Lugar Calls Cheney Criticism "Unfair"

[babylonsister]

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Lugar Calls Cheney Criticism "Unfair"


In a Bloomberg interview, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended President Obama's handling of recent terrorism threats and took issue with former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism.

Said Lugar: "It's unfair. I think the president is focused."

Lugar noted Obama has demonstrated "firmness" and "decisiveness," adding, "That's been the antidote to the criticism."

[NJmaverick]

1. Good for Lugar, glad to see there are some GOPers that are not

total slime

[damonm]

2. Wait. What?

A Rethug saying something GOOD about Obama?

[Orsino]

6. A Rethug spinning Cheney's drooling rages as merely "unfair." n/t

[CreekDog]

10. Lugar never votes our way, but he has defended Obama again and again

and despite his conservatism, he's supported Obama's nominees more often than other conservatives.

i don't like his politics, but i've always liked Lugar for acting with dignity and respect.

:hi:

[treestar]

3. A Republican out of lockstep!

:wtf:

[AwakeAtLast]

8. Lugar has been pretty consistent in being out of lockstep.

I sometimes wonder who the Dem senator from IN is. ;)

[treestar]

9. Maybe he is the real maverick.

[CreekDog]

11. He doesn't vote like a maverick, but he speaks in measured words

And he isn't willing to lie simply because his colleagues are doing it.

[Parker CA]

4. Well, Cheney will now have to ramp up his efforts to orchestrate another attack to prove them wrong.

[Spazito]

5. If I recall correctly, Lugar is one of the VERY few REAL Republicans left...

and he will be condemned for his criticism of cheney by the majority of extreme and rabid republicans that now make up the party.

[Kingofalldems]

7. I bet there is already a Lugar hatefest over at cheeto-land