Barack Obama, Dick Cheney plan dueling speeches

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Politico

President Barack Obama will attempt to regain control of a boiling debate over anti-terrorism policy with a major speech on Thursday — an address that comes on the same day that former Vice President Dick Cheney will be weighing in with his own speech on the same theme.

The dueling speeches amount to the most direct engagement so far between Obama and his conservative critics in the volatile argument over what tactics are justified in detaining and interrogating suspected enemy combatants.

The national security debate — egged on by frequent charges from Cheney that Obama is leaving the country more vulnerable to attack — is the only subject on which many Republicans believe they have been able to gain traction against a popular president and the Democratic majority that now dominate Washington.

But, as described by administration sources, Obama’s speech is also intended to quiet the ire aimed at him from the political left. Some activists are furious over his recent decisions on continuing military commissions rather than civilian trials for suspected terrorists, and his about-face in deciding to fight a court order releasing photos of detainees undergoing abuse.


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[midnight]

1. While the rest of us have been watching the bank wars, this

war has been coming to a nice boil.

[Turbineguy]

2. Cheney can talk all he wants

as the noose of evidence tightens.

[blueclown]

3. My guess is that the corpowhore media will cover Dick's speech more than the President's.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Cheney's going to be preaching to the choir at AEI. Hopefully, Obama will drown him out.

[The Hope Mobile]

5. Is this really necessary on Obama's part?

It seems like Cheney is already digging his own grave on this subject.

[izquierdista]

11. Oh yes

Give the former President a the shovels he needs. Did I forget to include the adjective "vice"? It's an understandable oversight, now that we see who was actually giving the orders the last 8 years.

[Cha]

16. Oh yes, Surprise..President Obama

knows what he's doing.

[Lorien]

6. Why is anyone paying any attention to Cheney at all? He's been discredited

on pretty much everything from day one.

[AlinPA]

7. Cheney's constant hammering on this subject is for one reason; to be able to say

"I told you so" whenever any terrorist attacks occur, anywhere. The republicans believe and hope for an attack for their party to get traction.

[Blaze Diem]

13. or preparing to 'make one happen ' to discredit Obama & dems &

to mobilize the GOP.
Who would put such a plan passed this bunch of evil cretins?
After all we know about the Bush, Cheney, Rummy klan, no one should.

Considering all the questions that surround Sept. 11, I do believe they have something in the works.
They should have been prosecuted by now.

[TomClash]

8. Dick Cheney - the gift that keeps on giving nt

[Javaman]

9. what I find interesting is: since Obama doesn't want to launch an investigation

into crashcart or moron's* torturing, why is he even bothering to counter crashcarts speech?

A betting man would lay odds on the door being swung wide open for just such an investigation happening really soon.

[LynnTheDem]

10. "Obama will attempt to regain control "

Yeah, coz he doesn't currently control the issue, Cheney the dick does.

:rofl:

Politco strikes (out) yet again!

[gkhouston]

12. Words at twenty paces? My money's on Obama. n/t

[Mythsaje]

14. What duel?

"I'm afraid Mr. Cheney is howling like an uncut male dog who isn't being allowed off-leash to carouse. No one of any significance can possibly take him seriously after the mess he and his people made of the war, this economy, and everything else they touched. The only legacy he has left is one of abject failure."

[Cha]

15. That's right, President Obama..

"gain control" of the damn thing.