Pelosi Blasts Cheney As “Not Dignified” For Hitting Obama On Afghanistan

[babylonsister]

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Pelosi Blasts Cheney As “Not Dignified” For Hitting Obama On Afghanistan


The partisan warfare over Afghanistan just got a whole lot hotter.

A few moments ago, Nancy Pelosi took a scorching shot at Dick Cheney for claiming yesterday that Obama is “dithering” in Afghaninstan, blaming the current danger troops face squarely on the Bush administration and asserting that the former Vice President’s assault was “not dignified.”

Pelosi make the remarks after her weekly presser today, as she strolled along in a Capitol hallway, setting in motion a clash over national security between two of the more polarizing figures on either side.

“That’s really just not dignified,” Pelosi said when asked to respond to Cheney, who made his comments in a speech yesterday. “The president has a very difficult decision to make. He’s got to have the facts.”

Pelosi said Cheney’s remarks are not “very constructive,” adding that “his administration made matters worse in Afghanistan.”

White House aides also expect press secretary Robert Gibbs to hit back at Cheney today at the briefing.

The larger context here is that Dems — hoping to go on the offensive on Afghanistan — want to refocus the debate on the Bush administration’s culpability in leaving behind a mess that Obama now has to clean up. Cheney’s comments yesterday seem to have given Dems an opening to do just that.

[bluestateguy]

1. Once again, grab a mop or shut up

Actually no, Cheney is more like the person who makes the mess who you don't trust to clean it up so you just tell him to go away.

[msallied]

2. Cheney is like the guy who gave you herpes calling you a dirty whore.

I guess, though, that Pelosi is better off using cleaner language. lol

[FlyByNight]

3. Cheney is a neocon monster...

...and war profiteer. He has no credibility on anything. Whatsoever.

:grr:

[Jennicut]

4. I am strangely beginning to really like Nancy Pelosi. She seemed to have found her backbone

lately. More then I can say for Reid.

[Cha]

5. "not dignified" is not the term I

would use but she got her point across..to everyone but dick.

Actually who the fuck cares what that bungler thinks? john king? cnn? faux the propaganda machine? liz?

[jenmito]

6. Gibbs replied to Cheney's claim by saying it makes no sense for him to accuse Obama of

"dithering" when he already sent additional troops to Afghanistan while HIS admin. sent NO more troops even though it was requested for 8 months before Obama took office.

[Igel]

9. Gibbs does PR.

One shouldn't think in talking points unless you're paid for it.

[TheKentuckian]

7. Needle dicked, soulless, douchbag of a draft dodger is more like it (nt)

[busybl]

8. how can a floppy sack of crap ever be dignified?