https://freerepublic.com/tag/vprichardcheney/ en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:07:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318209/posts The Cheney ChroniclesAugust 17, 2009Robert CostaSummertime in Wyoming is usually quite pleasant for the Cheney family. Last Thursday, the day before Lynne Cheney’s 68th birthday party, the Washington Post soured spirits just a bit with this headline: “Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush.” The front-page story detailed, with the help of numerous unnamed “associates,” how former vice president Dick Cheney’s upcoming book will supposedly open a “second front” against “Cheney’s White House partner of eight years, George W. Bush.” Team Cheney was not amused.“From the first sentence, the piece was clearly biased and inaccurate,” Mary Matalin, Cheney’s former White House... National Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318209/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:07:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255800/posts President Obama wants you to know that nothing is ever his fault. He gave a speech on national-security matters Thursday the gist of which was: George W. Bush left me a mess, and I’m doing the best I can to clean it up. A more forthright theme would have been: Radical Islam has thrust the United States into a defensive war, and it’s now my duty to protect the nation — despite legal complications created by left-wing lawyers, many of whom are now working in my administration. President Obama described Bush’s counterterrorism program as an “ad hoc legal approach for... National Review https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255800/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 21:18:36 GMT