Dick Cheney not sold on Sarah Palin presidency

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | February 14, 2010 | Jimmy Orr

[kingattax]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he hasn't made up his mind who he will support in the 2012 presidential election. When asked if he thought Sarah Palin was qualified, he punted. ---

Is Sarah Palin qualified to be president? Former Vice President Dick Cheney answered that question with an artful dodge this morning when he appeared on ABC's This Week.(see video below) "I haven't made a decision yet on whom I'm going to support for president next time around," he said to host Jonathan Karl. "Whoever it is is going to have to prove themselves capable of being President of the United States."

"And those tests will come during the course of the campaigns obviously," he continued. "I think all of the prospective candidates out there have a lot of work to do if in fact they are going to persuade a majority of Americans that they are ready to take on the world's toughest job."

You didn't think you'd get a yes or no on that question, did you? Come on

VIDEO AT LINK

[presently no screen name]

Excuse me, MrOffense - show me where I said I was offended.
You seem the type to find offense when there isn’t any. How liberal of you.

[presently no screen name]

and she became an enabler.

Nothing but negative, uh? How about admitting it's the voters who decide if he wins or not.

[FreeReign]

Being sensitive about a word is liberal. Is no one free to speak in your presence without offending you? If so, you are a liberal!!

The way the word "anointed" was used was hyperbole.

[Bob J]

“I think if SP is going to run, she should come out with a major foreign policy speech.”

Ya, but she might have to use both hands.

[reasonisfaith]

For example, there’s no ethics reform laws on the federal level that Palin has had anything to do with, so political criminals wouldn’t be able to use them to apply Alinsky’s tactics in an effort to attack Palin and subvert the will of the people.

[Bob J]

“She is still polling at the head or close to the top in every polling for the GOP primary for 2012.”

Maybe, but when they include 5 names 11% is “the top”.

[Bob J]

Ooops, 21%.

[SmokingJoe]

More reason to dismiss this ABC poll.
0bama polled only 25% who thought he was qualified to be president (CBS poll), back in January 2007. Couple of years later, he had been elected president.

[Bob J]

“They gave 0bama the biggest victory margin in the presidential elections since Reagan..”

Another lie. Bush I’s victory margin was larger than Obama’s.

[Brices Crossroads]

Sorry. I couldn’t care less who Cheney supports. Don’t look now but he has just come out for gays in the military. That is not a conservative position, as far as I can tell.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/81047-cheney-supports-repealing-dont-ask-dont-tell

Undertaking a social experiment like that in the middle of two wars because “society has moved on” is the height of irresponsibility, especially for someone who is a former Secretary of Defense and former Vice President. May I suggest a little humility on this score, that perhaps he should defer to actual veterans who have served in a barracks environment and not come out for such a change while two wars are going on, two wars that were not finished on his watch.

[Bob J]

“If Cheney were to come out against her, I would completely discount his opinion.”

So even if his reasoning was sound, you would reject it completely because to you it is heresy?

[Brices Crossroads]

“So even if his reasoning was sound”

It would not be sound, if he opposed her, any more than his reasoning to support open gays in the military is sound. This man has no corner on common sense. This latest decision is a real overreach and ought to cause conservatives to step back and re-appraise him.

[SmokingJoe]

I stand corrected on that one.
Fact remains, only 25% of voters thought 0bama was experienced enough to be president back in January 2007, yet in November 2008, the same American voters turned round and elected 0bama president.
This ABC poll(which is highly suspect because the same ABC poll had Republicans and Democrats running neck and neck in the generic congressional ballot, even at the same time that Rasmussen has Republicans ahead by a massive 8%), is quite worthless.

[SmokingJoe]

Ya, but she might have to use both hands.

That would still be better than using TWO teleprompter to address 6th grade children like the current president did.

[Doulos1]

Yes, so is yours, I think.

[presently no screen name]

You don't get it - conservatives KNOW a conservative and a winner when they see it. Just because you are in the 'wait and see' range - don't be p^ssed off because others can see BEFORE you - a conservative, a PATRIOT.

I'll leave you to worship - You seem so hung up on it - you need to do something w/your time while you 'wait and see'.

[presently no screen name]

WOW! So you’re a poll watcher - do you use both hands to check the wind?

[reasonisfaith]

See post #19, where I said unless he could offer a new idea that hadn’t been put out there yet.

[presently no screen name]

because “society has moved on”

Cheney is old enough to know society is NOT moving on but down the toilet.

[reasonisfaith]

Earlier you said “Why would she expose herself to ridicule, and lose a great deal of the people who like her?”

I think maybe she doesn’t go around trying to do things so people will like her (very rare in politicians but very much needed).

And if you realize her support for McCain was not based on support for his policy, you’ll understand that she hasn’t sacrificed her own policies. In other words, her supporting McCain has no effect on anything.