Under fire from Democrats, Cheney pushes back (Reuters)

(I would have posted this in LBN, but I'm having network trouble tonight, and can't get into LBN to see if it's already there)
Under fire from Democrats, Cheney pushes back
Tue Nov 8, 2005 08:31 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Vice President Dick Cheney under mounting fire, his office together with the White House and the Republican Party responded with a coordinated counter-attack on Tuesday, accusing Sen. Harry Reid of malicious conduct "unbecoming" his role as Democratic leader.

The White House response -- unusual in its hostile tone and coordination -- was sparked by Reid's charges that Cheney manipulated pre-war intelligence about Iraq and was "behind" the leaking of classified information to discredit White House critics. Cheney's long-time chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was indicted last month for obstructing justice, perjury and lying after a two-year investigation into the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

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The counter-attack against Reid may be a sign that the White House is planning a more aggressive campaign against its critics as polls show Bush's approval ratings at all-time lows. "There's a dark cloud hanging over the White House. It's really a storm cloud. The vice president, who gets his authority from the president, sadly is in the middle of that storm," Reid told reporters.

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Within minutes of each other, White House spokesman Scott McClellan, counsel to the vice president Steve Schmidt and the Republican National Committee all issued responses bashing Reid. McClellan decried Reid's "rants" as "unbecoming of a leader of any party," and said Americans would question "whether Democrats are more concerned about the peoples' priorities or scoring political points at the expense of a dedicated public servant." Schmidt called Reid's comments "unconscionable personal attacks and malicious," adding: "These are beneath the office of the Democratic leader." Brian Jones, the RNC's communications director, said Reid's comments were "vicious" and accused him of spinning a "far-flung conspiracy theory."

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can go fuch himself

Tell me how I can get "down in the mud" with you...Cheney can't refute the message without getting deeper in trouble, so all he can do is attack the messenger....Ain't nobody dirtier than Cheney---for the White House to say Reid's actions were "unbecoming" is like Rush Limbaugh calling Bill Clinton a drug addict.

"They have no convictions, they have no principles, they have no ideas."

Now that's unbecoming of a leader. He insulted ALL democrats, including me and I'm deeply offended. That's an "unconscionable personal attack" to every Democrat.

NFW, Scottie. Go back to your "on-going investigation" hole, you little rat. :mad:

give 'em hell and some . . . Cheney on the ropes now. . .and you, Senator Reid, are the experienced real fighter.



:kick: :yourock:

Cheney themselves on this?

Put 'em out of the ballpark.

different metaphors, same idea...

MKJ

:rofl:

NJ and VA. Please DICK add coals to the fire, there is no WAR or ENEMY you can create to SCARE us anymore!

So, please Dick, "Go Chaney yourself!".

Oh, and I think it is time to bring up the Halliburton, KBR etc., contracts again, it would be a good contrast to the Philly (no Pay to Play campaign, (No bid contracts, sound familiar!), oh, crap forgot to look at the DA race results!)

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

and it's about goddamned time!

GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY!

.... how the maggots try to act like butterflies when it's obvious they are just flies?

Payback is tough, Dick.

:kick:

...before he dicks you.

We need to tell him we APPROVE of his message, and that we're behind him 100%.

Be sure and remind him that bush/cheney's approval ratings are in the 20's and 30's, and that they can "bash" all they want to, and it won't make them innocent.

:kick::kick::kick:

...defiant act of standing up for the American people a "Stunt!" UFB.:banghead: :mad:

Guess they overlooked the fact of Cheney's 19% approval rating.

...except this time, it's YOU who gets to be the naked prey!

(This is a reference to what I've seen on a couple of websites: they claimed that out west, Cheney used to get together with friends to play "The Most Dangerous Game". This is a "game" in which men hunt a woman who is naked, in the wild. Though I despise Cheney, these stories were just too "out there" even for me to believe. But then again, he IS Lynn Cheney's husband...)

"Go fuck yourself".

I'm really impressed by Reid's ass kicking this last week.

His conduct has been disgraceful.

Maybe somebody will believe you.

streets of DC, aimlessly, muttering "Conspiracy theory ... conspiracy theory..." with that snarled up face of his.

We wait, in sweet anticipation, for the gold-plated pearls of wisdom to drip from your sneering lips . . .

"conspiracy theory" is obviously being used to discredit it, but technically, yes, it's a theory and yes, we think cheney and the entire white house iraq group, at a minimum, conspired.

but "far-flung"? how far-flung is it to think cheney and libby spoke? they talk to each other every day! "far-flung" is when you tie cheney to the white house janitor to a masseuse in chechnya to osama bin laden's 3rd cousin once removed. now THAT's far-flung.

...I don't know if it would be funny or just unwise (I'm thinking hilarious), but that would make a great lunatic conspiracy theory website, but yes, it probably would help to "muddy the waters." :evilfrown:

unusual in its hostile tone?"

What White House have they been covering?

Only one word for: projection

It's been overworked to the point of toothless, they need to find another.

and underlings with names like Scooter are running the show. That's what I get from all this.

Oh my, if I had voted for Mr Cheney and Mr. Bush, I would be very, very upset with their incompetence right about now.

them anymore. Rove is off his game.

I'm sure this doesn't surprise any of us.

I suspect it was Rove's idea to give the "ETHICS REFRESHER" course. What a joke.....as if that will somehow make the public feel better.

Bushco is going down and they are getting desperate!!

Just long enough to learn what and how to shred....

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

You should repost this thread.

McClellan decried Reid's "rants" as "unbecoming of a leader of any party," and said Americans would question "whether Democrats are more concerned about the peoples' priorities or scoring political points at the expense of a dedicated public servant."

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anyone else tired of the bushies telling me what I would think/question? I guess I don't drink the right flavor of Kook-aid

"we've been over this before."

Weren't Frist and Lott talking about this just a few months ago? They just got so full of themselves, they figures the rules didn't apply to them. Pack your bags, wingnuts!