Liz Cheney seeks publicity accusing President Obama of seeking publicity in Dover

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from TPM: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/liz-cheney-bush-had-more-class-than-obama-when-it-comes-to-fallen-soldiers.php

Cheney, on Fox News Radio's John Gibson Show yesterday:

"I think that what President Bush used to do is do it without the cameras. And I don't understand sort of showing up with the White House Press Pool with photographers and asking family members if you can take pictures. That's really hard for me to get my head around...It was a surprising way for the president to choose to do this."



The video footage was for the one soldier who had given permission to the press to have images and video taken of the meeting with the president. At least President Obama 'did it', unlike Bush or Cheney's father.

Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.'s family was the only one to grant permission for news media coverage at Dover early Thursday.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/935475.html

[marmar]

1. The droppings don't fall far from the asshole.....

[seafan]

2. Liz Cheney: Obama honored fallen soldiers at Dover for the publicity

Former State Dept. Official Liz Cheney

"I think that what President Bush used to do is do it without the cameras. And I don't understand sort of showing up with the White House Press Pool with photographers and asking family members if you can take pictures. That's really hard for me to get my head around...It was a surprising way for the president to choose to do this."---Liz Cheney to Fox News Radio, October 29, 2009 (Via TPM)

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DOVER, DE - OCTOBER 29: US President Barack Obama salutes as a US Army carry team moves the transfer case of US Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on October 29, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. Sgt. Griffin who was from Terri Haute, IN. was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. October has been the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since war started.

Obama Salutes Fallen Soldiers, October 29, 2009 (You Tube 1:38)

It's not clear exactly what Cheney is referring to when she says, "Bush used to do it without the cameras."

It's true that Bush's Pentagon continued a long-standing policy of banning cameras at Dover when the nation's fallen arrived in flag-draped caskets from foreign battlefields. (Upon taking office, Obama lifted the ban.)

So that covers "without the cameras."

But as CBS's Mark Knoller reported yesterday, Obama was the first president to visit arriving dead at Dover during the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq -- meaning that when it came to taking trips to Dover like Obama did yesterday morning, Bush never used to "do it" at all.

"Now, watch this drive." ----George W. Bush, August 5, 2002

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3. Bush did it without the cameras

and also without the Bush.

Don't know why you guys would have any trouble grasping this. :sarcasm:

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4. Wake up Liz, everything the President does is newsworthy

the only person seeking publicity is your own worthless self

[Sal Minella]

6. The one thing the Puglies do really well is accuse other people

of the unpleasant things they are doing themselves (i.e. seeking publicity).

Doesn't occur to this parasite that the POTUS doesn't need to seek publicity -- he IS the news.

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5. What good is a shot of hate

...Without a lie for a chaser?