Dick Cheney picks Limbaugh over Colin Powell
By John Amato Sunday May 10, 2009 9:45am
On Face the Nation today, Dick Cheney said that he chooses Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell when it comes to the debate about the future of the GOP.
"If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd choose Rush Limbaugh," Cheney said when asked about whose vision of the GOP he'd side with. "My impression was that Colin was no longer a Republican."
"I don't think the Republican Party ought to move far to the left," Cheney said. "The suggestion our Democratic friends always make is, 'Well, if you Republicans were just more like Democrats, you'd win elections.' Well, I don't buy that."
I'm glad Dick Cheney continues to put his face out there as a spokesmen for the "new" GOP and as a torture apologist, but this brief part of the show demonstrates that Cheney is more impressed with a peddler of GOP propaganda and entertainment than he is defending one of his own and a man who sold the Iraq war to the American people.
Cheney always got into it with Powell over foreign policy so it's not a shock that he would be outspoken against him either.
Powell wanted to stay the course that took the diplomatic route as BushCo. went after Iraq, but when Bush told him we were going to war he signed on without giving his honest opinion. Many people forget that Colin Powell didn't even want to go to the UN for a resolution when they all decided to go to war with Iraq, but since Blair told Bush to get UN approval, he was forced to give a presentation they hoped would swing the country and the world against Saddam. And that presentation has tarnished his record more than anything. It's very fitting. Woodward's book Plan of Attack, reveals all this in detail. And as Digby and Bob Somerby have written, we have to be careful how Colin Powell is described because he's had his hand in a lot of very bad things.
Colin Powell is not only not a war hero, he's actually implicated in war crimes from two different wars --- as one of the "White House Principals" who watched the CIA act out torture techniques for their approval and as one of the men who tried to cover up My Lai. (He was involved in Iran-Contra too.) And that's not even taking into account his pivotal role in energetically selling the Iraq war with bogus intelligence. Certainly, the man cannot be separated from Dick Cheney on that issue.
He was one of the most powerful people in the Bush administration and he failed time after time to step up and use his vast personal popularity to stop them or slow them down. He is, in fact, the worst chickensh*t of the bunch since he had a separate power center and a special authority as an ex-general. Cheney may have been the chief architect, but Powell was the chief salesman and cover artist.
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I think of Nuremberg and Eichmann. Cheney deserves that fate. Rummy, Rice, Wolfie, Perle and Powell, too.
and it is AAGGOONNIIZZIINNGG EVERY TIME they get slaughtered in an election.
They'll have to
a) admit THEY are the ones that are fucked up
b) ask themselves why SO MANY people in America continue to vote Democrat
and/or
c) join us since they can't beat us - UNLESS THEY LIKE being a fucking moronic loser outcast in their own country.
And when this Republican ideology FLOPS like it is destined to the United States government ought to seize EVERY dollar and asset Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, Savage, Coulter, O'Reilly, Ingraham, Beck, Gingrich, Cheney, Morris, North, Crowley, Boortz and ALL OF THE OTHER ASSHATS EVER ACQUIRED for the damage they have inflicted on the United States with their traiterous propaganda.
There was a time that I would have considered voting for Powell for President. I lost all respect for the man when he knowingly lied to the American people about Iraq.
he is still in control. Cheney and Limbaugh. Both Chickenhawks.
One has power over the airwaves and the other has power we do not
even know without an investigation. Of course he would pick
Limbaugh. They both hate America.
Good point! I doubt the republicani have given up their dream of ruling over America, and shaping the world to their liking. Nothing gets in the way of the republicani. not morality. Not democracy.
And so it is. There's nothing you and i or America can do to reach the republicani now. I expect the taliban will come around before republicans will.
The republicani are now on the wane and virtually powerless. The real, true source of republicani insurgency power is news media. Without their 'propping up' the republican party would have snuffed out ages ago, and the country could have gotten on with the American dream!
I suggest we help everyone realize who the republican party really is.
The republican party = MSM.
did i miss anything?
If there were some doubt as to who the Thug Party leader was by any halfwit out there, this should pretty much lay that doubt to rest.
More words of wisdom from a man whose
very essence is reminicent of the dirtiest
public toilet in HELL.
...would be a pariah even in the filthiest and shadiest districts of Dis.
that someone that never served, got 5 deferments, went on to be vice president for profit, helped murder how many people, was one of the key people behind outing a CIA undrecover agent, and was one of the key people behind torturing and killing we don't know how many is walking around free and spouting his nonsense on the public airways.
When will we end this lunacy?
When TV doesn't need republicani to put together their news & commentary shows. The producers have no idea how to tool a show without republicani tribesmen as their main draw, chanting their all too familiar tunes.
middle america, the heartland trailer park haven or whatever you want to call it gets a brain.
it's no secret that both men (Cheney and Powell) disliked each other for obvious reasons, especially on the handling of the Iraq war + etc.
Buth Limbaugh? LOL
keep it up Cheney! you are making 2012 easier for everyone
Powell didn't run from military duty, the coward Cheney did.
Go fuck yourself Mr. Cheney
And so did Limpdick. And Bush.
He's trying to get out in front of this to sway some public opinion.
How Her Dubya is nowhere to be found in all this.
But you know he is in touch with deadeye before deadeye goes on the air.
They're getting nervous about this whole torture thing.
Investigations please.
OK, Laker time. Go Lakers!
What, My Lai?
Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell.
Powell would've been considered a fairly right-wing conservative just a few decades ago. Now he's to their left, and Rush Limbaugh-- a fascist-- is their center.
Even Tricky Dick Nixon was to the left of where the Blue Dog Democrats are now, and I'd personally prefer Eisenhower over Obama. At least Ike had some idea of what the rule of law meant.
Powell does deserve some culpability. For willfully jumping in bed with brown people murdering warmongers, and for a seemingly intelligent black man joining the GOP in the first Goddamned place.
some? jesus ! hes a sell out a bought and paid for .....puke!
This is Cheney showing his loyalty to Party and "Ideals" over Country.
Uh, Dicky boy, Colin Powell has led an army, Limbaugh would not qualify to be Powells driver.
And you..... lil' Dicky would not qualify to be his aide de camp
The thing is, the Republicans DO move to the left during elections, insofar as they LIE to the people about what there true agenda is during campaigns. Anybody remember the old compassionate conservative canard? Pure misrepresentation - they will say whatever they have to to get the low-information voters' votes.
I don't think I've seen a GOPPER ad that explained how they were going to funnel more money into the Military Industrial Complex, take away workers' rights and allow the multinationals complete control over everything. Until they start showing some honesty about what they really intend they should STFU.
the funniest part, to me was - Schieffer framed the question like "who is the best policy maker?" - like he was hunting for Cheney to say someone like Jindal, Palin, Cantor, Boehner, etc..
Schieffer looked pretty taken aback.
I mean, aside from the fact that Limbaugh is a drug addict, aside from the fact that he never served, and aside from the fact that he's morbidly obese ....
Limbaugh, has never drafted policy. Never articulated the official party agenda, never gotten his hands dirty managing party funds, never written or voted on a bill.
Limbaugh, is an entertainer. he's a professional armchair quarterback.
the look on Schieffer's face was pretty priceless.
Truer words have never been spoken. And Cheney calls it a problem of "symantecs." What other words would you use to call Cheney and the other members of his cabal? I can think of hundreds. I'm sure you can too. MZ
that Cheney also stated on National Television in very direct terms that both he and the president were fully aware that the torture techniques were being used and both had authorized that they be used?
Has he stated it that clearly and plainly before?
For Cheney to talk about upholding the principles of the Repug Party is a LOL moment.
Hey Cheney, where have you been hiding out for the past 8 years?
Were you shanghaied onto a banana boat somewhere?
The complete and total collapse of the Republic Party is getting very near. A war criminal for a spokesman and a cigar smoking lard ass for a poster child. Sweet.
Spoken like a true asshole.
National Security General Adviser james jones was asked about cheney's comments saying obama is making us less safe. jones said he disagrees. it will be interesting to see how coverage that interview gets.
cheney seems to want to continue his fear mongering tour.
Will be the prosecutions star witness when this is all said and done.
Cheney basically implicated him in the crime.
Bush blames Cheney for destroying his presidency.
What better way to get revenge.
Little dick twisting in the wind . I always said this was a pissing match between Pappy and the little dick.
Hung his ass out to dry, the boy did.
Great points, both of you.
There may be more to dubya's post-presidential silence than just simple courtesy. Who knows? Perhaps one day we'll see dubya testify as a witness for the Prosecution of Richard B Cheney for crimes against humanity.
Oh, I know it will probably never happen, but one can always dream.
If any of this stuff is brought to account get lots of popcorn ready! I hope the MSM realizes that they too will greatly benefit from prosecution of the bush-cheney cabal.
I'm seriously left wondering if this guy goes on these shows with the pre-condition that if the interview goes a way he doesn't like, he has veto power over the tape being released (or at least the part he doesn't like).
There's so many ways to pin this massive clusterfuck down on even the most basic premises, and it never happens.
For instance, ask him if the Obama administration can be considered more successful at saving American lives than the Bush Administration if we make it to September 12 of this year with no major attack happening on our soil. He's so caught up in defining who is better or worse at carrying out policies that save or threaten American lives, put your fucking money where you're mouth is you fuck!!!
Ask this ass if he's willing to put himself in front of congress if there's an investigation/trial as a spokesman for all that is right with torture.
As far as I'm concerned I hope that the Republican Party listens to everything Cheney and Limpdick says. It really will not take much more for them to have their base and nothing more than their base when it comes to elections. They will lose with the whole 21%. It always baffles me how stupid these very smart people can be.
that were written by the CIA as proof that enhanced interrogation worked. Schieffer, to his credit, mentions that the AG is unaware of these memos.
Funny how Cheney didn't have a problem outing one of the CIA's top spies a few years ago, endangering many of their agents and intelligence-gathering networks, and is now relying on them to cover his ample behind.
He looks worried.
At the White House Correspondents Dinner and Obama laughs:
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/336173.html
Ha!!!!
Wanda was right, Rush's views echo Bin Laden's. "I hope his kidneys fail" ROFLMAO.
That was a good one. I hope limba heard her say it.
for Colin Powell. Possibly the best day he's had since he lied to the UN and the world. Probably the best defense he's got against war criminal proceedings as well.
For Cheney republican moderation might mean jail time.
Dick Cheney, yet-to-be indicted war criminal. This guy has not a shred of cred...
From being at the top of the food chain, pulling Bush's strings etc this is where all Cheney's power has led him:
"On the mornings he is in town, Dick Cheney wakes up at 6,climbs into his sport utility vehicle and DRIVES HIMSELF* to a Starbucks near his McClean Va home. He returns with a pair of grande skim lattes - decaf for him - regular for his wife,Lynn - and settles in the sun-drenched office ABOVE HIS GARAGE*...."
" Aside from working on his book,he has been meeting with foreign dignitaries,hosting policy luncheons around his KITCHEN TABLE* (it sit 10)and spending a fair amount at his other homes, in Wyoming,and on the Eastern Shores of Maryland. He will be making a speech in New york soon, his daughter said, and has a few fishing trips planned for May."
From a April 23, NYT article by Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Drives himself, works above a garage, kitchen table that sits 10,no-names given of the so-called "foreign dignitaries (probably some tin-pot dictators from South America/Africa looking for some inside info on torturing their fellow countrymen!).
Oh how the mighty have fallen! He's really running on all cylinders, full speed ahead isn't he!
Probably trying to find some third world country to go to that does not have an extradition treaty with us.
...Considering his many appearances all over the mainstream media, and the completely unopposed, uncritical platform he's given to spew his propaganda every time he appears--not to mention his decades'-deep connections to the most powerful forces in government--I think Cheney might actually be right to think this.
Cheney would also like all our troops to be like Limbaugh, provided that KBR had the contract to feed them.
The above two scum and trash of America are going to trash one of my past Commanders. This coming from a admitted AMERICAN TRAITOR and DRAFT DODGER (five deferments), and a known CONVICTED DRUG ADDICT DRAFT DODGER ( he had a pimple onm his hinnie)this scum and trash are going to condemn my past commander.
TRhese Traitors and Draft Dodgers who thought more of their own personal interest then the COUNTRY they betrayed and are betraying,these low life pieces of walking talking fecal matter who can not be trusted are going to criticize a man that ADMITS he made a mistake, unlike the COWARDS attacking him.
in his choosing limbaugh over powell, my thought is that he hedging his bets just in case colin sees the same light as spector and jumps ship. in addition, it say a lot about darth's judgment, but then again has that ever been in question. he needs to get used to the fact that until his trial, he is yesterday's news.
Why so few minorities are in their party.
Let's see, ole' dicky boy choosing a draft dodger in flush rimbowl over powell - well, what else would one expect coming from a 5 deferment Nam draft dodger.
"Oh sure, I think there's room for moderates in the Republican party."
"My take on it is Colin had already left the party. He's not really a Republican."
So there's room for moderates in the party as long as they don't actually make their views known. Good message, Mr. Cheney.
Though I guess it's not all that surprising that the draft dodger who made his fortune on the blood of others is choosing the other draft dodger who just screams on the radio, rather than the actual soldier who has recognized that his party is on the wrong path and tried to do something about it.
Draft dodgers got to stick together! Can't have a real man running things you know.
dick's southern strategy, Dick!!!!!!!
Dicks a weenie and Flush is an idiot....The remains of the republican party deserve this draft dodging, dope smokin' trash. A talk show toast on dope and an idiot that couldn't sire a male. Some real manly girls there. C'mon Colin...Come and knock out these idiots. Tell the truth. They're begging for it. Bring it on......
The Announcer
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That can describe just how much of a despicable piece of sub-human trash Dick... you know what, piece of Bear Grylls's shit after he comes back from the Amazon, does not even deserve the dignity of a human name!
Rush has even got Cheney under his thumb. He is the party leader.
Cheney has nothing in common with Colin Powell, and way too much in common with Rush.
http://progressnotcongress.org/blog/?p=852
Why is this lying sack of shit still getting face time on national news programs?
The mainstream media is bound and determined that no matter what constitutional crimes this slimeball committed, they are going polish his image.
To me, this is equivalent of the media interviewing John Wilkes Booth after he shot Lincoln. Ignore what he did, and let him justify publicly why murder was the way to replace a leader.
Yeah, the "face time" that the MSM is continually giving this evil bastard really is sickening.
major kudos to C&L for covering up that slimeball's face with the play video icon.
Cheney looks like a giant evil Pac-man!
...has condemned himself to having to spend the rest of his life trying to validate his crimes and justify himself. He has no clue that the only thing he is doing is building a prison around himself or that that prison is estranging him from reality. By the time he has lived out whatever is the remainder of his life , not only will he still be the same malignant, twisted and deformed personality hes has always been, but the time in that prison will have rendered him quite insane (more so than he already is). He is not, therfore and regardless what he believes to be his state of being, escaping justice - even if he never faces the criminal or civil justice of the courts/prison system.
Dick-Head also just said he would be glad to testify, but NOT UNDER OATH. Sound familar?
This proves again that Limp-Dick is running the GOP and Dick-Head takes his marching orders with a smile just like the rest of the Reslug teabagging morons.
.........please, just go away. We're tired of seeing your creepy mug. Really, just go away, and take Newt and Rush with you.
And by the way, why are we seeing all these Republicans on the Sunday talk shows? I thought they LOST the last election? Does anyone really give a shit what they think?
if I get this right, a 5 deferment draft dodger is supporting a butt cyst draft dodger.
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