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hschulein

(1,168 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 11:54 AM Jun 2014

Mike Malloy - Megyn Kelly Owns Dick Cheney Over Iraq



Fox News' Megyn Kelly mercilessly confronted former Vice President Dick Cheney on her Wednesday show about his track record in Iraq.

After quoting Cheney's recent op-ed on the war, in which he said of President Obama, "Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many," she put this scorcher of a question to him:

"Time and time again, history has proven that you got it wrong as well in Iraq, sir. You said there was no doubt Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. You said we would be greeted as liberators. You said the insurgency was in its last throes back in 2005, and you said that after our intervention, extremists would have to 'rethink their strategy of jihad.' Now, with almost a trillion dollars spent there, with almost 4,500 American lives lost there, what do you say to those who say you were so wrong about so much at the expense of so many?"

Kelly didn't drop any mics, but she might as well have. Fox News viewers who were expecting something different might have wondered whether they were watching another network.

"No, I just fundamentally disagree, Reagan — I mean, Megyn," Cheney replied.

Luckily for Cheney, the questions got much easier after that.

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/megyn-kelly-dick-cheney-iraq_n_5510635.html

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Mike Malloy - Megyn Kelly Owns Dick Cheney Over Iraq (Original Post) hschulein Jun 2014 OP
I don't see why the LIBERAL WORLD is.... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2014 #1
because it was a significant deviation from the standard FOX narrative jimlup Jun 2014 #2
I suspect smallcat88 Jun 2014 #3
I think you are right. livingonearth Jun 2014 #6
Bushco "inherited" something? MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #4
I wonder how shocked Megyn Kelly was when she 1st read the question she was to ask Dick? Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #5

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
1. I don't see why the LIBERAL WORLD is....
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 12:17 PM
Jun 2014

so excited about Megyn asking Dick a hard question...She did not force him to answer it or keep the questions coming she allowed Dick to Dick.

Even Bill Maher got his boxers all wrinkled up over it like someone actually got the guts to question Cheney...NOT QUITE.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
2. because it was a significant deviation from the standard FOX narrative
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 12:30 PM
Jun 2014

And Cheney was absolutely surprised by it. Not much in the big scheme of things - sure. But given our current reality of double-think on FOX and even in much of the mainstream, it is a tidbit of reality.

smallcat88

(426 posts)
3. I suspect
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 12:31 PM
Jun 2014

the reason for her asking is so Fox can't point to that and say 'See, we did ask him!' when the critics pounce on them for giving criminals like Cheney air time.

livingonearth

(728 posts)
6. I think you are right.
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 05:48 PM
Jun 2014

She is just being a tool to let Cheney claim he has answered the big questions- notice how several questions are casually lumped together. And, she is, as you say, covering for FOX.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
4. Bushco "inherited" something?
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:58 PM
Jun 2014

Did somebody drop a pin there when that brain fart let itself out?

Didn't that crazy bastard have something in his sleeve better that that? I'm sure Liz didn't.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
5. I wonder how shocked Megyn Kelly was when she 1st read the question she was to ask Dick?
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 05:45 PM
Jun 2014

I am sure she wouldn't have asked that one on her own, not her style except she likes to be mean to people. Maybe that was it, she asked it because it would piss the old goat off!

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