Cheney: Public Doesn't Support Withdrawal From Iraq
Dick Cheney in a speech today to American servicemen:
“I want you to know that the American people will not support a policy of retreat,” Mr. Cheney said. “We want to complete the mission, we want to get it done right, and then we want to return home with honor.”
But poll after poll after poll finds...
...oh, never mind. You know the drill.
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He's not running for office again so he can be as detached from reality as he wants to be.
May 11, 2007 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're forgetting he's speaking Republicanese. During the Bush-Cheney era 'the American people' means, in plain English, the right half or Republican and Republican-leaning 45% of the American political spectrum. No speech they have given in seven plus years treats the other half of the political spectrum as legitimate- there's a little acknowledgment of it as incidental, but there's never concession of its legitimacy. It really adds insult to injury once you pick up on it.
Have a look a bunch of Bush or other Administration leader speeches if you don't believe me. There are a bunch of other translations that are helpful. 'The economy' usually means 'our rich pals back in Dallas'. (That is why 'the economy' is always doing so well.) 'Terrorists' mostly means 'Arab guerillas who frustate us'. 'Making progress' = everyone we still like is feeding at the trough of public money. 'I have complete confidence in' = he's useless to us now and we'll push him out when no one's looking. 'Compassion conservatism'- crumbs that get us votes and silence the Biblical Righteousness Police.
Once you're adept at translating Republicanese to American English, all these speeches actually make sense. The kind of sense that induces nausea and vomiting and wide eyed disbelief.
May 11, 2007 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're forgetting he's speaking Republicanese. During the Bush-Cheney era 'the American people' means, in plain English, the right half or Republican and Republican-leaning 45% of the American political spectrum.
It's not even that complicated. What he's saying in a backhand way is that the people who support withdrawal are not considered to be Americans. Cheney speaks only to those who agree with him, so he is perfectly consistent when he says Americans support the war wholeheartedly because to him, being against the war is being unAmerican.
May 11, 2007 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
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Why waste more breath and bandwidth on this jackal?
Just send him a copy of this California Democratic Party resolution and tell him to STFU and have a nice day...
~OGD~
May 11, 2007 3:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
And FOX=NEWS
May 11, 2007 4:25 PM | Reply | Permalink