He's baaaaacckk!!!

[one_voice]

In His First Comments On The Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Cheney Criticizes Obama For A Lack Of Action

Since the Gulf Coast oil spill, former Vice President Cheney has been conspicuously silent. His refusal to speak out comes despite the fact that BP has hired his former press secretary to be the company spokesperson; his former company, Halliburton, is partially responsible for the rig explosion; and the disaster is being dubbed “Cheney’s Katrina” by many critics.

Yesterday, he gave his first speech since the April 20 disaster, addressing a largely friendly sold-out crowd of more than 1,200 people at the Manufacturer and Business Association convention in Erie, PA. While there’s no video of the full event because media were forced to leave five minutes into the one-hour speech, the NBC affiliate in Erie reports that at one point, Cheney did finally address the oil spill — by criticizing President Obama’s response to the disaster:

Cheney told the audience he is currently writing his memoirs. He also touched on President Obama’s performance in office.

He pointed to the President’s lack of action in the Gulf oil leak. He said Obama doesn’t have enough executive experience, or experience in Washington, to make things happen.

*snip*

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/17/cheney-oilspill/

[spanone]

1. fuck him and his pathetic family unit

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. x 2.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. I am in awe of your eloquence!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Skidmore]

2. An evil like that never dies.

To quote one of my favorite people.

[Raven]

3. Good timing Dick, you asshole. Keep talking...n/t

[LynneSin]

4. Obama and the country have you to thank for helping to deregulate offshore drilling

What a DICK!

[EFerrari]

5. Yeah, Obama doesn't have the experience to shoot his friends in the face.

:cry:

[lpbk2713]

6. "First priority ... issue some emergency no-bid contracts to Halliburton."

"I Mean after all, Tony did write a blank check for $20 Billion. That ought to get us ... (ahem) Halliburton started."

[DebbieCDC]

7. The only thing that can rid us of Dick is the Volturi (Twilight fans will understand)

[Missy Vixen]

11. He might be beyond their powers

Team Edward, or Team Jacob? ;-)

:woohoo:

In the meantime, why do I think there might be some pushback on his comments? We can hope.

[DebbieCDC]

12. Team Edward of course !!

[Laelth]

24. Even Cthulhu is afraid of Dick.

:dem:

-Laelth

[rurallib]

9. Is it possible for someone to do a citizen's arrest on this guy?

[bobthedrummer]

10. There are 4 Board members listed (2008) for the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

where General Petraeus gave a speech earlier this year.

Richard Bruce Cheney, Elizabeth Cheney, William Kristol and Frederick Kagan.

Institute for the Study of War (Right Web profile)
http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/institute_for_the_study_of_war/

[one_voice]

13. They claim to be....

non-partisan. :rofl:

[glinda]

14. They predict Osama to release statement and we get Cheney. Coincidence?

[Adsos Letter]

15. Release the closed-door Energy Policy transcripts, DAMMIT!

and skip the redacting pen.

[lunatica]

16. Hahahahahahah!

Sure! If it had been him with all his grand experience he would have plugged that gusher on day 2!!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

17. Jesus! Would he just hurry up and DIE already?!

[BrklynLiberal]

21. He is alreadydead....Just flesh colored neoprene over the metal parts

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NtgXlrcvXZA/Sc434V4ySxI/AAAAAAAAcpk/KK-yYBycPd8/s400/ROBOT+-+IRON+MONGER+IN+IRON+MAN+MOVIE.jpg

[warren pease]

30. This would explain why stakes through the heart don't work...

Of course, it would take an electromagnet to find his heart, if such exists. Can you imagine the world-wide block party that will burst out spontaneously upon news of his demise?

A planetary festival unprecedented in recorded history. Any tears shed would be tears of joy. The intertubes would stream everything live from all the major cities on every continent.

Even the penguins would party down on whatever's left of the Antarctic ice. Polar bears would be exchanging high-fives and fist bumps and chest thumps on icebergs all across the brand new shipping channels of the Arctic Ocean.

In less developed countries, the word would go out by word of mouth, drummers would pound it out, even smoke signals might make a comeback. Modern Paul Reveres would ride like the wind from village to town to wide spot in the road proclaiming the news of the world-wide reprieve.

The only somber voices would be those of the hypocrite blowhards on US TV news, and even some of them couldn't keep straight faces for their entire time on camera.

Tens of millions would piss themselves because they had reached a state of gaga giddiness that prevented control of their bladders. Millions more would be laughing so hard that their gag reflexes kicked in and they actually puked in ecstasy.

I think that about covers it, except for the millions of church bells ringing out the uninhibited joy of the earth's entire population from every corner of the planet.

Oh, and my cats would probably nab a small defenseless rodent in celebration.


wp

[Laelth]

33. I suspect you are right. I would definitely pop open a beer. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[BrklynLiberal]

36. Perfect descripition of the probable celebrations...LOL

[Toucano]

18. Oh, so it's open season now?

Cheney, you are at the center of every fucked up thing that has happened in this country in the last 25 years.

I sincerely hope there is a purgatory in which you will suffer.

[HughMoran]

19. So he basically just used material he found here on DU

:shrug:

[Uncle Joe]

22. Did Cheney also apologize to BP?

:shrug:

Thanks for the thread, one_voice.

[Fearless]

31. It would be like apologizing to one's left hand... so pointless...

:banghead:

[Maat]

23. Funny, I knew who you meant even before I opened the thread.

The most horrifying of images came into my mind!

:scared:

Oh, well - Darth - go back into your hole, and leave humanity alone!

[RagAss]

25. Enemy of America !!!!!!!!

[treestar]

26. He sucks

Like a Hoover. He just does.

What about "freedom" from government regulation?

[Canuckistanian]

27. Obama should give him some action, then

Like investigating the Energy Task Force meetings during the Bush regime.

[scheming daemons]

28. Bush/Cheney wouldn't have gotten $20 million from BP... they would've gotten it from *US*

...

Barack "made things happen".... things that Bush/Cheney never would have.

[IDemo]

29. Shouldn't he be undergoing oil-boarding on an hourly basis?

[krispos42]

32. Ahem.

Resident Bush, you'll have to give your decisive, experience-derived orders in a louder voice. I can't hear you over the roar of the crickets.

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

34. I'm wearing my "DICK" tee shirt again

http://www.artofmarkbryan.com/Dick.html

[tabasco]

35. Sort of like Chicken Dickie and his zero counterterror action before 9-11.

Chicken Dickie sure knows how to get things done.

The cowardly bum managed FIVE DEFERMENTS to get out of serving in the military.