Cheney Attacks Times Over MoveOn Ad

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Sean Martin wrote on September 17, 2007 6:48 PM:

"Like most Americans"?? Notice how he slips that in at the start, falsely claiming that most American's share his view. But then Cheney is no stranger to just flat out saying things that just aren't so.

"no one in politics, regardless of party, should hesitate to object when an American soldier at war is mocked and insulted."

Can you say "Swift Boat Vertans for Truth", Mr. Dick?

Barry Champlain wrote on September 17, 2007 7:19 PM:

Oh hey, this thing's LOADED with wingnut goodness!

"... at subsidized rates..." A Freeper fave! Remember when Bill O'Reilly broke the big story that the Librul New York Times slashed its rates so the Far Left MoveOn.org could hurt America? The Times immediately debunked that as complete and inaccurate BS, and explained exactly how MoveOn was billed.

But look who picks up the turd and flings it again! Dick! Which tells me exactly one thing: this nugget of falsehood came TO O'Reilly FROM the White House, in the first place. You want to object? You want to correct O'Reilly's "facts"? Like he cares. He's a performing monkey. He's reading the TelePrompTer. He didn't load the TelePrompTer in the first place. He just does the dance.

Now here comes Dick. Nothing less than the Times itself has set forth the truth about this right-wing article of dogma, that spread like cancer across the RW blogs and Fox. So Dick KNOWS it's crap... kind of like the WMD.

But if the Big Lie's still working for him there, why should he strive for honesty and accuracy HERE?

I think the bigger question, however, is why the media isn't calling the vice president of the United States on spreading a demonstrable falsehood like this.

bob wrote on September 17, 2007 7:32 PM:

Not to mention Dick's belief that once a politician votes for a war, they have to support that war forever, no matter how much Dick Fs it up.

NoParty wrote on September 17, 2007 7:47 PM:

Wow!

You've gotta think Cheney is hoping we forgot the mocking and insulting HE and his wife did on an American soldier decorated for bravery at a war Cheney didn't have the nerve for. My fav was Lynn's:

"With all due respect to the senator, it just sounded so foolish," she said. "I can't imagine that al Qaeda will be impressed by sensitivity."

Of course, she and the bigger Dick were well aware that Kerry's remark about 'sensitivity' came a few words before reaching "out to other nations" to try to get them to shoulder some of the weight of this war...so 90% of dead bodies wouldn't continue being U.S. soldiers. They trusted that Fox News and the rest of the corporate media would let them trash a man who HAD fought,
and not call the Cheney's on the obvious misrepresentation. And their trust was well placed. As Greenspan says, the Rove-driven Republicans "...swapped principle for power."

Jan wrote on September 17, 2007 7:48 PM:

I feel a MoveOn "Dick Cheney -- Betrayer of Trust" ad coming on!
Bring. It. On.

gqmartinez wrote on September 17, 2007 9:33 PM:

Rather than Jan@7:48's proposal, I'd like to see a "credibility" ad. Throw in Kristol as well. Something along the lines of, "If they are always wrong, why are we still listening?" Something about "betray" doesn't seem right to me, whereas "always (or consistently) wrong" seems less combative and much more likely to have a lasting impression. "Betrayal", IMO, gives the right a rallying cry (what if they said that about us?). Wrongness puts the GOP on defensive.

Bob Loblaw wrote on September 18, 2007 9:26 AM:

Dick Cheney outrage? Would that consist of him sitting around making sullen stares at the walls?

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