Posted on 11/16/2005 4:05:19 PM PST by Oeconomicus
CHENEY FIGHTS BACK Wed Nov 16 2005 18:56:46 ET Excerpts As Prepared For Delivery Tonight by Vice President Cheney
THE VICE PRESIDENT: "As most of you know, I have spent a lot of years in public service, and first came to work in Washington, D.C. back in the late 1960s. I know what it’s like to operate in a highly charged political environment, in which the players on all sides of an issue feel passionately and speak forcefully.
In such an environment people sometimes lose their cool, and yet in Washington you can ordinarily rely on some basic measure of truthfulness and good faith in the conduct of political debate. But in the last several weeks we have seen a wild departure from that tradition.
And the suggestion that’s been made by some U. S. senators that the President of the United States or any member of this Administration purposely misled the American people on pre-war intelligence is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city...
Some of the most irresponsible comments have, of course, come from politicians who actually voted in favor of authorizing force against Saddam Hussein. These are elected officials who had access to the intelligence, and were free to draw their own conclusions.
They arrived at the same judgment about Iraq’s capabilities and intentions that was made by this Administration and by the previous Administration. There was broad-based, bipartisan agreement that Saddam Hussein was a threat … that he had violated U.N. Security Council Resolutions … and that, in a post-9/11 world, we couldn’t afford to take the word of a dictator who had a history of WMD programs, who had excluded weapons inspectors, who had defied the demands of the international community, who had been designated an official state sponsor of terror, and who had committed mass murder.
Those are facts.
What we’re hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war. The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out. American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures – conducting raids, training Iraqi forces, countering attacks, seizing weapons, and capturing killers – and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.
The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone – but we’re not going to sit by and let them rewrite history.
We’re going to continue throwing their own words back at them. And far more important, we’re going to continue sending a consistent message to the men and women who are fighting the war on terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other fronts.
We can never say enough how much we appreciate them, and how proud they make us. They and their families can be certain: That this cause is right … and the performance of our military has been brave and honorable … and this nation will stand behind our fighting forces with pride and without wavering until the day of victory.
Developing...
It's time to fight.
Cheney 'da man. :-D
Now do our jobs and contact our representatives for selling the troops down the river!!
To: tiredoflaundry
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Senators to write in praise of....
Here is the list of the 13 Republican Senators who voted against the "cut-and-run light" resolution passed by the Senate yesterday with respect(actually that label is too strong, but it felt good using it):
Bunning, Burr, Chambliss, Coburn, DeMint, Graham, Inhofe, Isakson, Kyl, McCain, Sessions, Thune, and Vitter.
US capitol toll free - 1-877-762-8762
Senate Offices:
Cloak Room Democratic: (202) 224-4691
Cloak Room Republican: (202) 224-6191
Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI)
(202) 224-6361
E-mail: senator@akaka.senate.gov
Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN)
(202) 224-4944
Allard, Wayne - (R - CO)
(202) 224-5941
Allen, George - (R - VA)
(202) 224-4024
Baucus, Max - (D - MT)
(202) 224-2651
Bayh, Evan - (D - IN)
(202) 224-5623
Bennett, Robert - (R - UT)
(202) 224-5444
Biden, Joseph - (D - DE)
(202) 224-5042
E-mail: senator@biden.senate.gov
Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM)
(202) 224-5521
E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Bond, Christopher - (R - MO)
(202) 224-5721
Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA)
(202) 224-3553
Brownback, Sam - (R - KS)
(202) 224-6521
Bunning, Jim - (R - KY)
(202) 224-4343
Burns, Conrad - (R - MT)
(202) 224-2644
Burr, Richard - (R - NC)
(202) 224-3154
Byrd, Robert - (D - WV)
(202) 224-3954
Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA)
(202) 224-3441
Carper, Thomas - (D - DE)
(202) 224-2441
Chafee, Lincoln - (R - RI)
(202) 224-2921
Chambliss, Saxby - (R - GA)
(202) 224-3521
Clinton, Hillary - (D - NY)
(202) 224-4451
Coburn, Tom - (R - OK) Class III
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(202) 224-5754
Cochran, Thad - (R - MS)
(202) 224-5054
Coleman, Norm - (R - MN)
(202) 224-5641
Collins, Susan - (R - ME)
(202) 224-2523
Conrad, Kent - (D - ND)
(202) 224-2043
Cornyn, John - (R - TX)
(202) 224-2934
Corzine, Jon - (D - NJ)
(202) 224-4744
Craig, Larry - (R - ID)
(202) 224-2752
Crapo, Michael - (R - ID)
(202) 224-6142
Dayton, Mark - (D - MN)
(202) 224-3244
DeMint, Jim - (R - SC)
(202) 224-6121
DeWine, Mike - (R - OH)
(202) 224-2315
Dodd, Christopher - (D - CT)
(202) 224-2823
Dole, Elizabeth - (R - NC)
(202) 224-6342
Domenici, Pete - (R - NM)
(202) 224-6621
Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND)
(202) 224-2551
E-mail: senator@dorgan.senate.gov
Durbin, Richard - (D - IL)
(202) 224-2152
Ensign, John - (R - NV)
(202) 224-6244
Enzi, Michael - (R - WY)
(202) 224-3424
Feingold, Russell - (D - WI)
(202) 224-5323
Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA)
(202) 224-3841
Frist, Bill - (R - TN)
(202) 224-3344
Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC)
(202) 224-5972
Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)
(202) 224-3744
Gregg, Judd - (R - NH)
(202) 224-3324
E-mail: mailbox@gregg.senate.gov
Hagel, Chuck - (R - NE)
(202) 224-4224
Harkin, Tom - (D - IA)
(202) 224-3254
Hatch, Orrin - (R - UT)
(202) 224-5251
Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX)
(202) 224-5922
Inhofe, James - (R - OK)
(202) 224-4721
Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI)
(202) 224-3934
Isakson, Johnny - (R - GA)
(202) 224-3643
Jeffords, James - (I - VT)
(202) 224-5141
Johnson, Tim - (D - SD)
(202) 224-5842
Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA)
(202) 224-4543
Kerry, John - (D - MA)
(202) 224-2742
Kohl, Herb - (D - WI)
(202) 224-5653
Kyl, Jon - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-4521
Landrieu, Mary -
(202) 224-5824
Lautenberg, Frank - (D - NJ)
(202) 224-3224
Leahy, Patrick - (D - VT)
(202) 224-4242
E-mail: senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Levin, Carl - (D - MI)
(202) 224-6221
Lieberman, Joseph - (D - CT)
(202) 224-4041
Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR)
(202) 224-4843
Lott, Trent - (R - MS)
(202) 224-6253
E-mail: senatorlott@lott.senate.gov
Lugar, Richard - (R - IN)
(202) 224-4814
E-mail: senator_lugar@lugar.senate.gov
Martinez, Mel - (R - FL)
(202) 224-3041
McCain, John - (R - AZ)
(202) 224-2235
McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY)
(202) 224-2541
Mikulski, Barbara - (D - MD)
(202) 224-4654
Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK)
(202) 224-6665
Murray, Patty - (D - WA)
(202) 224-2621
Nelson, Bill - (D - FL)
(202) 224-5274
Nelson, Ben - (D - NE)
(202) 224-6551
Obama, Barack - (D - IL)
(202) 224-2854
Pryor, Mark - (D - AR)
(202) 224-2353
Reed, Jack - (D - RI)
(202) 224-4642
Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
(202) 224-3542
Roberts, Pat - (R - KS)
(202) 224-4774
Rockefeller, John - (D - WV)
(202) 224-6472
E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
Salazar, Ken - (D - CO)
(202) 224-5852
Santorum, Rick - (R - PA)
(202) 224-6324
Sarbanes, Paul - (D - MD)
(202) 224-4524
Schumer, Charles - (D - NY)
(202) 224-6542
Sessions, Jeff - (R - AL)
(202) 224-4124
Shelby, Richard - (R - AL)
(202) 224-5744
E-mail: senator@shelby.senate.gov
Smith, Gordon - (R - OR)
(202) 224-3753
Snowe, Olympia - (R - ME)
(202) 224-5344
E-mail: olympia@snowe.senate.gov
Specter, Arlen - (R - PA)
(202) 224-4254
E-mail: arlen_specter@specter.senate.gov
Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI)
(202) 224-4822
Stevens, Ted - (R - AK)
(202) 224-3004
Sununu, John - (R - NH)
(202) 224-2841
Talent, James - (R - MO)
(202) 224-6154
Thomas, Craig - (R - WY)
(202) 224-6441
Thune, John - (R - SD)
(202) 224-2321
Vitter, David - (R - LA)
(202) 224-4623
Voinovich, George - (R - OH)
(202) 224-3353
Warner, John - (R - VA)
(202) 224-2023
Wyden, Ron - (D - OR)
(202) 224-5244
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bttt
Kick those traitors and kick 'em hard, Mr. Cheney!
Sigh ...
Cheney cuts right to the bone. This kind of dignified bluntness in a man is really something to admire.
Rolling, rolling, rolling!
No problem downloading here. Awesome picture.
Kind of Trumanesque, in a Republican way.
....See tagline....
It sure took awhile. I don't think we have be go berserk and act like the foaming-at-the-mouth Dems. But fer Pete's sake, we can't just continue to stand by and let the Dems and their buds lie and defame not only the Prez and Veep, but the military and the whole effort.
I'm glad Cheney is taking them on, because the left and the Muslims have something in common: they only attack weakness.
For later.
BIG TIME!!!
Woo-Hoo!!!! About time to let loose with the big guns!!
A Vice President Cheney ping.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
Bump!
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