Cheney walks back remark about Palin pick being ‘a mistake'

Washington Post ^ | August 6, 2012

[Bigtigermike]

Former vice president Dick Cheney on Monday backed off his comment that it was “a mistake” for the GOP to pick Sarah Palin as its vice presidential nominee, suggesting the comment was more about the VP process than about Palin herself.

“It wasn’t aimed so much at governor Palin as it was against the basic process that (John) McCain used, “ Cheney told Fox News’s Sean Hannity in an interview airing Monday night. “My point basically dealt with the process in terms of that basic requirement: Is this person prepared to step in to be President of the United States when they’re picked? And it was my judgment — I was asked if I thought the McCain process in ‘08 had been well done or was it a mistake, and I said I thought it was a mistake.”

[Parley Baer]

Feeling a little heat there Dick?

[grundle]

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[allmendream]

Apparently the “process” Dick Cheney prefers is when a Presidential candidate picks Dick Cheney to head up his search committee - he seeks high and low - and finds out objectively that the man best suited for the job - is Dick Cheney.

What a Dick Cheney.

[Da Bilge Troll]

Kepp backwalkin’ Dick! You’re not there yet!

[Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand]

I don’t see what he ‘walked back.’

He basically restated his original position and added “nothing personal against her.”

[the invisib1e hand]

is clarifying “walking back?” is being taken out of context a reason to “walk back” a remark?

[silverleaf]

That aint no walk back, that’s a double down
I guess it take a “mistake” like Bush-Cheney 2004 to be qualified to judge another VP mistake pick

Like he did the party and ticket a helluva lot of good from 2004 to 2008 and beyond ... NOT

[SoFloFreeper]

Yeah, from everything I read (and I didn’t see the original interview), I didn’t really take it as a slam on Palin. He complimented her in the snippets from the interview I read...he was just not certain Juan McAmnesty had done the best job he could.

I also see why Palin might have felt she was being attacked, no question.

I admit to having great admiration for Cheney—I think many times he was the only conservative voice in the wilderness during the last months of the Bush administration. :)

[353FMG]

An even bigger mistake was for the GOP to nominate a clown like McCain in 2008.

Comment on that, Dick.

[Colonel_Flagg]

At least on this issue ...

Say good night, Dick. Please.

[microgood]

I saw the original interview and he basically stated this in the interview. For him, it was all about her experience, which I questioned as well. As far as I know, it was nothing about her personal self or political views but about her readiness to become President if necessary.

[alloysteel]

Face it, Sarah Palin probably rescued John McCain from a complete rout, rather than what was a decisive loss.

McCain failed to deliver adequate responses when attacked, and did not (or would not) carry out legitimate attacks on the vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the announced policies of the Obama campaign. Sarah Palin carried all the water, but she was only in the Vice Presidential slot.

It was interesting, at the time, that the real dialogue was between Sarah and Obama, and John McCain just seemed to be a spectator.

[tennmountainman]

Hey Dick. Let us not forget that all that “experience” you, Rove and Bush brought to the table did not end well.
The Bush administration, which includes you, Dick ended with
about a 23% Approval rating. One of the WORST in American History. And HELPED GIVE US OBAMA!.
So much for the experience you brought to the table.

[presently no screen name]

Exactly, Dick completed his assignment for the GOP Help Mitt campaign. Cruz just did his.

[LibLieSlayer]

Funny how so many here do not see it... or care... or both.

LLS

[tennmountainman]

Like he did the party and ticket a helluva lot of good from 2004 to 2008 and beyond ... NOT

One has to see the irony in Cheney talking about “experience”
in picking a VP.

He, Rove and Bush had all the “experience” the GOPe’s could want.
And look where all that “experience got him.
One of the lowest approval ratings in American History.
Which helped elect Obama.
So much for your “experience” BS

[TheConservativeParty]

I still want a refund on his book “In My Time.”
Apology not accepted.

[trisham]

I’m disappointed. I see no reason for Cheney to have said anything about 2008, particularly anything negative about Palin, regardless of what he may believe.