Cheney/Cheney 2012
Posted on 08/04/2009 6:54:24 AM PDT by kellynla
This past weekend in Atlanta, RedState.com held its first Gathering of online conservative activists. Liz Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, gave the keynote address to the crowd. A partial transcript of her remarks is below.
Joining Liz Cheney were Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams, Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, Virginia State Senator Ken Cuccinelli, Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, and South Carolina State Representative Nikki Haley. Friday night at the RedState Gathering, the attendees heard from Congressman Roy Blunt, former Congressman Pat Toomey, Senator Jim DeMint, and Governor Rick Perry.
Liz Cheney took the stage at 11:30 a.m. She spoke mostly on foreign policy, including this:
“Earlier on a trip to Mexico City, our President listened to an extended anti-American screed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. And then he let the lies stand. His only response was, ‘I'm just grateful President Ortega didn't blame me for things that happened when I was three months old.’ Americans expect our President to defend us against lies, not embrace or ignore them. But we also expect our President to know his history. Some of the most dangerous steps this President has taken cause one to wonder how much time he has actually spent studying the history of the 20th century. In Russia, and earlier in France, President Obama declared that American nuclear disarmament would encourage the North Koreans and the Iranians to give up their nuclear ambitions.
“Another Democratic President, one who led us at the beginning of the cold war, understood the danger of this approach. President Harry Truman, in April of 1950, signed a national security strategy document that pointed out "No people in history have preserved their freedom who thought that by not being strong enough to protect themselves they might prove inoffensive to their enemies." Avoiding causing offense to our enemies has become a central tenet of President Obama's foreign policy.
“It was this attempt to placate, to appease, not to cause offense that prevented President Obama from defending the rights of the brave Iranian men and women demanding free and fair elections. It was this instinct that drove him to declare, while the Iranian mullahs were having their own people shot in the streets, "there was a debate underway in Iran." It is this instinct that seems to be driving our incomprehensible policy of support for a thug in Honduras, a close ally of Hugo Chavez, against the wishes and constitutional rights of the Honduran people.
“And it's this desire that drives the President to plead with our enemies to talk at all costs. It puts America in a position of weakness, one that will not and cannot secure American interests.
“Now as a veteran of the State Department, I can tell you that effective diplomacy is not about appeasing your enemy. It's not about unilateral pre-emptive disarmament. America has to negotiate from a position of strength. To survive as a nation, our President can't function as a disinterested international arbitrator. He can't attempt to stand above America and our enemies. In other words, America needs a Commander in Chief, not a Global Community Organizer.”
LOL - As if I’ll heed anything you might say.
Liz went to Colorado College, where the liberal professors kept thinking that the Economist was the manna of intellectualism and that conservatism was a failing of education.
The profs who I knew are probably pulling their hair out at her being an alum.
That's Liz's mother Lynne V. Cheney, you're talking about -- another very real sharp cookie.
Cheney/Cheney 2012
Thanks for that. She’s remarkable. Being the daughter of the smartest man in Washington (IMO)she’s learned a lot!
Likewise, punk...
Figures...another “Remington Raider”...you question my "bravery" but when I question your "combat experience"...you “run & hide!”
The difference in me and the other 99% of FReepers like you, I PAID THE PRICE TO QUESTION THE ELIGIBILITY OF OBAMA TO BE CIC...and YOU DIDN'T!
Now, get lost and go "hijack" someone else's thread with your "birther BS"!
We also need people in power that don’t see America and it’s people as the enemy.
By the way, as Jim R. has stated numerous times, one may post his opinion on any thread he wishes. So, I'd advise you to become better acquainted with the rules of this site.
No hard feelings though. And, 'Kelly' is one of my favorite names for a girl.
FYI, genius, “Kelly” happens to be my family name.
And any time you think you have the balls to insult me to my face...you just let me know...I won't be holding my breath.
“I'd advise you to become better acquainted with the rules of this site.”
That's rich coming from you...one who has broke the “rules” on TWO THREADS today already!
“NO personal attacks”
Not only would I vote for that ticket, I would fight for it! From your keyboard to God’s monitor!
The silence is DEAFENING.
You know, I have a theory. I firmly believe that the MSMs treatment of Sarah Palin has unleashed and encouraged several women to speak out. Of course, I've never been shy. ;) But it's nice to see so many strong women find their political voices.
True enough. So does Liz Cheney have political ambitions...
bttt
Lynne V Cheney is Dick Cheney’s wife.
Liz is their daughter.
Oh, thank you. I'd better get used to looking more closely at the name with L at the beginning. ((blushing))
Oh, thank you. I'd better get used to looking more closely at the name with L at the beginning. ((blushing))
Just seen this thread...Liz Cheney is a chip off the ole Cheney block for sure!!!
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