Posted on 05/12/2009 9:47:10 AM PDT by kellynla
Liz Cheney is defending her dad once again.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney recently defended the Bush administration’s handling of the War on Terror and criticized the Obama administration for making the nation "less safe," i.e., releasing details of interrogation techniques used on terror suspects. Cheney’s comments have been slammed by the White House, with spokesman Robert Gibbs saying Cheney should stop regurgitating "ideas and a series of thoughts" that "the last election rejected."
But Liz Cheney, a former State Department official, said on MSNBC today that her father is speaking out of genuine concern for the country and to make sure people know what has kept the country safe for the past eight years, and that her dad is willing to make himself available to the Obama administration to talk about what worked and what didn’t.
"I think that is very much the heart of the matter and I think because of that, he feels he has an obligation to speak out," Ms. Cheney said. "My dad feels very strongly that the current administration is making us less safe … It would be the easiest thing in the world for him to just go fishing and spend time with his grandkids."
Ms. Cheney also noted that former Vice President Al Gore was critical of the Bush administration when he left office, and Obama officials and Democrats never miss an opportunity to bash Bush, so why is Cheney getting all this flack?
"Nobody is sort of saying, ‘Gosh, the Obama administration needs to keep quiet about the Bush administration,’" she added.
She also agreed that the Obama administration is cherry-picking intelligence information to release — a charge echoed by Republicans who say the White House is only releasing memos on waterboarding and other intelligence documents that suit their political purposes. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-MI, just this week called on the intelligence community to declassify documents showing what members of Congress — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA — were told about interrogation techniques and when.
The media needs to "hold the administration’s feet to the fire on this," Ms. Cheney said. "People need to ask — when is the selective release of documents going to stop? … It’s really a dishonest game they’re playing."
Cheney’s the closest thing we have to an actual conservative out there right now! Sad to say, so many we thought were conservatives are really just RINOs! :-(
Semper Fi,
Kelly
IMHO some of the inane things that a candidate is expected to do on the campaign trail and even as President Dick Cheney thought were either a distraction to the job in hand and a waste of time whereas being VP he had virtually the same access as the President but only occasionally had to do the PR stuff.
I think his health was a second consideration and may have influenced his family advising him not to run but not him because as he has often said to be VP you must be prepared and able at any point to assume the mantle of President.
Won’t get me to disagree with you on that one.
She stuck up for Rush! Dig on BamBam and his thugs.
I don't believe that the majority of That One's voters even considered Foreign Policy when voting for him. It was the economy, stupid, and the fact that they considered him the 'cool black guy'.
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