GOP Strategists to Cheney: Enough, Already--Concerned Cheney Will Be Seen As Party Spokesman

US News and World Report ^ | Posted May 13, 2009 | Kenneth Walsh

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

well bully for you

[marlon]

This illustrates perfectly why the GOP is lost as a party. There's one guy out there making sense and actually pointing out the weaknesses of the Bambi administration. Instead of supporting him and taking the ball and running with it the GOP castrati are too afraid the MSM will not like them, call them bad names and tell them that they are mean spirited.

Better to let Obama weaken our country and implement socialism/fascism than to have the NYT say you are not progressive enough!

[Billthedrill]

Ah, yes, U.S. News' favorite pet anonymous Republican spokesmen are trying to help us all out again. First Sarah and now Cheney. They're not real, responsible, sensible Republicans, dontcha know, like, say, Meghan McCain.

Spare us, please.

[rlmorel]

"...We can articulate our message just fine..."

Really?

Are you going to articulate it, or are you going to leave it up to Steele? Or McCain? Or Snowe?

Please don't take this personally, and I don't mean to be abrasive, but WHO ON EARTH DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO ARTICULATE ANY MESSAGE BESIDES "WE NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THEM"?

You don't like Bush and Cheney, that is okay. But what message DO YOU think should be articulated that is in ANY way different from what Cheney is stating?

[Argus]

CHENEY/PALIN IN 2012!

[nobama08]

How I wish Cheney was the Republican spokesman. The GOP would be wise to listen to him.

[tobyhill]

If the GOP hasn't noticed, they're already dead. They better support us Conservatives or they'll be even more dead as a party.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Better Cheney speaking for me than McCain and from the letters Cavuto read this afternoon I don’t think I’m alone in that sentiment. McCain and friends have no clue what most of us are really thinking.

[rlmorel]

Boy, what you said in your tagline could be tattooed on the foreheads of many Americans.

[marron]

Push folks like Cheney and Hunter and Palin to the margins and I’ll have a hard time staying in the party.

I’ve been re-thinking my obsession with politics as it is. Get rid of the people who think like me and the separation becomes a divorce.

[andy58-in-nh]

Republican strategists for sale. $200 each, already neutered. Inquire within.

[nobama08]

GOP - Gutless Old Party

[maggief]

“I don’t think anybody would call him and say, ‘Shut up.’ It wouldn’t work,” says a GOP strategist who formerly advised Ronald Reagan. “He obviously feels that his work as vice president is under attack. But he is not our best spokesman.”

Only better spokesmen I can think of are Rush, Sarah, and Michele Bachman. :)

[Arizona Carolyn]

~LOL~... that would be a hot ticket!

[freekitty]

Yeah, I would like to know the answer to that one too.

GO CHENEY GO

[rlmorel]

"...GOP - Gutless Old Party..."

More like "Gonad-less Old Party".

THAT is precisely why they NEED THIS MAN, or MEN LIKE HIM.

[Grammy]

I will repeat the statement I made on the thread about Leahy calling Cheney “unseemly”. (It seems to fit here equally well)

It always amazes me how much someone with character and integrity offends someone without.

[SJackson]

Simple solution GOP strategists, stand up for the nation and it’s security. Eyes off whatever poll you’re looking at, cast aside political calculations (probably misguided anyway) and simply do the right thing. You might be surprised at the consequences

[csense]

Enough, already. That's the reaction of many Republicans to Dick Cheney's surge of media appearances to defend the Bush administration, especially on national security issues. "I don't think anybody would call him and say, 'Shut up.' It wouldn't work," says a GOP strategist who formerly advised Ronald Reagan. "He obviously feels that his work as vice president is under attack. But he is not our best spokesman."

What a joke. He's the only spokesman in a sea of girly men that comprise the elected members of the Republican party. If you guys think you have someone with the testicular fortitude to step forward and speak, then do it, otherwise, STFU and stand aside.

[afnamvet]

Bed wetting RINOs....sic ‘em Dick Cheney.