is evident in her actions. She lives the life she preaches.

[taildragger]

“Well, seeing as how Dick"

Ouch that is gonna leave a mark, subtle but I think it was intentional. She does know how to use the language......

[Leep]

I trust Sarah with a loaded shot gun. Dick not so much.

[bmwcyle]

No Sarah, Dick is part of the GOP elite that hated you from the first day you were picked as VP.

[tflabo]

Did Cheney get his replaced heart transplant from a radical leftist? Seems to be affecting his brain too.

[tennmountainman]

I would like to remind “Dick” Cheney that all the “experience” he, Rove and Bush brought to the table left
his administration at one of the lowest approval ratings in
American History and gave us Obama.
That “experience” thing you talk about did not work out very good, did it Dick!

[skinkinthegrass]

Sorry..you've really "stepped-in-it" Dickie...your really covering
....lathering....yourself in stinky O'Bama / O'Biden material.
the Establishment is losing...very badly...
long live American Patriotism. :-)

[bethelgrad]

Right or wrong, Cheney is his own man. He’s a career politician who’s made speaking his mind his trademark. I don’t think it was the lamestream media at all, I think it was his real opinion, which I disagree with, but still his own.