Cheney Responds to Hagel's Criticism

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070128/D8MUC4IG0.html

Cheney Responds to Hagel's Criticism
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Jan 28, 10:32 AM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney shot back at Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who has accused the Bush administration of playing "a pingpong game with American lives" by sending more U.S. troops into Iraq.

"Let's say I believe firmly in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican," Cheney said. "But it's very hard sometimes to adhere to that where Chuck Hagel is involved."

Cheney's comments came in a Newsweek interview released Sunday.


President Bush, right, pauses as he makes a statement to reporters, while Vice President Dick Cheney, left, looks on during a meeting with the joint chiefs and combatant commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Hagel, a potential presidential candidate, has been outspoken in his criticism that the Republican White House lacks a coherent strategy in Iraq.

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[Alexander]

1. When the GOP throws Bush/Cheney overboard....

Hagel will look like the second coming of Jesus to them.

This is why he is so dangerous.

[PassingFair]

9. He is already getting more press than OUR anti-war representatives.

We need to get out in front of Hagel, NOW.

[Tin Man]

18. I've seen alot of DUers dismiss Hagel, saying he'd never get the nomination

...based on his stance on the war.

I'm with you on this. I say Hagel's position on the war is precisely why he stands to get the nomination. The war is currently FUBAR, getting more FUBAR everyday, and will be a smoking hole by the time the primaries roll around.

Hagel is gonna look like Moses, ready to lead his people from the chains of Egypt.

[halobeam]

2. Republican now ammend the Ten Commandments?

LMAO!!!:rofl:

[Faryn Balyncd]

21. When you've broken all the first 10, you better start talking about the 11th...........

[BlueStater]

3. Dick Cheney is a disgusting, despicable, vile piece of shit of a human being

Why should anyone care what his opinion is?

[Massachusetts]

5. Agreed.

[davekriss]

17. I don't think too many people do care what Cheney thinks

Doesn't his own approval rating hover around 19%? Makes Spiro Agnew look like the party vanguard.

[saigon68]

25. He is a filthy pile of human detritus

[dkofos]

4. I wish he would do his interviews wearing an Elmer Fudd hat and a

shotgun, a-la Jon Stewart.

[indypaul]

20. Think it is the reverse.

Cheney as Edgar Bergen and "Dim Son" more like Elmer Fudd.

[burythehatchet]

6. Must be quite a feather in Hagel's cap to be trashed by Darth

[rustydog]

7. Try the 6th, 9th and 10th commandments DICK!

[Placebo]

8. Darth Cheney

:mad:

[Tatiana]

10. Hagel should tell Cheney to go F himself. n/t

[Faryn Balyncd]

22. When Cheney F - - - s himself, which commandment is pertinent?

[Faryn Balyncd]

23. .

[Evergreen Emerald]

11. the context of this story bothers me. Of course, it is more propaganda for Cheney

I guess I should not expect an unbiased story. But, Hagel is described as "a potential presidential candidate," casting a political basis for Hagel's position.

[Secular Agent Man]

12. Coming from a man who shot a fellow Republican,

perhaps Hagel should get a vest.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. No denial of the facts, only whining about the messenger.

Yep. I'm convinced.

:sarcasm:

[Kahuna]

14. A circular firing squad....This is getting good...

:popcorn:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

15. A person who goes into service to his country

owes his allegiance the people of that country, regardless of political affiliation. I respect Hagel for that.

However, Cheney's statement, as per usual, is as full of holes as a block of Swiss cheese. Cheney's only allegiance is to himself.

[JerseygirlCT]

16. Oh! Before I read, let me guess: does it start with F and end with U?

[roamer65]

19. A Hagel nomination for president by the GOP...

...could be a big problem for the Dems in 2008. That anti-war, conservative on everything else mix that is Hagel makes me very worried.

[Faryn Balyncd]

24. Whittington's 12th commandment: "Thou shalt not shoot another Republican in the face"......

when drunk...

[Virginia Dare]

26. I'll need a whole boatload of popcorn...

if and when the yellow-bellied coward Dick Cheney meets Chuck Hagel face to face. Too bad dueling on the senate floor went out a a century and a half ago or so.

Isn't it obvious to the Repukes that Cheney is loyal to no one but himself?

Throw the fucker out on his ass already!!

[katty]

27. uncle DICK lashing out all over the place-it's apparent he's

losing.

[maxrandb]

29. Imagine the spectacle if a reporter actually asked him "tough" questions

Talk about a meltdown. Put some bull-dog journalist across from Cheney and wait for the explosion.

It would be a Capt Queeg moment.

[katty]

30. yeah, I wish they would slam and bait him more

[maxrandb]

32. It would not take much

Dick is not a happy man. He reminds be alot of Mr Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life". Just a miserable, wretched, small excuse for a man.

If you watch Dick, it's obvious that it wouldn't take much to make him blow a gasket. Would love to see it. Question is, which reporter has the tenacity, or guts to do it.

[ryanmuegge]

28. He's not against the war! Bullshit!

If he was against the war, he would have voted against it when he had the chance? This is just political theater. The "tension" between Hagel and the White House is all engineered and manufactured. It's just a way of the Republicans shedding a political liability for the next presidential election. If they can do this, the corporate/globalist/class warfare agenda of the super-rich can continue to proceed.

Yes, he's such a maverick.

[katty]

31. bush/cheney keep the chaos & killing going, as you steal more$$