Posts tagged with 'cheney'

False Dichotomy: Experience or Judgment

POSTED BY CHRIS BROUSSARD, APRIL 10 2008 12:56 PM | PERMALINK

Last night, Chris Bowers over at Talk Left asserted that Democrats should not argue over experience and that they should be focusing the campaign on judgment and ideology. He was commenting on an exchange between Obama and Hillary:

Obama on his choice for Vice President: "I think a lot of people assume that might be some kind of military thing to make me look more commander-in-chief-like. Ironically, this is an area -- foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and...
Cheney preparing to ask NATO for aid in Afghanistan

POSTED BY KRISTIN LINDER, MARCH 20 2008 09:25 AM | PERMALINK

NATO's Afghan mission is entering the spotlight as the NATO summit in Bucharest in April approaches. Vice-President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan today to meet with President Hamid Karzai. Cheney's goal was to get further information on the Afghan situation, in preparation for his upcoming pleas for more action in Afghanistan by NATO allies. Cheney claimed:

"ISAF [NATO-led International Security Assistance Force] has made a tremendous difference in the country and America will ask our NATO...
TPMtv: No Nukes For You!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 11 2007 06:06 PM | PERMALINK

No Nukes For You!

Are you an Iran war hawk dismayed by the recent National Intelligence Estimate revealing that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003? Don't be sad. Now you can take a trip down saber-rattling lane with this wistful recap of some of the rhetorical highlights of those heady pre-NIE days.
TPMtv: Inside the Iran Bamboozle

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 05 2007 12:28 PM | PERMALINK

Inside the Iran Bamboozle

At the moment the president and his advisors are trying to explain how the president went on hyping the Iran nuclear weapons program for months after he got the word it had been shut down. So far the explanations have been pretty weak. Missed the on-camera bamboozling from Bush and his national security advisor? See it right now in today's episode of TPMtv.
Cheney Heartbeat 'Irregular'

POSTED BY BEN FISHER, NOVEMBER 26 2007 03:48 PM | PERMALINK

Dick Cheney was found to have an irregular heartbeat during a doctor's visit, the VP's office reports. The White House says he will undergo examination tonight and if necessary, receive electric shock therapy to restore his normal heart rate. In 2004, Tony Blair also suffered an irregular heartbeat while under tremendous political pressure for military involvement in Iraq.
Always in Our Blood?

POSTED BY BEN FISHER, NOVEMBER 21 2007 10:34 AM | PERMALINK

"If a sparrow can fall to the ground without His notice,

it is likely that an empire can rise without His help?"

December 24, 2003.

Signed, Richard and Lynne Cheney.

Quoting Benjamin Franklin's 1787 Constitutional Convention Address.
Monday Morning Must-Reads

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, OCTOBER 29 2007 08:50 AM | PERMALINK

Rudy a Lefty? Yeah, Right. [WaPo] It starts out like this: "If you like President Bush, you'll love a President Giuliani." And it's worth reading on - namely because half the people I know who have spent the last eight years viciously complaining have actually said they wouldn't mind a President Giuliani. As a New Yorker, the whole idea of it makes me shiver. And this strange split is just what David Greenberg picked up on. "You wouldn't know it from reading the papers, but the favorite to...