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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:02 PM Mar 2015

PLAYBOY: Dick Cheney Says Obama Is Playing The ‘Race Card’ To Excuse His "Worst-Ever" Presidency

Said Cheney: “I look at Barack Obama and I see the worst president of my lifetime, without question. I used to have significant criticism of Jimmy Carter, but compared to Barack Obama and the damage he is doing to the nation — it’s a tragedy.”

Cheney with boobs here:
http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboy-interview-dick-cheney



Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that President Barack Obama was “playing the race card” to excuse criticism of his record as president:

“I think they’re playing the race card, in my view. Certainly we haven’t given up—nor should we give up—the right to criticize an administration and public officials. To say that we criticize, or that I criticize, Barack Obama or Eric Holder because of race, I just think it’s obviously not true,” Cheney said in a wide-ranging interview with Playboy magazine released on Tuesday. “My view of it is the criticism is merited because of performance—or lack of performance, because of incompetence. It hasn’t got anything to do with race.”

Cheney likewise thought that the protests in Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement that stemmed from it had been wrongly linked to race. “Well [pauses], what I see is disturbing. It’s always a tragedy when there is a death involved and so forth. But it seems to me it’s a clear-cut case that the officer did what he had to do to defend himself. He was perfectly within his authorities to take action … And I’ve been disappointed, I guess, in the Obama administration’s response. I think there should have been more people who were ready to stand up and say, ‘Look, the evidence is pretty overwhelming. The grand jury has reviewed it thoroughly. Here’s what we know. This is what happened.’ And that we should not sort of throw it all over on the burden of race, or racial inequality or racial discrimination, as being responsible for this particular event,” Cheney said.

“I don’t think it is about race. I think it is about an individual who conducted himself in a manner that was almost guaranteed to provoke an officer trying to do his duty,” Cheney concluded.

Cheney went on to say that Obama had undone some of the legacies of President George W. Bush. “His precipitous withdrawal and refusal to leave any stay-behind forces, to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqis, was a huge mistake; we are paying a price for it now. He’s having to go back in now, and the guy who campaigned on the basis of bring the boys home and get out of Iraq is now redeploying forces to Iraq,” he said.



more of the devil:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/03/17/3635218/dick-cheney-says-obama-playing-race-card-excuse-terrible-presidency/



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America's Worst Vice Presidents

Having served as a Congressman, White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense and the CEO of oil and gas giant Halliburton, Cheney came to the White House with among the most formidable resumes of any vice president. Harnessing his intimate knowledge of the Capitol's back alleys, Cheney emerged as the bare-knuckled architect — or, in the eyes of some, the shadowy puppetmaster — behind many of the administration's most controversial policies. Cheney led the charge in calling for the invasion of Iraq, based on the misleading claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction; curtailed domestic civil liberties; and pressed to limit restrictions on the treatment of enemy combatants. Critics alleged he played a role in the 2003 leak that outed then CIA operative Valerie Plame; his former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for making false statements during the investigation of the incident. The bellicose veep also swore at a colleague during a Senate class photo and, adding injury to insult, delighted his detractors by accidentally shooting a hunting partner in the face.


http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1834600_1834604_1834587,00.html
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PLAYBOY: Dick Cheney Says Obama Is Playing The ‘Race Card’ To Excuse His "Worst-Ever" Presidency (Original Post) kpete Mar 2015 OP
I wonder what his DU name is. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #1
I can tell you his inititals. CSMF (first word is something the southern people fry) BlueJazz Mar 2015 #8
Yep! Between the defense of Darren Wilson and the "worst president of my lifetime" crap Number23 Mar 2015 #27
Cheney is playing the asshole card to prove he's still alive. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #2
"........when there is a death involved and so forth." That just sounds Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2015 #3
someone died, yadda yadda Enrique Mar 2015 #13
Rocktivity says that Cheney is playing the race card rocktivity Mar 2015 #4
War Criminal napkinz Mar 2015 #5
Why is a former VP of the United States giving interviews to porno mags? prayin4rain Mar 2015 #6
Jimmy Carter gave an extensive interview to Playboy hifiguy Mar 2015 #11
Welp, that makes me sad. n/t prayin4rain Mar 2015 #16
It was a good interview... Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #28
He's the biggest dick anyone can imagine. n/t TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #18
Hey Dick, get back to us when we get Obama's final approval rating arcane1 Mar 2015 #7
That lying piece of shit has no right whatsoever to criticize Obama. MohRokTah Mar 2015 #9
Go Cheney yourself, Cheney. hifiguy Mar 2015 #10
So I assume Cheney got out of the Stock market when Bush left it in the mid 6000s, then? Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #12
A mini EMP in his vicinity and... whatchamacallit Mar 2015 #14
"Race baiting" is a made-up term racist people use when people of color who dare to discuss racism. n/t gollygee Mar 2015 #15
The Chelsie interview is much better jberryhill Mar 2015 #17
“Well, what I see is disturbing. It’s always a tragedy when there is a death involved and so forth." AZ Mike Mar 2015 #19
Lol! zappaman Mar 2015 #20
"Cheney went on to say that Obama had undone some of the legacies of President George W. Bush" Retrograde Mar 2015 #21
A perfect example of why you should NEVER cater to bullies. Especially those who are sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #22
What are they interviewing him for? surrealAmerican Mar 2015 #23
Because they know he'll say some outrageous things and spur sales... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #24
SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN..... Liberal Lantern Mar 2015 #25
That's why we should prosecute war criminals. Octafish Mar 2015 #26
Dick needs to read this thread: Raine1967 Mar 2015 #29
Hmm, let me check the presidential approval figures for this stage in a presidency muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #30
Unless Dick Cheney is the worst investor ever then I imagine his accountant is pointing out Johonny Mar 2015 #31

Number23

(24,544 posts)
27. Yep! Between the defense of Darren Wilson and the "worst president of my lifetime" crap
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:35 PM
Mar 2015

he's definitely got some company here.

And I have to say, this president could do a HELL of a lot worse than getting one of the most depraved, evil sons of bitches to ever enter the White House to call his presidency the "worse in his lifetime." Obama probably did a cartwheel after hearing that Dick FREAKING Cheney does not approve of him.

prayin4rain

(2,065 posts)
6. Why is a former VP of the United States giving interviews to porno mags?
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:07 PM
Mar 2015

This is extremely distasteful to me.

whatchamacallit

(15,558 posts)
14. A mini EMP in his vicinity and...
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:14 PM
Mar 2015

Disclaimer: The above comment was not intended as a threat, suggestion, incitement...

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
15. "Race baiting" is a made-up term racist people use when people of color who dare to discuss racism. n/t
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:16 PM
Mar 2015
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
17. The Chelsie interview is much better
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:17 PM
Mar 2015

Chelsie Aryn is Miss March 2015.

Her interview has better pictures too.



AZ Mike

(468 posts)
19. “Well, what I see is disturbing. It’s always a tragedy when there is a death involved and so forth."
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:19 PM
Mar 2015

Spoken like a boilerplate disclosure in mice-type at the bottom of a contract. Such an upright, empathetic fellow.

Also, it's nice to see that whole "We're looking forward, not backward" thing working out so well. He should be giving jailhouse interviews.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
21. "Cheney went on to say that Obama had undone some of the legacies of President George W. Bush"
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:27 PM
Mar 2015

As he should. I just wish Obama had undone more of them - like the Patriot Act.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
22. A perfect example of why you should NEVER cater to bullies. Especially those who are
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:31 PM
Mar 2015

accused of crimes against humanity.

When you decide to let them off the hook, they think everyone approves of them and YOU are the Bad Guy for not going to war all over the world.

The NEOCONS are FLAILING. They WANT that War in Iran so badly!

Liberal Lantern

(22 posts)
25. SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN.....
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:37 PM
Mar 2015

No one reads Playboy anymore. That magazine was all but dead in the 90's. Dick Cheney is irrelevant now. That is all.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
26. That's why we should prosecute war criminals.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 05:47 PM
Mar 2015

Once they're behind bars, no one cares what they babble about.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
30. Hmm, let me check the presidential approval figures for this stage in a presidency
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:52 PM
Mar 2015
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Job-Approval-Center.aspx

Average for all the presidents they have figures for: 46.3%
Obama: 47%
So, basically average. What was Dick's puppet?
GW Bush: 35%
Most people knew you were screwing them by that stage, Dick.
What was the approval for that Republican idol Reagan?
47% too.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
31. Unless Dick Cheney is the worst investor ever then I imagine his accountant is pointing out
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 07:15 PM
Mar 2015

Obama has been great for Cheney's bottom line. The dude has to be raking up the money during Obama. It is to the point where it is laughable. These people simply hate that he's done what they failed to do and will never give the man a lick of credit. Even as they bank $$$$$ than you can ever dream of having. I'd laugh but screw them. I'm glad they are unhappy. I mean I was right and they were wrong. The more they hate him the more it means they were wrong.

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