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Lawrence Kudlow interviewed Dick Cheney on CNBC yesterday and it was all about his views on the economy. Kudlow tried to get Cheney to call Obama a "socialist," but he wouldn't bite on that one. I do have to give Kudlow a little credit here. He didn't just blow right past the part of our history where the Bush/Cheney administration almost destroyed the global economy, and he even put some of the blame on his guest.

Anyway, Cheney suddenly is now very worried about deficits since President Obama has been forced to pump massive amounts of money into the economy to try and save it from Cheney's handiwork. You may remember this little gem from Dick when he got into it with Paul O'Neil:

O'Neill, fired in a shakeup of Bush's economic team in December 2002, raised objections to a new round of tax cuts and said the president balked at his more aggressive plan to combat corporate crime after a string of accounting scandals because of opposition from "the corporate crowd," a key constituency.

O'Neill said he tried to warn Vice President Dick Cheney that growing budget deficits-expected to top $500 billion this fiscal year alone-posed a threat to the economy. Cheney cut him off. "You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter," he said, according to excerpts. Cheney continued: "We won the midterms (congressional elections). This is our due." A month later, Cheney told the Treasury secretary he was fired.

In this portion of the interview, Cheney elaborates on the economy as he sees it and is so terrified that President Obama has just ruined everything.

Transcript via Kudlow below the fold:

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  Republican VP candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told Larry Kudlow less than two months ago that she can't answer whether or not she would accept the VP offer because she has no idea what the Vice President does.

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"As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does everyday?"

Do we really need someone like this a heartbeat away from the Presidency? Especially given that McCain turned 72 today?  Especially someone under investigation for abuse of power less than two years into office?  That really is more of the same.

One dKos commenter answers Sarah's question:

1. Leaves undisclosed location for the White House.

2. Tells the President what to do.

3. Orders Chief of Staff to obstruct a series of investigations.

4. Snarls a few times.

5. Returns to undisclosed location.

Heh.

Larry Kudlow of CNBC usually fawns all over any Republican that appears on his show with a Stepford type quality that is standard for right wing talkies, but Mike Allen's (chief political correspondent) almost drooling segment is quite appalling for a neutral <journalist>. Back in May, '05---Robertson told THIS WEEK, that Rudy was a good friend of his and would do a super job as President even though he didn't share his views. (Judges are a bigger threat than Hitler to Pat.)

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Allen: The campaign did a masterful job of ramping up the suspense. They announced a big endorsement and we were wondering if it would be Colin Powell or who it would be and this took everyone by surprise. Larry, this is the good housekeeping seal of approval for Christian Conservatives who are suspicious of the Mayor's views on Gay rights, abortion rights, as you know, some of who are offended by some parts of his life style. Now you have the most famous Christian leader , short of the Pope and Billy Graham ---saying Rudy Giuliani is acceptable. And Larry, this is big.---Pat Robertson said the biggest issue for social conservatives IS---and you know what it is...Selection of Judges. Now that's spin for Rudy because that's the one place where as you know he's congruent with them...

What's sad about this report by Allen is that Rudy has not appointed strict Conservative judges when he had the chance in the past. Allen could have easily turned to one of the Politico's own articles written by Ben Smith:

A Politico review of the 75 judges Giuliani appointed to three of New York state's lower courts found that Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 8 to 1. One of his appointments was an officer of the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges. Another ruled that the state law banning liquor sales on Sundays was unconstitutional because it was insufficiently secular.

Doesn't that seem like a very relevant piece of information to bring to  a report instead of offering spin for Rudy? Most people know that Pat Robertson is one step removed from the loony bin so any endorsement by him for a candidate carries virtually no weight in the extreme religious right community---except in the mind of Allen and Lawrence Kudlow: "Rudy’s Big Score"

The Dobson/FRC base shudders at the thought of Rudy. Laura Ingraham said on the O'Reilly Factor that many callers from Robertson's club of listeners were not happy with Pat's endorsement of Rudy because it goes against their values.