Cheney says Congress failed struggling automakers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney blamed Congress for failing to bail out the auto industry, saying the White House was forced to step in to save U.S. car companies.

In an interview broadcast Sunday, Cheney said the economy is in such bad shape that the car companies might not have survived without the $17.4 billion in emergency loans that President George W. Bush approved on Friday.

"The president decided specifically that he wanted to try to deal with it and not preside over the collapse of the automobile industry just as he goes out of office," Cheney said in an interview broadcast on "Fox News Sunday."


In this Nov. 6, 2008 file photo, Vice President Dick Cheney applauds President Bush during an event at the White House in Washington. Today, Vice President Dick Cheney blamed Congress for failing to bail out the auto industry, saying President George W. Bush was forced to step in to save U.S. car companies and that the economy is in such bad shape U.S. automakers might not have survived without the $17.4 billion in emergency loans approved by Bush. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)


Lawmakers "had ample opportunity to deal with this issue and they failed," Cheney said. "The president had no choice but to step in."


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[opihimoimoi]

1. In their rush to be "Heros" they step over themselves...

This is a real hero

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu

[Double T]

2. bush and cheney failed america and its people.

There's no one that is going to bail US out of the disaster BOTH have created.

[silverojo]

16. Bush and Cheney failed everyone on earth

As well as the planet we live on.

[globalvillage]

3. Republicans in Congress failed the auto industry

and the did it so Bush could step in as one of his last official acts.

Dick left out a couple minor details.

[acmavm]

4. THIS IS WHY

Congress should have taken care of the American worker. NOT THIS CORRUPT CREW WHO BROUGHT THIS COUNTRY TO ITS KNEES.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Your fucking obstructionist party failed you fucking liar.

Everytime these liars try to claim congress failed when their party obstructed they need to be called out.

[pattmarty]

6. I take it "Dick" has quite a bit of automotive stocks.

[santamargarita]

7. Fuck you Cheney, you stumpy little shitbag!

Goddamn this bunch!

[SuperSloMo]

8. Hey, wait a minute,

isn't the vice president, like, the president of congress or something? I seem to remember Cheney saying that he had important duties in the senate and therefore wasn't just a member of the executive branch, back when the executive branch was catching heat. Now that the executive branch has faded into lame-duckiness, it's the place to be. 'Preciate your leadership, Dick.

[bluesmail]

9. Puke.

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[StudsT]

11. who cares what a WAR CRIMINAL thinks?

StudsT

[Fearless]

12. Well EVERYONE failed the American workforce.

[OwnedByFerrets]

13. Uh, it wasnt congress, it was your shithead REPUG friends.

[whathappened]

14. bail out

was'nt this all about jr. not wanting to give up any of his tarp money to the big 3 and congress wanted the money to come from the tarp fund , jr. ended up giving the money from the tarp fund in the end , so he is the shit head who made this into such a big deal after all , no hero here , just a jackas who turned a defeat into , i'm the hero fro saving the big 3

[2Design]

15. why is this called a bailout when it is a loan while the money to wall street was a give away n/t

[az chela]

17. Cheney failed every one on this planet except his billionaire

Buddies.
Off to the hague with him and all of the bushco's