DIYbanter - Go back into hiding, GOP begs Dick Cheney

On Mar 24, 6:20*pm, "Libby Loo" wrote:
"Secular Human" wrote in message

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On Mar 24, 3:03 am, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
As a liberal, I want Cheney to just keep on talking...and
talking...and talking.

As George Bush insured the election of Obama in 2008, Cheney can help
in Obama's reelection in 2012.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT

http://thehill.com/index2.php?option...iew&id=80861&p...

Go back into hiding, GOP begs Dick Cheney
By Molly K. Hooper
Posted: 03/23/09 08:10 PM [ET]

Congressional Republicans are telling Dick Cheney to go back to his
undisclosed location and leave them alone to rebuild the Republican
Party without his input.

Displeased with the former vice-president's recent media appearances,
Republican lawmakers say he's hurting GOP efforts to reinvent itself
after back-to-back electoral drubbings.

The veep, who showed a penchant for secrecy during eight years in the
White House,has popped up in media interviews to defend the Bush-
Cheney record while suggesting that the country is not as safe under
President Obama.

Rep. John Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.) said, “He became so unpopular while he
was in the White House that it would probably be better for us
politically if he wouldn’t be so public...But he has the right to
speak out since he’s a private citizen.”

Another House Republican lawmaker who requested anonymity said he
wasn’t surprised that Cheney has strongly criticized Obama early in
his term, but argued that it’s not helping the GOP cause.

The legislator said Cheney, whose approval ratings were lower than
President Bush’s during the last Congress, didn’t think through the
political implications of going after Obama.

Cheney did “House Republicans no favors,” the lawmaker said, adding,
“I could never understand him anyway.”

Cheney’s office declined to comment for this article.

Potential Illinois Senate hopeful Rep. Mark Kirk (R) told The Hill
that Cheney would better shape his legacy by writing a book.

“Tending a legacy is best done in a memoir,” Kirk said. “I would just
encourage everybody who has left office to follow the tradition of the
Founding Fathers — to write your memoirs, but to refrain from
[criticizing].”

Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.), who is running for governor, suggested that
past leaders should not be seeking the spotlight at a time when the
party is rebuilding and redefining itself, after “hitting bottom” in
the devastating losses last November.

“Interpret it however you want to, but what I’m saying is: We should
focus on the people that will lead us tomorrow, not the people who led
us yesterday,” Wamp said. “With all due respect to former Vice
President Cheney, he represents what’s behind us, not what’s ahead of
us.”

To the delight of some Democrats, Cheney, radio talk show host Rush
Limbaugh and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele
have attracted headlines in recent weeks.

Asked about Cheney’s criticisms of Obama, White House press secretary
Robert Gibbs last week said, “I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy so they
trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal.”

Bush, who has announced he has already started to work on his memoirs,
has not taken shots at Obama.

The 43rd president said last week that Obama “deserves my silence,”
adding “it is essential that he be helped in office.”

Not all Republicans are calling for Cheney to keep mum.

Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), the ranking member on the Homeland Security
Committee who is eyeing a 2010 Senate bid, said Cheney’s remarks are
not out of bounds because Obama made some “pretty severe criticisms of
what President Bush did in the war against terrorism.”

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) said, “Politically, it’s irrelevant,
because whether I like it or not, a private citizen has the right to
free speech and they can do what they want. What gets a majority back
is deeds, not words.”

During an interview on “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday, Obama fired
back at Cheney.

Obama said, “I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney … I think that
Vice President Cheney has been at the head of a movement whose notion
is somehow that we can’t reconcile our core values, our Constitution,
our belief that we don’t torture, with our national-security
interests. I think he’s drawing the wrong lesson from history. The
facts don’t bear him out.”

In 2007, it was revealed that Obama and Cheney are distant relatives.

Cheney and Limbaugh are key players in right wing wacko world. The
more media exposure they get, the so much better for the Democrats.

The only wacko here is Too_Many_Tools

So says the resident kook.

Laugh..laugh...laugh..

TMT