Cheney to give Republican response to Obama national security speech tomorrow

Seriously, though, at some point someone in the Republican party is going to have to speak up and tell Cheney to STFU. The man was at - what? - 20% in the polls? And he's the Republican giving the speech responding to Obama's national security address? Of course, Cheney chose himself to be the GOP point man, but as Joe posted this morning, it's not like the Republicans are trying to distance themselves from good old Dick.

And while the media is busy covering Cheney, they might want to as Mr. National Security where bin Laden is, why they let him escape at Tora Bora, why they didn't keep after him, and ultimately why they pretty much gave up.

http://www.americablog.com/

Is he running a shadow government or something?? This really is highly irregular.

You know...the ones who are so concerned about Nancy Pelosi's political woes right now.

CNN And MSNBC To Carry Cheney’s Big National Security Speech Live

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CNN And MSNBC To Carry Cheney’s Big National Security Speech Live


Looks like Dick Cheney’s big national security speech at the American Enterprise Institute tomorrow is going to get wall-to-wall cable coverage — giving a major assist to those who hope that his speech will be seen as “dueling” with the one that Obama is planning to give on the same topic tomorrow.

Both CNN and MSNBC will be carrying Cheney’s speech live tomorrow, in addition to carrying Obama’s, spokespeople for both networks confirm to me, barring the intrusion of some major news event. Fox News will certainly be all over the Cheney speech tomorrow — a major cataclysm couldn’t tear them away from such a big moment. So that means roadblocked cable coverage for Cheney.

Obama is set to deliver his big speech on national security at 10 A.M. Cheney’s is set to follow at 10:45. Politico framed the story of tomorrow’s speeches in advance in a piece called: “Barack Obama, Dick Cheney plan dueling speeches.”

This, naturally, raised some hackles on the left, where people pointed out that Obama is the Commander in Chief, meaning his national security views have real-world significance, while Dick Cheney is a private citizen who only has his reputation at stake.

In other words, goes this argument, their speeches will only be “dueling” if folks in the media make the decision to present them that way. Republicans, meanwhile, hope that coverage does proceed along these lines, helping to elevate Cheney and taking down Obama a peg or two.

Looks like the cable nets have already made the call.

We're in a lot of trouble now. We can't possibly complete with the wit and warmth of Richard Bruce Cheney. We're screwn.

:scared:

Just what is going on here?

It has been a well-honored tradition for the exiting administration to keep their mouths shut for a year or two when another administration takes over.

Gore spoke about this last week somewhere, saying that he wanted to criticize the Bush administration, but held his powder for two years before doing so.

It really is strange, indeed, and I just wish we had a media that would talk about it.

It's either what you proposed, or Cheney is scared shitless that he might be held accountable for something and is trying to pre-empt it.

this all seems too choreographed. Why is Cheney leading with his chin?

Highly irregular indeed.