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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 03:58 PM Jun 2014

Jay Carney Takes A Dig At Dick Cheney For Iraq Op-Ed

CATHERINE THOMPSON – JUNE 18, 2014, 3:06 PM EDT

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney took a dig at former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday for his scathing Wall Street Journal op-ed on President Barack Obama's handling of the situation in Iraq.

Carney was asked about the opinion piece, in which Cheney declared "rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many," during his final White House briefing.

"Which president was he talking about?" Carney said with a straight face, drawing laughter from reporters.

"Look, it's always good to hear from former Vice President Cheney," he added. "It's pretty clear that President Obama and our team here have distinctly different views on Iraq from the team that led the United States to invade Iraq back in 2003, so he's entitled to his opinion."

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Jay Carney Takes A Dig At Dick Cheney For Iraq Op-Ed (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP

Good answer, but . . . gratuitous Jun 2014 #1

Good one underpants Jun 2014 #2

Not bad. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #3

Cheney is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to a big spread in a national paper, he gets Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #4

Kick for Jay! Cha Jun 2014 #5

K&R! napkinz Jun 2014 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

1. Good answer, but . . .

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:02 PM

Jun 2014

And you knew there had to be more, didn't you? Would Dick Cheney and his lovely daughter Liz be penning such tripe for the Wall Street Journal if the former vice president had been called to account for being "so wrong about so much at the expense of so many"?

Or is it in the Rules of the Club that we don't speak ill of former members, no matter what crimes against humanity they may have committed?

underpants

(182,776 posts)

2. Good one

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:08 PM

Jun 2014

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,325 posts)

3. Not bad.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:11 PM

Jun 2014

Just once I would like to hear: "If I want any shit from Cheney, I'll squeeze his head"

I mean he's resigning anyway.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

4. Cheney is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to a big spread in a national paper, he gets

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 04:47 PM

Jun 2014

that exposure because the neocons owning the WSJ, Murdoch and company, are equally neocons, and equally complicit in his war crimes.

See how that works?

Cha

(297,154 posts)

5. Kick for Jay!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:03 PM

Jun 2014

thanks DV.. I'm loving this.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

6. K&R!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:45 PM

Jun 2014

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