Posted on 04/08/2015 8:47:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In an appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” Tuesday night, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Obama’s actions on the world stage exemplify a president who wants “to take America down.”
Cheney also touched on Obama’s comments on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, telling Hewitt that Obama is the only post-World War II president to believe that America doesn’t need “to play a leading role in the world.”
The former vice president made the appearance following the announcement of a new book on American foreign policy, co-authored by himself and daughter Liz Cheney, will be released in September.
HEWITT: Let me play for both of you a cut from earlier today. The president sat down with an NPR reporter who asked him about Scott Walker’s statement on this show last week that he’s repudiate the emerging Iran hologram — I don’t call it a deal — on day one. Here’s what the president said.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Any president who gets elected will be knowledgeable enough on foreign policy and knowledgeable enough about the traditions and precedents of presidential power that they won’t start calling into question the capacity of the executive branch of the United States to enter into agreements with other countries. If that starts being questioned, that’s going to be a problem for our friends and that’s going to embolden our enemies and it would be a foolish approach to take. Perhaps Mr. Walker, after he’s taken some time to bone up on foreign policy, will feel the same way.
HEWITT: Vice President Cheney, you’ve been boning up on foreign policy since you entered the House 30 years ago. What do you make of that statement.
CHENEY: Well it starts from a flawed presumption on Obama’s part. For most of the last 70 years since World War II, we’ve had a bipartisan record in this country between Democrat and Republican. Harry Truman, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower, the Bush’s believed America had to play a leading role in the world and needs to maintain first class military capability to do that and occasionally use it. That the world works best with U.S. leadership. The first president, really, who doesn’t — no longer believe that fundamental truth is Barack Obama. What he’s saying, his criticism of Governor Walker — I think probably Governor Walker welcomes it. It’s almost like a paid commercial. I heard today as soon as the statement came out from Obama criticizing the governor, he immediately sent out to all of his supporters. I’m glad he did that. It’s a mark of weakness of this president that he’d say such a thing.
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HEWITT: Is he naive, Mr. Vice President? Or does he have a far reaching vision that only he entertains of a realigned Middle East. That somehow it all works out in the end.
CHENEY: I don’t know Hugh. I vacillate between the various theories I’ve heard. If you had somebody who, as president — who wanted to take America down. Who wanted to fundamentally weaken our position in the world, reduce our capacity to influence events. Turn our back on our allies and encourage our enemies, it would look exactly like what Barack Obama is doing. I think his actions are constituted in my mind are those of the worst president we’ve ever had.
He’s just NOW figuring this out?
I LOVE Dick Cheney. Darn! Wish he were president.
I would pay good money to see Cheney take on Obama in a cage match
a pleasant little hunting trip might be fun...
No way ... Cheney’s had this effeminate, mulatto-marxist-muslim, “infirmative action” character figured out for a long time. Remember that photo taken at the inauguration?
So will Obama respond to this by explaining how his view of America’s role in the world is somehow better than Cheney’s?
I seriously doubt it ....
Instead he or someone in his administration will call Dick Cheney an evil war monger, or some such thing
Finally !
Someone of national stature finally got the guts to publicly state the truth about Obama.
This is a blatant middle finger to past protocol in discussing current Presidents by former POTUS/VPOTUS.
I LOVE it!
Don’t be too quick on that one - yeah, Obama’s a wimp but Cheney’s got a bad ticker.
Just because he is saying it now doesn't mean that he is only figuring it out now.
At this point I'm just happy that some public person has now come out and said it.
Obama Wants to Take America Down.
He’s just NOW figuring this out?
I believe he’s known for a long time. It’s just getting to the point where he can substantiate his claims. Otherwise, he would have just come across as a bitter old hack.
Yes, I think that's the point to take from this.
The question is what Cheney (who has friends and supporters in the intelligence and military establishments) plans to DO about the situation. Someone needs to lead the charge and Cheney would be a good one to do it.
It is nice to hear truth and reality from a politician who is not under the thumb of the GOPe any more. The GOPe is useless. No fight. No standing up for America in strong terms. So many things need to be fixed.
What’s funny is that earlier in the show Hewitt cut a caller off and poo pooed the caller’s theory that Obama is trying to destroy the USA.
Then Cheney turns around and basically says the same thing.
If Obama were merely incompetent, occasionally he would do things that actually helped the USA. Every single thing he has done has weakened the USA.
I think there is a sense of denial - there’s no way we could have elected a president that wants to destroy America!
And then there is the fear factor - I’ll sound like a kook if I voice these suspicions!
I think he understood Caliph Baraq pretty well in Jan 09.
No fight? How about COMPLICIT!
I think Dick Cheney has had it figured out for a long time. He’s just held his tongue in public until now about this evil, vicious loser.
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