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Warning! Reading excerpts of Bill Bennett’s "interview" with Dick Cheney might induce vomiting.
For those with delicate constitutions, here’s the short version: (h/t Christy)
Q Thank you so much.
Says it all.
But for those interested in the single biggest stroke-job ever administered by a member of the media to a sitting vice president…
Q Well, you do have old friends here, believe me. Two things I want to thank you for, lest I forget, in this interview — one, I want to thank you for your kindness and courtesy to me and Mrs. Bennett, Elayne Bennett, inviting us to your house on several occasions. It’s been wonderful occasions to see you and Lynne.
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Q And I enjoyed seeing the fly room upstairs, where you tie flies.
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Q I want to get into that in a second. But again, before I lose the opportunity, in front of 3.5 million people, I want to say — I want to thank you for making tough decisions, taking a lot of heat for keeping us safe. We have been safe. And I know — I have some sense, I don’t know — what that took. I just want to thank you.
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Q I remember when I was drug czar, we had this debate about releasing people, and I’d say well, in frustration — have you ever been frustrated with the Congress, Mr. Cheney?
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Q I don’t want to get into the sensationalistic part of it, but the serious part of it — what is it that, whether we’re talking about senators or congressmen who criticized you, fundamentally disagreed with you, what is the disagreement about? Do you say, if you knew what I knew, you would hold my view? Do they look at the same facts as you, and just come out differently? Do they not — I’m going to throw out several options — do they not understand the nature of evil or the nature of the threat? Is it Pollyanna attitude?
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Q I guess it’s not a failure of judgment or intelligence, but there’s a kind of — I won’t put words in your mouth, these are my words — but a kind of political cowardice…
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Q Well, you’ve served your country, sir, and we thank you for your service. And if you’ll hike with me in the Wind Rivers, I’ll fish with you anywhere you want.
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Q Thank you.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Okay, Bill. Thanks.
[Bennett lights cigarette.]
Where’s Nooners when you need her?
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Horrors.
Ah yes, the values guru who’s a chain smoking degenerate gambling glutton.
-G
This has to be fake. The fly room upstairs is where Cheney pulls the wings off flies.
I’m done throwing up now.
Are you going to post Bennett’s actual questions? You did make those ones up, didn’t you?
Did he say Fly room or File room ?
I hate Cheney so much. Bennett is a stupid buffoon. It’s just another epic fail white house PR {blow} job. And it gives Bennett more cred with CNN. Bennett’s a prostitute and a very poor one at that. *spit*
The interview was followed by Ann Coulter giving Darth a very special thank you hummer.
Been there with Lehrer who was better.
Will this do, or did I hold back too much?
What heinous crime of mine has caused me to be stuck in the corner without even my duncecap???
http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3021
i wish i could say it were /s
whut? did ya see ‘im glance down when no one wuz lookin?
Cheney tying flies can only mean some sort of fly bondage.
While surrounded by Cheney’s personal MASH unit and all their equipment.
The. Horror.
Film at 11.
What do you think Glenn Beck will ask Sarah on Monday? Will they talk about class welfare, Obama’s birth certificate, or his association with terrorist?
power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
the cheney flaw.
Amazing Bill can ask questions while his mouth is so full of Dick.
All three plus a discussion of how mean that fem foul-mouthed DFH blog and some others were mean to her.
edit – were
meanto her.Preview is mah fren
Why didn’t she give him something that gets better milage?
so many of u with so much time on yer hands.
come give me a hand clearing this driveway, heroes.
The utter degeneracy of these people taking an imaginary victory lap as the world spirals into chaos and mayhem.
The ultimate narcissists polishing thier turds and letting the world eat cake with shit frosting.
-G
http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3021
The temperature here is up to -6 and the windchill is a balmy -34. I’ve decided my snow looks just fine where it’s at.
Did Darth loan over a million dollar loser Bennet money to keep away the Loansharks ?
Or save Bill from his wife when she found out just how much he really lost?
I wonder what Lynn said about Darth loaning deadbeats money Reagan would certainly not approve!
She runs on hot air. Can’t get better mileage than that. And the lube jobs are cheaper.
some cranky lady just nearly got stuck in my driveway, so she’s gotta go fix it right and proper so even one of you gents would be able to navigate it.
Wanna borrow my shovel?
A small car cannot carry the necessary medical team and equipment.
some kind soul should detest no child left behind.
We’re hoping that by Monday, Palin will have to talk about the energy/food crisis in Alaska’s villages. If we push hard enough, even a totally fucked up racist fascist dickhead WATB like Glenn Beck might even have to address the issue.
OK, hang on til I get my thermal lance fired up.
I thot it was already in use.
Besides, I’ve already got 2, plus a mightymite John Deere, thank you very much, and I am very good at what I do, just so long as I can stay out of the ditch by the road. it’s just a little old 200′ span of ice. easy. no videos please.
and i’d like dinner at 7pm on the dot.
back later…..
oh, my manners!
P. E. A. C. E. dammit.
We doan get no snow in FL. Only shovel I got is made fer dirt but it’d work fer snow. Dirt, my favourite toy. Snow, not so much.
In the interests of Public Service, I’ve been asked to bring this to your notice:
Grade the Bush Years in this survey from Rachel’s network
I hope you and your group can hear our cheers all the way from OH.
It is a good thing you are doing. ;->
do they not understand the nature of evil or the nature of the threat?
Feh. “The nature of evil.” Bennett (with a Ph.D. in Philosophy) *should* have a greater understanding of how reducing the complex nature of reality into an adolescent Manicheanism that even the early Christians rejected as simplistic, actually turns one towards great evil.
But then again he’s insane.
OT Senator Burris gets standing ovation after taking oath
117 hrs & 56 min
Back to the quarry.
then what was that strange white stuff the citrus canker queen was puffing, mold spores?
Now if Franken gets seated before 20 Jan Darth will have to give the oath to a Dem one more time. Not likely but it would warm the cockles of my heart to see him hafta do it. Motherfucker.
ROFL
You brought your “A” game today … *g*
;->
Off to the ice. Just leave yer rum glasses beside the pool. I can toss the cubes from here.
OT
Holder just got asked if he would do everything in his power to beat Obama at BB if the prez invited him to the court for a one-on-one.
Jeebus. The world is falling apart and their concern is a stupid friggin’ basketball match?
Now that can be defined as pR0n.
Note, though, that Bennett’s not a complete idiot: he’ll fish, but not hunt, with Darth.
He prolly doesn’t know Deadeye fishes with a Shotgun …
I would have thought hand grenades…
Disagree. Always time for a little levity in an otherwise serious proceeding. Think it was Wisc senator, and his other Qs were to the point, as well as not excessively wordy & grandstanding, quite refreshing for a senator.
Truth in Advertising
I want to thank you
Dick CheneyGeorge BushOssama bin Ladin for accepting theBribeaid money we give Pakistan as tribute which cannot be accounted for but well the Pakistan intel people must have had some of the cash fall off a truck in front of your cave because there have been no new attacks.(Pakistan’s intelligence service helped train the Taliban, and they funnled them money from America, Saudi Arabia and Ossama to the Taliban America after 9/11 has given Pakistan billions that can’t be accounted for for them to *cough* hunt Ossama)
So far billions spent no results.
Can cocktail weenies serve as suppositories?