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Monday, November 16, 2009

Politics Dick Cheney/Sarah Palin 2012?

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM

Be afraid...

Liz Cheney says that whoever runs for the White House on the GOP ticket in 2012—and, gee, why not her father?—that person, if he or she wins, "will have to undo a lot of the damage... that this president has done to our national security, to our economy, to our health care system, to our standing around the world." She's referring to the damage done by Barack Obama in 10 months, not the damage done by George W. Bush over eight years. Says Sullivan:

We are nine months into Obama's first term. He inherited two disastrous and failed wars, a recession steeper than any since the Great Depression, countless prisoners of war imprisoned in a gulag in Cuba and largely unprosecutable because of torture illegally authorized by the former president, $5 trillion of debt accrued in eight years by Dick "deficits don't matter" Cheney, alliances frayed to near-collapse, and a total failure in eight years to do anything about climate change. And she actually says that a Republican in 2013 will have to cope with the damage Obama has done to the country! And she talks about America's "standing in the world"! Yes, this is the world she inhabits, a world of shamelessness, cynicism and contempt for this country's stability and health. She is her father's daughter.

 

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If Cheney is alive in 2012, that would be a miracle.
Posted by A. L. Venable on November 16, 2009 at 11:16 AM · Report
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Who cares what Liz Cheney thinks? Why is she on TV every week? Has she done anything beside be Dick Cheney's non-gay daughter?
Posted by The Guilty Carnivore on November 16, 2009 at 11:16 AM · Report
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Whoever gets in office in 2012 is going to be bad for all of us regular people, regardless of party affiliation. Not that I am even remotely a fan of his, but Cheney, as ridiculous as he is, at least would keep a lot of people from being lulled into a false sense of security and complacency, like they have with Obama.
Posted by iwouldprefernotto on November 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM · Report
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Can you vomit from anger?
Posted by Commenty Colin on November 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM · Report
5
I vomited from the window of a moving car once.
Posted by Sock Person on November 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM · Report
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@Sock Person: Me too! I once vomited on the display windows of Macy's.
Posted by Graham on November 16, 2009 at 12:16 PM · Report
7
I thought this was real news until they got to "bow-gate," and then I realized it wasn't.

What I really want to know is why is the Obama administration giving the ONN a cold shoulder? Seriously, they might take some creative liberties once in a while, but at least they admit it.
Posted by Matthew D on November 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM · Report
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Good thing the world is ending that year.
Posted by Suz on November 16, 2009 at 1:08 PM · Report
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Of course Cheney will be alive and well in 2012, he's more machine than man now.
Posted by Andy Mesa on November 16, 2009 at 3:43 PM · Report
10
Cheney/Palin in 2012? Oh. My. God. All of a sudden I just can't stop laughing.
Posted by EJS on November 16, 2009 at 9:12 PM · Report

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