Letterman: Bush-Cheney Didn’t Want to Get bin Laden Because They Didn’t Want to Upset ‘Their Saudi Arabian Royalty Buddies'
In a particularly sleazy allegation, David Letterman on Tuesday night alleged former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney “went soft” on finding Osama bin Laden “because they were worried about upsetting their Saudi Arabian royalty buddies.” Talk about a lack of civility and respect for elected officials.
Letterman’s impugning of the former administration came during a sit-down with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, just after Letterman charged “we invaded Iraq because Cheney wanted to help out his buddies at Brown and Root and Halliburton.”
He then moved on to his allegation about protecting the Saudi Arabian royalty before hailing the “great courage and great intelligence” displayed by President Obama: “So now Osama bin Laden finally is gunned down by Barack Obama, displaying great courage and great intelligence. What more do you want to lead your country than that kind of courage and that kind of intelligence?”
As if Obama personally “gunned down” bin Laden.
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A few minutes later, Letterman, in complete nanny state mode, pleaded: “What more do we want this man to do for us, honest to God?”
From 2008: “Letterman on Bush/Cheney: ‘Any Humanity in Either of These Guys?’” (Video)
From the Tuesday, May 15 Late Show with David Letterman on CBS:
DAVID LETTERMAN: The day after the 9/11 attacks, the number one priority in America, if not the world, was we've got to get bin Laden, we’ve got to get bin Laden. So eight years go by, we still haven't gotten bin Laden. George W. Bush at one point said, well he doesn't really think too much about bin Laden. In the interim, we invaded Afghanistan then we invaded Iraq because Cheney wanted to help out his buddies at Brown and Root and Halliburton.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: You're getting a little sideways here, Dave.
LETTERMAN: Okay. And grab up all the oil. I think that they went soft on the project because they were worried about upsetting their Saudi Arabian royalty buddies. So now Osama bin Laden finally is gunned down by Barack Obama, displaying great courage and great intelligence. What more do you want to lead your country than that kind of courage and that kind of intelligence? (Audience applause)
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Ok, Letterman. How about
Submitted by texastommy on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:16am.
Ok, Letterman. How about some evidence?
Why do I ask?
Because there's a ton of evidence that you make stuff up and are a complete moron.
So, I need some proof.
Putz.
He's just regurgitating the
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:38pm.
He's just regurgitating the leftist talking points that the Kossacks and HuffPosters threw out a few years ago. It's the kind of fairy tale ogre story that the wacko libs like to make up about Republicans. It's obvious that if there was any truth in the allegations, the Bush/Cheney-hating MSM would have completely exposed it by now.
Poor Dave is in Stage III Liberal Isolationism Syndrome. He is insulated from any conservative corruption and his ego has swelled to demigod proportions. It appears that he identified as a liberal early on in life. Then he became a filthy rich capitalist elitist. Instead of modifying his world view, he's become a shrill liberal bobbing-head to compensate for his hypocracy. (see also Rosie O'Donnell, Roseanne Barr). No conspiracy is too daft to prove his credentials.
The saddest thing about this appearance is that Brian Williams almost certainly knows this conspiracy is a crock of $h!t, yet he lets Dave spout it out, without contradiction, to millions of viewers. A classic media bias technique - we don't tell the lies, but we don't challenge the ones who do.
Letterman
Submitted by mmilesll on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:18am.
This moron is pond scum. He isn't even funny
The
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:20am.
only reason williams goes on this pathetic show is to get talking liberal points from letterman. He sits there saying zero while the audience claps. The WH probably pays williams to make his grand appearence on this very low rated show.
YMCA
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:40am.
wow! Williams, Letterman, obama, now there's a threesome needing a weekend in San Fransisco.
Good morning MA
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:45am.
You nailed it - The Three Degeneradoes
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Letterman should stick to what he does best.
Submitted by virginia republican on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:52am.
Screwing his female staffers. Literally.
His wife must have signed a pre-nup or be flat out stupid.
Stability in the OPEC Zone-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:10pm.
was the after effect of 9/11
the whole world was and would be affected by instability of OPEC.
no matter who was at the helm after9/11 -bin Laden need to go and quickly.
the info trail grew daily-until he was found-confirmed and taken out.
good for BHO and the crew who did the dirty work
how about the economy-speak at that.
Bush and Cheney are gone
I wonder if Letterman could
Submitted by Chulio on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:13pm.
I wonder if Letterman could be replaced with a Johnny Carson halogram.
The best thing about this Letterman bit is that is shows abject panic. The left is freaking out.
Tin Foil
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:27pm.
Hat Material
I haven't watched Letterman in years.
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:28pm.
At one time, I enjoyed his occasional retro-rock concerts, but he has since slipped into a constant barrage of petulance and snide comments to disparage conservatives and Republicans. Now I find him repulsive. I get a lot more sleep too, since Leno is only marginally better and the rest of the insomniac crowd are too disgusting for words.
Letterman, Why Don't You Got Back To Boning Your Intern?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:28pm.
Hey Dope,
You have a pretty loose grip on reality.
Maybe you were too busy making up lies to tell your wife, or calling Spitzer for tips on how to cheat.
But you are a doddering has-been that nobody wants to watch.
Go back to whining about how Leno got the job you always coveted.
We now understand why NBC kicked your pathetic ass to the curb.
Ass clown. You.
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Letterman, Why Don't You Go Back To Boning Your Intern?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:29pm.
Hey Dope,
You have a pretty loose grip on reality.
Maybe you were too busy making up lies to tell your wife, or calling Spitzer for tips on how to cheat.
But you are a doddering has-been that nobody wants to watch.
Go back to whining about how Leno got the job you always coveted.
We now understand why NBC kicked your pathetic ass to the curb.
Ass clown. You.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
So, Davey, the Saudis hate Obama now?
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:51pm.
So, Davey, I guess that those "Saudi Arabian royalty buddies" are really pissed off at Obama, eh?
What's that? They are just as relieved as the rest of us? They haven't broken off diplomatic relations with the US? They haven't recalled their Ambassadors and closed their Embassies? They haven't banned the sale of their oil to the US. They haven't done anything to show how "upset" they are? Well, there goes your theory, a thin curtain of liberal fog that has dissipated in the harsh light of reality.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
As much as I disdain Bri-Bri
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 1:34pm.
As much as I disdain Bri-Bri Williams as being another girly-man psuedo-news reporter who wears his official ButtBoy Baraka kneepads proudly, I have to give him credit for telling ol' Gaptooth that he was 'getting a little sideways' when he was flapping his gums about Saudi buddies, oil, and the rest of that hogwash. But I don't know what he said afterwards, so I'll leave my credit-giving to that particular statement.
Of course, Letterman continues to prove that, not only is he NOT funny anymore (if he ever was, it was many many moons ago), but he is becoming increasingly stupid and delusional - which is something that has been going on for a long time too.
I hated Letterman before it was cool
Submitted by Kathy Shaidle on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 2:27pm.
Some of my "hip" friends are finally catching up to me, but Letterman has given me the creeps for decades.
He hasn't been any good since his old morning show.
--
Kathy Shaidle
FiveFeetOfFury.com
'Kathy Shaidle is one of the great virtuoso polemicists of our day'
-- Mark Steyn, author of After America
Proof?? What about Cheney
Submitted by TruthMatters on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 3:06pm.
Proof?? What about Cheney bowing to the Saudi Royals! Oh, wait...that was Barry. Nevermind.