Dick Cheney smears President Obama on 9/11...

[cynatnite]

On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Obama of taking “sole credit” for the killing of Osama bin Laden and ignoring his presidential daily intelligence briefings. “If President Obama were participating in his intelligence briefings on a regular basis then perhaps he would understand why people are so offended at his efforts to take sole credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden,” Cheney told the Daily Caller on Monday night, quoting a report by former Bush administration official Marc Thiessen that “charged that Obama had attended fewer than half of the presidential daily briefs since taking office.”

But by parroting the claims of Birther-led “Swift Boater” groups, who argue that Obama has overstated his role in the bin Laden raid, Cheney ignores Obama’s repeated efforts to credit the intelligence community and the Bush administration for playing a part in the successful mission to kill the perpetrator of the 9/11 attacks. As Obama explained earlier this year:

Last year, when we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden, I made it clear that our success was due to many people in many organizations working together over many years — across two administrations. That’s why my first call once American forces were safely out of harm’s way was to President Bush. Because protecting our country is neither the work of one person, nor the task of one period of time, it’s an ongoing obligation that we all share.

Obama also continues to receive intelligence information on a daily basis, even if he prefers to read the analyses himself rather than have it read told to him. As National Security Council spokesperson Tommy Vietor told Politico, Obama “receives and reads his (Presidential Daily Brief) every day, and most days when he’s at the White House receives a briefing in person. When necessary he probes the arguments, requests more information or seeks alternate analysis. Sometimes that’s via a written assessment and other times it’s in person…Marc basically wrote a story culled from our public schedule that shows how Marc’s old boss, President Bush, structured his day differently than President Obama.”

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/11/826161/cheney-obama-911/

Cheney is still a piece of excrement.

[truebrit71]

1. Fuck that war criminal...

...nothing he says has any value whatsoever..

[malaise]

14. Ditto

Fuck him

[Chipper Chat]

63. Double-fuck him.

Biggest piece of putrid american shit in the past 30 years.

[ann---]

23. Ditto

What a lowlife.

[abelenkpe]

53. + 1000 nt

[RoccoR5955]

60. With a broken bottle

He belongs in jail, with his Shrubby partner, and the rest of the Bushco, Inc. clan.

[get the red out]

2. I guess it's better just to dismiss them

Like Bush did.

Cheney must miss his undisclosed location.

[newspeak]

37. yeah, cheney, I'm not going to forget tora bora

OBL was a useful tool for cheney and company. remember when they pulled out the OBL tape during the second election, showing OBL really wanted kerry to win--NOT. There are fools in this country, but we are all not fools. Seems like OBL was the gift that just kept on giving for the last administration. bogus war with iraq, check-war with afghanistan for the pipeline, check-lucrative war profiteering contracts for corporations like cheney's hallitburton, check. and pulling out the old OBL tapes when the american public didn't seem fearful enough.

So, cheney, why don't you tell us why little boots publicly stated he really didn't think much about OBL? maybe, just maybe, because ya'll got your "trifecta?"

[get the red out]

57. Was that also the tape

where Bin Laden instructed US citizens on which (liberal) books we should read? Like he was sitting around in a cave being bombed while simultaneously creating his Amazon "wish list"?

[heaven05]

67. some

some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all the time. Big weapon in turning back rethug fascism. I salute you. We are NOT all fools.

[spanone]

3. fuck you every way possible you human piece of shit

[rbixby]

4. Why can't he just go away?

He's got his millions, he had his power, he's now half machine with no pulse. I just wonder, what's he got to live for these days? Perhaps he's so afraid to meet his maker that he'll do anything to delay it as long as possible.

[Angry Dragon]

28. I believe he has had a heart transplant

[DinahMoeHum]

30. Has he actually had a heart all these years?

Who knew?

[Angry Dragon]

32. He did have a heart but it shriveled up and died many years ago

[progressivebydesign]

51. I believe it was more of an installation, than a transplant. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

58. Good point

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Cheney is clearly not yet done

when it comes to disgracing the country.


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[Arkansas Granny]

6. Cheney knows he doesn't have to speak the truth. He only has to say what

the freepers and their ilk want to hear. It won't even matter to them if his statements are proven to be false. They only hear what they want.

[lastlib]

7. Would someone please tell this shitstain on humanity to STFU??

He and his neocon buddies F**ked up on protecting America from the al-Qaeda threat--he has NO RIGHT to criticize ANYONE else's conduct. He and his neocon buds committed war crimes in America's name--he has NO RIGHT to even breathe free air! His opinions are worthless and should be ignored until he has done his time at The Hague for his crimes.

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[jberryhill]

10. Please do not demean shitstains

Your post makes an unwarranted comparison of shitstains to Dick Cheney.

While I understand your feelings, please take into account the reputation of shitstains. They did not deserve this kind of insult.

[lastlib]

18. I do apologize to shitstains. In a moment of heated emotion....

...I couldn't think of anything less useful to mankind. But they are FAR more useful to mankind than Richard B. Cheney.

[lpbk2713]

8. No class opportunistic sleaze bag.

Only a scumbag like Cheneyburton would use this moment for a lame attempt to score political points.

Cheney and his monkey stayed shaking and hidden until after dark while their country was in need of
strength and guidance from their leaders. The country had to settle for fear and confusion instead.

[TwilightGardener]

9. He continues to be a cancer on this country.

[harpslay]

11. Just a discouraged old man now...

Love that the Republicans really like going out of their way to be hyper-partisan.

[randome]

12. It's tropism, not strategy. They don't think, they just open their mouths and words come out.

Does Cheney really believe Romney has a chance? Are they truly THAT deluded? Hard to understand sometimes.

[Auntie Bush]

13. I wouldn't be sad to hear that the man's new heart FAILED!

The overall venom in that mans body will eventually eat away and destroy his new heart.

[lastlib]

19. If I was a heart in Cheney's body, I'd want out, too!

[Arugula Latte]

15. When is that evil mofo gonna croak?

I'm tired of waiting for that glorious day.

[jberryhill]

20. .

[lastlib]

21. Me, too--my bladder's getting really full...

...and I'm waiting for an appropriate place to empty it.

[tosh]

40. Amen to that.

[global1]

16. Yes Dick - It Might Have Taken Many People Over Many Years To Deliver Justice To OBL - But ......

President Obama made the call to ultimately deliver that justice. That took guts. The buck stopped at his desk.

Your guy ignored the intelligence that OBL was determined to attack us in the first place. Let 9/11 happen on his watch. And then instead of pursuing OBL relentlessly to deliver justice - he said "I really just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."

Please - just go crawl under the rock you came out of an "shut up".

[ProSense]

17. Republicans are having

a hard time with the President's significant accomplishments.

"Cheney Smears Obama On 9/11, Claims He Took ‘Sole Credit’ For Bin Laden’s Death"

Mitt wants credit for the auto bailout.

It's really fascinating to watch them try to claim he's a failure while trying to take credit for what he has achieved.

Desperate and despicable assholes.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. That's because the President and his strategists

took all their talking points away. And many old, traditional conservatives are seething as they watched their party cede their so-called "strengths" to the Democrats while the teabaggers who took over the GOP played the "Anything Obama does, we must do the opposite" game.

[JDPriestly]

52. Yes. Obama reads the national security reports.

That is a much better way to obtain information that may at times be displeasing.

Employees, people who rely on "the boss" for approval and their jobs may be very reluctant to bring bad news in person, but will write it in a report.

Bush liked person-to-person briefings because he could hear what he wanted to hear and make the person telling him bad news feel like a traitor for delivering it. Bush was a shoot the messenger kind of manipulator.

Obama is simply less of a manipulator in that way. He is more interested in finding out the truth even if unpleasant. I would say most Democrats are that way. That may explain why Republicans perceive us as not being religious. They always want to hear the positive stuff. We are more likely to want to hear the truth and let the chips fall where they may, pleasant or not.

Cheney is not intelligent enough to be able to figure this out or even understand it.

People who read more tend to know more than people who just watch movies or go to meetings to get information. That is my opinion.

[Johonny]

22. Dick Cheney failed to do anything positive for America in 8 years

a sleep and drunk at the switch on 9-11. So please stop telling Obama how to do... anything, ever.

[Frustratedlady]

24. Who wasn't listening to daily briefs?

I know this sounds cruel, but this evil man has no right to be talking in public to the MSM on anyone else about Obama.

Look back at the dirty tricks he pulled on our people and our country, not to mention citizens of other countries. His lies are responsible for so many deaths, yet he still walks this earth.

Sometimes, there is no justice.

[Grammy23]

25. It just drives me nuts that this a$$hole still

Has a voice and an outlet to spew his views. He has been proven to be a liar, WAR CRIMINAL and probably the worst thing to happen to this country in its history. And I am not exaggerating. He took this country down a dark, evil path and misled the American people into supporting something that was wrong and misguided (at best). Many people believed what they were told and dutifully gave their lives in service to their country based on what this horrible, evil man promoted and supported. After the fact, many people discovered the intent behind the actions and how much Mr. Cheney and his cronies stood to make for their "courageous" actions.

It just makes me ill to think how short memory is in people who have been lied to and lulled into thinking our top leaders were doing everything in OUR best interest. Maybe it's the only way they can cope with how badly they were duped. NO one likes to admit they were fooled. BUT damn it, when is someone going to tell this guy that his views are irrelevant, his commentary not welcome and his opinions don't matter any more? OH, and when is someone.....anyone.....going to have the guts to bring charges against him? And anyone else involved in the atrocities brought on by him and his minions? That will be the day when I know that justice is about to be done in the name of all the people who lost their lives or were forever scarred by their wounds. The psychological wounds on the American people needs to be addressed, as well. When our so called leaders carry out evil in OUR NAME, they should be held accountable.

[Lex]

26. Cheney is embodiment of failure . . .

He represents the worst of leadership this country has seen, maybe EVER.

[deutsey]

29. Up to his old tricks

Have one of your flunkies manufacture a story in the media echo chamber and then come along as though you've been moved to speak out against this "outrage."

[progressivebydesign]

54. Yep Cheney + Dana Milbank = Cheney's 9/11 "tribute" n/t

[Courtesy Flush]

31. Wait a second

Wasn't Bush warned about al Qaeda's plans? Does he seriously want to go there?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

33. Whenever I'm feelin' low, I just think of his 13% approval rating when he left office

and it brings a smile to my face.

[mnhtnbb]

34. The a$$hole continues to spew...what else is new?

[Angry Dragon]

35. Cheney is a Traitor

When bush was president it was unpatriotic to criticize the president while at war
Cheney is unpatriotic

[Courtesy Flush]

39. Those were the rules of the past

You know, like "You can't be Commander in Chief if you've never served in uniform."

[Sheepshank]

36. It's a tranparent tactic to divert attention away from their own heinous failure to protect the USA

[tjdee]

38. Even the GOP hates Cheney

I hope Cheney talks even more, to disgust people all over this great land.

Seeing his smirky, mean-spirited face will do wonders for the President, keep talking Dick.

[JDPriestly]

56. He didn't even dare show his face at the Republican Convention. How dare he speak now.

He would have been unwelcome at the Democratic Convention, but he would have been better treated there than at the Republican one. Hasn't he figured that out yet?

[valerief]

41. Cheney is a pimple on the ass of the spider mite with no anus,

the one that causes rosacea by exploding shit on your face.

That's who Cheney is.

[Cleita]

42. Time for Robodick to stop calling attention to himself.

There are a many of us in this world who want him arrested and tried for war crimes, and if there is justice in this world, it will happen.

[starroute]

43. Thiessen is pretty excremental as well

http://gawker.com/5499204/cia-torture-groupie-marc-thiessen-lies-about-everything

If you're looking for a good newspaper job, kids, try arguing for the most ethically indefensible thing you can possibly think of using faulty logic, blatant falsehoods, and flagrant omissions. It worked for Bush speechwriter and torture-lover Marc Thiessen!

Jane Mayer points out that Mr. Thiessen's book, which is about how torture is wonderful, gets a lot of things very wrong.

The C.I.A. killed Manadel al-Jamadi at Abu Ghraib. There was torture at Guantanamo. The Heathrow plot was foiled by the Brits and the Pakistanis, and not through C.I.A. torture. Al-Qaeda has carried out numerous attacks against "American interests abroad" since the C.I.A. began torturing people. Those are all very well-documented things that Marc Thiessen gets wrong (or lies about) in his book about how much he loves torturing people.

[JDPriestly]

44. Obama reads.

Bush didn't.

People learn in different ways and some, like Bush, don't pay attention very well and don't learn easily.

Cheney goofed and wants to blame Obama.

Obama was not in the White House on 9/11. Obama ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Bush did not. Cheney did not. It's an absurd thing to be jealous about but Cheney is jealous about it.

Bush supporters (like Jeb at the Republican convention) repeat the mantra, Bush kept us safe. Well the fact is that Bush did not keep us safe. 9/11 happened on Bush's watch because Bush was obsessed with finishing the job in Iraq that his father had left undone.

I remember that after the first Iraq War, people were very unhappy about the fact that we chased Iraq out of Kuwait but never unseated Hussein. Bush wanted to finish his father's work and restore honor to the family. That is, in my opinion, why he went into Iraq.

And he persuaded others in the Republican Party to support him by promising that they would be able to pillage the oil fields of Iraq. Of course, the American people ended up with the bill for the war and no control over the oil fields -- and all to make sure that Bush's dad would not end up looking like a fool in the history books. My opinion. Others may have other opinions just as reasonable.

[Sugarcoated]

45. Biggest attack on this country happened ON YOUR WATCH TRICKY

You and smirk, the rest of your incompetent ilk will go down in history as the WORST administration in history. That comforts me when I think of all the damage and you did to this country.

[Ian_rd]

46. Oops. Bad timing on Dick's part considering the headlines today

Early 2001:

CIA: Mr. Vice President, we have credible intelligence to suggest that an attack by Al Qaeda is imminent.

Dick: What the fuckitty fuck does this have to do with getting rid of Saddam Hussein and installing a friendly regime?

CIA: Nothing, Mr. Vice President.

Dick: Then get the fuck out of my face, you fucking fuck.

[aka-chmeee]

47. And had the whole thing gone terribly wrong..

Who, pray tell, would he be giving all the blame?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. Obama reads more than that jerk President who was married to the librarian (shrub bush, arbusto) nt

[progressivebydesign]

49. Fuck Dick Cheney. What a fucking ghoul!!!

How DARE he even say anything? He and Bush ignored the CIA who begged them to take the OBL threat seriously. Lives could have been saved. What a worthless POS he is.

[SoapBox]

50. Asshole and War Criminal

...BushCo. makes me so fuck'n mad...they should all be in chains in Gitmo.

[hedgehog]

55. Did Cheney and Bush deliberately let Osama get away?

http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Tora_Bora_Report.pdf

[SunSeeker]

59. What a waste of a beating heart. nt

[RoccoR5955]

61. Why is that bass turd not in the Crowbar Hotel already? n/t

[Whisp]

62. go to hell you evil ugly fuck

[iamthebandfanman]

64. Dont worry guys, money cant keep him alive forever.. n/t

[NCcoast]

65. You sorry little piece of crap... Obama, release the CIA daily briefings!

Show the world that this little a-hole didn't react to CIA warnings that Al Qaeda was going to attack. He SO has it coming. Think it's the wrong thing to do? Two words - Valerie Plame. Please turn on the light and rid the world of these devils. Please, please, please do it for us.

[heaven05]

66. a snake

chainey is desperate to distract from his failings as president, uh uh sorry vice-president. They DID NOT keep us safe and because of them thousands of our soldiers were sent into harms way based on a BIG lie. He needs a big foot up his ...! snake!

[CrispyQ]

68. Shut up you fucking war criminal.

You & your puppet should be in jail along with the rest of your treasonous gang.

[rsweets]

69. Bush an Chaney 1 attack

the president 0 attacks

[Jennicut]

70. Dick cannot get over the fact that Neocons are no longer in power.

Even the Republican Party ran screaming from him and W.