I have a lot of words jotted down about both speeches...I rarely do this...but I am going to post what some of the most important words were, this is from the American Spectator.

By Philip Klein on 5.21.09 @ 1:15PM

President Obama and Dick Cheney continue to be the strongest advocates for their vision of how to fight the War on Terror. The text of Obama's speech is here and Cheney's speech is here. Obama gave a characteristically nuanced speech, explaining how his administration has sought to fight terrorism in a way that is consistent with our values, and said "we went off course" during the Bush administration.

I thought this was the strongest section of Cheney's speech:

The administration seems to pride itself on searching for some kind of middle ground in policies addressing terrorism. They may take comfort in hearing disagreement from opposite ends of the spectrum. If liberals are unhappy about some decisions, and conservatives are unhappy about other decisions, then it may seem to them that the President is on the path of sensible compromise. But in the fight against terrorism, there is no middle ground, and half-measures keep you half exposed. You cannot keep just some nuclear-armed terrorists out of the United States, you must keep every nuclear-armed terrorist out of the United States. Triangulation is a political strategy, not a national security strategy. When just a single clue that goes unlearned … one lead that goes unpursued … can bring on catastrophe – it’s no time for splitting differences. There is never a good time to compromise when the lives and safety of the American people are in the balance.

Cheney also reminded the audience that there weren't any attacks on U.S. soil in the seven and a half years since 9/11, which he attributed to the administration's effective policies that Obama is unraveling.

While I think this is a very important debate, there is a sense in which it doesn't really matter. Obama is running the show now, and he's going to decide what he thinks will make America safe -- no president wants to see thousands of American civilians killed. He says that the Bush administration's policies not only violated our ideals, but they made us less safe, fine. Now he's changing those policies, so we'll be able to judge him based on his performance.

That's why I thought this statement by Obama, toward the end of his speech, was interesting:

Neither I nor anyone else can standing here today can say that there will not be another terrorist attack that takes American lives. But I can say with certainty that my Administration – along with our extraordinary troops and the patriotic men and women who defend our national security – will do everything in our power to keep the American people safe.

Obama campaigned for nearly two years on the premise that Bush was utterly incompetent and as president, Obama has displayed confidence that his own way of doing things is superior. I hope Obama is correct. But if there's a major terrorist attack on his watch, it won't be satisfactory to simply say "we tried our best." It's hard to argue that national security policies that kept us safe for seven and a half years were wrongheaded, if you change those policies and there's another attack on the homeland.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

The lefts continuous bitching about how Bush was not liked in Europe is a shell game. Bush was President of the USA not Europe. If an American President is popular in Europe it does not automatically mean he is not doing a good job and conversely being hated in Europe does not mean he is doing a bad job. Obama talks a good game but rarely does what he says or more correctly implies. Obama has said that he wants to transform America and on that score I give him credit. Today he was full of lofty idealism only so he could continue to blame everything on the Bush Administration, that is the tactic of someone who does not know what he is doing. People who actually get things done do not worry about blame if something goes wrong instead they fix whatever is wrong and take steps to make sure it does not happen again. That is exactly what President Bush did after 9/11.

The MSM believe that the Adults are now in charge but by thier very behaviour they have shown we have regressed to Adolescence and the playgroung tactics of name calling and blaming all thier ills on everyone else.

Obama IS the puppet of vehemently anti-American George Soros.

Soros, who actually hates what the United States stands for,
purposefully seeks to create and fund anti-American organizations, and
supported Obama to the tune of multi-millions in the last election because of
their  shared ideology. Soros infamously said the “main obstacle to a
just and stable world is the United States.”

So, who cares what the lying New York Times has to say about Vice President Cheney?

I care about the numerous policies Obama has put in place, that we know about, which have weakened our national security and is, each day, destroying our economy so he may please his puppet master, George Soros.

Soros' multi-million dollar investment in Obama is, sadly, paying off.