NBC's Lauer to Cheney: You're the 'Most Divisive Political Figure in This Country in a Century'
On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer began a hostile interview with Dick Cheney by running through various derisive labels for the former Vice President: "You've been called 'controversial' and 'divisive.' Some people have called you the most divisive political figure in this country in a century." Cheney simply quipped: "You left out Darth Vader."
Later, Lauer interrogated Cheney on interrogation tactics used on terror suspects: "If an American citizen were to be taken into captivity in Iran, for example, and the government of Iran....Would it be okay for the Iranian government to waterboard that American citizen?" When Cheney rejected such an action, Lauer replied: "So why was it okay for us to use what most people would say was torture against terror suspects?"
Concluding that line of questioning, Lauer asserted: "if you were to conduct a poll in this country right now and ask people is waterboarding torture, I think the vast majority of people would say it is."
At the end of the contentious interview, Lauer declared: "Mr. Cheney, thanks for being with us this morning. I appreciate it." However, as the camera panned out of the studio, it zoomed out to show a protest sign just outside from Amnesty International that read: "Torture is a Crime: Investigate Cheney."
Here is a portion of Lauer's August 30 exchange with Cheney:
7:00AM ET TEASE:
MATT LAUER: And Today exclusive, Dick Cheney was vice president during eight of the most eventful and tumultuous years in this nation's history. Now he's written a memoir that he says will make heads explode in Washington. His take on President Bush, other top White House officials, and on being one of the most divisive and controversial figures in history. He's talking about it all in a live in-studio interview today
7:09AM ET SEGMENT:
LAUER: Now our exclusive interview with the former Vice President Dick Cheney, his highly anticipated new book, 'In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir,' is being released today. And we're very pleased to have Dick Cheney with us in the studio this morning. Vice President Cheney, it's good to see you.
DICK CHENEY: Good to be here, Matt.
LAUER: You have been called a lot of things over the years. You've been called 'skillful,' 'dynamic.' You've been called 'controversial' and 'divisive.' Some people have called you the most divisive political figure in this country in a century. Do you think it's all political, or do you think there's something about your personality, your demeanor, that inspires animosity in your critics?
CHENEY: Well, I can't speak for them, Matt. You're right, you left out Darth Vader.
(...)
LAUER: Enhanced interrogation techniques: In your book, you state bluntly you have no regrets about being in favor of things like waterboarding – I think you say even if circumstances were the same today you'd make the same decisions....If an American citizen were to be taken into captivity in Iran, for example, and the government of Iran were to look at that person and say, 'We think you're a spy for the U.S. or you're here to carry out a covert operation. Would it be okay for the Iranian government to waterboard that American citizen?
CHENEY: Well, we probably would object to it.
LAUER: On the grounds that it's torture?
CHENEY: On the grounds that we have obligations towards our citizens. And that we do everything we can to protect our citizens and to put them through a process that we think is appropriate.
LAUER: So why was it okay for us to use what most people would say was torture against terror suspects?
CHENEY: Well, remember, first of all, these were not American citizens. We weren't dealing with American citizens in the enhanced interrogation program. Secondly, it was people like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, there were a handful, two or three, for example, that actually got waterboarded. Third, we had good reason to believe they had information that we could only get from them and that they knew more than anybody else.
LAUER: But if the government of Iran were capture someone and say, 'We have reason to believe that you're a spy or you're carrying out an operation that could be damaging to our country, would you object or would you say they did what they had to do to get the information they needed at the time?
CHENEY: Well, I think we would object because we wouldn't expect an American citizen to be operating that way. When you're dealing with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, for example, a man who was the self-admitted mastermind of 9/11, killed 3,000 Americans. And at a time when we had very little knowledge and understanding about Al Qaeda and what they were doing. And after we'd gone through a lot of other procedures and interrogation efforts, then at the end of that process, he was subjected to the program. It was very carefully supervised. None of the techniques used were things that we hadn't already used on our own people in training.
LAUER: You know, though, if you were to conduct a poll in this country right now and ask people is waterboarding torture, I think the vast majority of people would say it is.
(...)
LAUER: Vice President Dick Cheney. Mr. Cheney, thanks for being with us this morning. I appreciate it.
CHENEY: Well, Matt, I've enjoyed it.
LAUER: Thank you. And the book is called 'In My Time' – it's out today. We're back in a moment. This is Today on NBC.
[CAMERA SHOT OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PROTEST SIGN OUTSIDE STUDIO: Torture is a Crime: Investigate Cheney.]
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Sickening
Submitted by Optionyout on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:17am.
How can this, such an obvious display of disrespect and partisanship, be tolerated? If I were Cheney and I learned that this happened after the interview after such stupid scenarios were presented to me I would go after NBC and Lauer mercilessly. And who watching NBC is going to read his book anyway? Doing publicity for this audience wouldn't get one more person to read his book.
Cheney was NOT surprised.
Submitted by Great Debater on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:51am.
Remember, Cheney is a very smart guy. You're right, it's unlikely that very many people that normally watch the Today show would ever buy his book. However, I suspect he knew exactly how the interview would go (look at how calm and relaxed he was) ... and that it would be reported on sites like this ... where people who ARE likely to buy his book will hear about it.
"As long as they're talking about me, I don't care what they say ... as long as they spell my name correctly."
Oh, notice the sign is pointing in one direction (towards a camera) ... while the people are facing the other. That means that the sign holder knew that the camera was going to be on the sign ... i.e., NBC was NOT just showing a crowd shot and focused in on someone who "just happened" to be holding such a sign, they had to have been working directly with the holder of the sign. Reporting the news? ... No, more like making the news.
Reality
Submitted by pickersenior on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:18am.
When is this glorified newsreader going to wake up and see the world for what it is, not what he wishes it to be? Disgusting person Lauer.
"some people"?
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:18am.
Lauer: "Some people have called you the most divisive political figure in this country in a century."
I really despise phrases like "some people" and "unnamed sources" coming from reporters. If a reporter is going to use such a claim, they had better be willing and able to support it with specific, identifiable quotes if they wish to maintain any form & amount of credibility.
Of course Lauer would never consider saying that to Obama although it's applies to him far more aptly than Cheney.
Interviewees should ask the simple question . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:25am.
"By 'some people,' whom specifically says that?"
Weak amateurs like Matt Lauer would get knocked completely off their game.
Conservatives need to challenge these toadies by asking them to cite the sources of their information. Only then might we see a diminishing if not an end to the tactic.
Exactly right!
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:30am.
And when angry, bitter questions are asked by LeftoCommies, why not reply by asking them when they're going to ask similar questions of the Manchurian Kenyan Communist in the Marx House?
"Before I answer that question, Matt, I've heard a lot of people say that you'd rather more innocent Americans be killed than have one terrorist tortured. What if it was YOUR family that was facing death, Matt, would you prefer we didn't waterboard the guy who knew where they were?"
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
Obama is clearly more divisive.
Submitted by Boil It Down on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:36am.
Lauer is deliberately blind to the fact that the country has become extremely polarized due to Obama pitting Americans against one another to get support for his destructive agendas. -bidn-
I think Lauer is more than blind --
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:01am.
He's intellectually underpowered, incapable of analyzing information and shaping a conversation. He merely poses whatever questions were crafted for him, and regardless of the interviewee's response, he just marches on.
He's more suited to donning an apron and hosting a guest chef who demonstrates half a dozen one-minute breakfasts for Yuppies on the go.
It's because
Submitted by GONAVY on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:37am.
Lauer can't come out and say, I think you're the most divisive political figure.
Hey Beukeboom
Submitted by bertkillian on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:15pm.
You left out the proverbial, "A recent poll shows" or, "If we polled (insert rigged poll audience here), we would find.." Yeah, bulls***. Matt was looking forward to skewering the big bad Cheney and he was a flummoxed idiot. Nice try Matt Lauer.
There were many variants I
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:43pm.
There were many variants I didn't include. It would've made for a too-lengthy post.
I think Lousy Lauer the Liar has confused Cheney with Obama...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:21am.
...who is headed for being the most divisive political figure in the history of this country.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Liberals repeat after Vice President Cheney:
Submitted by Red Jeep on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:21am.
Regarding waterboarding:
1. "...there were a handful, two or three... that actually got waterboarded." GOT THAT? 2 or 3, not 10, not 100's, 3 tops.
2. "...these were not American citizens..." We do not and should not give citizenship right to foreigners that want to kill/destroy us.
Why Liberals like Lauer think being pansies will be respected in the Muslim world is very odd thinking.
RJ
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:57am.
I'd also like to hear this follow up response:
"LAUER: You know, though, if you were to conduct a poll in this country right now and ask people is waterboarding torture, I think the vast majority of people would say it is."
CHENEY: Matt, I'd also wager that if you polled the same people and asked them to describe the actual method of waterboarding, the vast majority of people would have no idea how it's done.
Amen, RJ...
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 2:36pm.
Talk about separating the men from the boys!
He's The MAN
Submitted by philkerner on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:22am.
All of this mock "uproar" over water boarding a few terrorists is almost too hard to take anymore. Nice to see NBC created some jobs this morning by giving the losers out the street some signs to hold up!
LAUER: You know, though, if
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:23am.
LAUER: You know, though, if you were to conduct a poll in this country right now and ask people is waterboarding torture, I think the vast majority of people would say it is.
Gosh, the fact that the people have been bombarded with the opinion that waterboarding is torture, with little or no rebuttal wouldn't have anything to do with it, would it Matt?
And Matt, here's a CNN poll for you: (emphasis mine)
A majority of Americans consider waterboarding a form of torture, but some of those say it's OK for the U.S. government to use the technique, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Asked whether they think waterboarding is a form of torture, more than two-thirds of respondents, or 69 percent, said yes; 29 percent said no.
Asked whether they think the U.S. government should be allowed to use the procedure to try to get information from suspected terrorists, 58 percent said no; 40 percent said yes.
Google also brings up other polls that show a majority of Americans approve of waterboarding in some circumstances.
In short: yea, it's torture, but sometimes torture's OK.
In my opinion, in the way it
Submitted by NC Cop on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:36am.
In my opinion, in the way it was carried out, it was not torture. And it's ok. However, even if there are people out there who do believe it was torture. It still think it's ok.
President Ron Paul said...
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:47am.
That is why we do not legislate by poll. Based on every internet poll ever, Ron Paul would be President for life.
With regards to the
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:51am.
With regards to the terrorists who were waterboarded, I would vote for even more "intrusive" forms of torture. "Law Abiding Citizen" type torture. Okay, so maybe not that far, but I would talk real sternly to them, for sure.
Also...
Submitted by bertkillian on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:17pm.
IF you were to ask someone who lost a loved one in the attacks on 9/11, they would say why bother with the boards, where's the rope?
Is There any Poll
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:29pm.
Asking whether listening to Matt Lauer is torture?
53% of respondants agreed
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:55pm.
53% of respondants agreed that listening to Matt Lauer was torture, and the other 47% said "Matt who?"
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
polling opinions on torture
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:14pm.
Instead, why don't we ask these "most people" whether it is a good idea to spend more money than you take in before we do another stimulus?
Calling Cheney the most divisive while
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:26am.
Obama has done more harm to race relations and caused more class warfare then any president in the last 100 years is beyond stupidity and borders on insanity.
And that great uniter LBJ....
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:06am.
...the one who accelerated our involvement in Vietnam to the point of no return. The same LBJ who created the "war on poverty" that created multiple generations of welfare-dependent people who became a permanent underclass. The same LBJ who used Hoover and FBI's files on his congressional opposition to browbeat them into voting for his pet proposals. The same LBJ who did nothing as the nation nearly came apart at the seams, politically and socially, during the last years of his presidency.
Cheney should have replied....
Submitted by Prester John on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:42am.
...."Well Matt, if they had told us what we wanted to know when we first asked them there wouldn't have been a need to waterboard them, right? Unless of course you think that terrorists are protected by the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution."
"Stupid people are ruining America"
Herman Cain 2012
Lauer is an idiot
Submitted by johnsonl on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:53am.
and Cheney mocked him openly.
Lauer missed that part.
Torture
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:54am.
Is it torture to shoot a bullet into someone's head? Is it torture to drop a smart bomb on a house, that results in people being killed and injured?
Does the hypocrisy ever end? Do I ever stop asking rhetorical questions?
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
OBL Dilemma
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:05am.
OBL Killed
Republican: Why didn't we interrogate?
Obama: He was no longer an integral part of Al-qaeda
Republican: If he was unimportant then why did we violate sovereignty and kill an unarmed man who was successfully isolated by previous policies.
Obama: While not leading he was still an important part of Al-qaeda. It was justice and Bush couldn't do it. Now listen to the media tell you what a great leader I am. (Though Bush was called a murdered for less and would have been impeached for what Obama's Administration did; however, most agree killing Obama was the right thing to do)
torture---
Submitted by milootoole on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:58am.
Compare waterboarding to the technique used by Vlad the Impaler.
Do it using Lauer in the Vlad test.
Dick Cheney is my hero
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:01am.
I'm not sure who this Matt Lauer guy is, but he sounds like another in a long line sycophants eager for a new set of 'i (heart) obama' knee pads.
"Some people" say Dick Cheney is the most divisive...??
I know 'some people' who say Nancy Pelosi is the most divisive.
I know 'some people' who say Andy Stern is the most divisive.
I know 'some people' who say Barack Obama is the most divisive.
I know 'some people' who say Franklin Raines is the most divisive.
I know 'some people' who say Ben Bernake is the most divisive...
And, of course, Darth Vader.
Most divisive in the last
Submitted by inquiringmind on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:03am.
Most divisive in the last century!?! Really Matt, you can't think of a more divisive figure from the last 100 years?
On second thought , that is high praise coming from a liberal.
This just in.... Things that
Submitted by rwesley2.0 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:05am.
This just in....
Things that are not divisive according to NBC:
- A sitting member of Congress telling political parties they can go "straight to hell"
- A former U.S. rep traveling to Iraq and making treasonous statements on state TV
- A sitting Vice President claiming "who is he to question" China's policy on one child per family
- A U.S. representative claiming that in order to know what is in legislation, you have to pass it first
- A President with plummeting approval ratings who spends tax money on foreign made buses and takes megabuck vacations during one of the most contentious economic periods in our country's history
No, no divisive political figures there
Lauer is just another
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:11am.
Lauer is just another girlie-man psuedo 'newsreporter/wanna-be opinion shaper'............and Darth Vader handled him with aplomb, and didn't miss a beat. Can you imagine Boy Barry's reaction to that type of questioning??? Well..........he would NEVER be asked anything like that, because he is a 'historic' President. Yeah.............the WORST President in our history!!!
And I seem to remember at least a couple of innocent Americans having their heads hacked off - live and in person - over the internet................but that wasn't really torture, since they poor guys didn't have a chance to admit their innocence.
Oh, yeah...........Matt, who WAS the most divisive political figure before the last 100 years????
Lauer, Blitzer, Todd, Cooper
Submitted by AgentAmerican on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:26am.
Lauer, Blitzer, Todd and Cooper are like the sheik's daughters who fight over who gets to marry Moses in the Ten Commandments, instead it's Obama. Just like Moses, he rejects all of them for another round of golf. They all cry.
Matt Lauer is so feminine in his approach, and Cheney simply used him like a towel.
Hey Matt, nice haircut...............................
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:41am.
MB beat me to the punch, YES, OK d-bag we the people think it is torture to waterboard, PART TWO of that same poll d-bag thinks WE SHOULD DO IT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS............
WE DID, three - 3 - tres people were waterboarded and three - 3 - tres people errrrr TERRORISTS gave up information that saved even gutless liberals.
dick cheney
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:50am.
Dick Cheney, a genius and patriotic American. Neither of which Matt Lauer or Obama can ever be.
"if you were to conduct a poll in this country ........"
Submitted by dr-go on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:11am.
"if you were to conduct a poll in this country right now and ask people is waterboarding torture, I think the vast majority of people would say it is."
No Matt, the vast majority wouldn't even know what waterboarding is nor would they have any idea how it is implemented.
I just bought his book today.
Submitted by okie-pastor on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:01pm.
I just bought his book today. Can't wait to read it!
"...ask people is waterboarding torture, a vast majority would say it is"
I doubt this but if true: then its a good thing they don't take opinion polls before trying to get information that will save their life!
You know its a homerun when the left is going insane outside of NBC holding up signs that say "investigate Cheney"
I love it!! its that kind of stupidity that strikes fear in the hearts of voters who realize these people could run the country if the TEA Party doesn't stop them.
Matt Lauer is to journalism...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:45pm.
... what Obama is to executive experience.
Both of my sons - one was a
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:50pm.
Both of my sons - one was a SEAL, and the other is a Coast Guard officer - have been waterboarded, as part of their training. So has my younger brother, who was a Naval officer - and that was a long time before Dick Cheney was ever around to blame it on.
I never heard any of them refer to it as 'torture'...............in fact, my SEAL son said is was 'no big deal'!!!
Waterboarding..100%
Submitted by Edhenry on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 2:24pm.
Waterboarding..100% effective, no physical pain, no long term psychological effects, simple to administer. Let call it torture and dont use it, so more americans get killed.
Abortion - 100% effective, kills a child, significantly increases breat cancer %, long term psychological, physical and spiritual damage. Let's call it women's health and "say" it is protected under the constitution.
Liberals just cant get enough of killing americans, can they?
wow-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 5:35pm.
well said-may i plagiarize?
By all means, spread the
Submitted by Edhenry on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 9:49pm.
By all means, spread the truth
Thanks Ed
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:00pm.
Better said? no
I wish the Vice President would say it...
Submitted by PJRyan on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:53pm.
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it."
Matt you're wrong...
Submitted by Curly on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 2:54pm.
It is not Dick Cheney - it is BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!
Some people have called you the most divisive political figure
Submitted by theprofessor on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 4:06pm.
.....and some people say Cheney is a great, patriotic American and he is a treasure. How about you represent some of THOSE people, Lauer?
Matt Liar, Some People Call You....
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 4:31pm.
Anne Curry without the dopey comments and the small cans. Haven't you tired of trying to be relevant and provocative yet?
Here you are, Mr. NBC morning news show, and you aren't even worthy to be stepped on by your bosses. You kissed Jeffrey Immelt's huge ass for 10 years and what did that get you? A seat across from the Female Village Idiot, Anne Curry.
Now you have to start over with COMCAST, but I suspect that they already see you for what you are... the female version of Anne Curry. Not too bright, slightly better than Al Roker, but lacking the gravitas or the chops to ever take on the Nightly News or anything really important.
I mean, the Today Show? What a joke. You are in 4th place out of 4 networks and you are probably struggling to post higher ratings than QVC. After the (previously great) NBC created the formula with the original Today Show, it has been staffed by imbeciles for the last 15 years. Meredith "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", Anne Curry, Deborah Norville and Katie "Monkey Woman" Couric.
You are every bit the clown that all of them are. Congratulations, Mr. Curry!
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LAUER IS A PIECE OF GARBAGE-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 5:33pm.
THAT BEING SAID-THE QUESTION TO ASK-IF MY CHILD WAS CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY-WOULD YOU DO EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING TO BRING MY CHILD HOME SAFELY-CHENEY WOULD SAY"OF COURSE".
There are many things that go on protecting America. Make sure i can sleep at night, and do whats right and legal. water-boarding is not lethal.
Radical Muslims have committed atrocities-against their own and Western Christians.
What shall you have me do to protect you and loved ones??
Torture is a crime
Submitted by RD King on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 5:37pm.
Investigate and prosecute all those who want to investigate Cheney. And by the way impeach and remove the osamaone.
Matt Lauer really is a
Submitted by RogerCfromSD on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:29pm.
Matt Lauer really is a Leftist POS. That's all that really needs to be said of the waste of skin.
Cheney Most Divisive Political Figure In A Century?
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 12:19am.
Dopey Lauer just helped rehabilitate the uber feared Senator Joseph NcCarthy. The oldtimey Leftists must have pooped their Depends when they saw this.
Thanks, Matt.
PS - McCarthy was right.
PPS - So is Cheney, and Cheney's alive to answer your cowardly attacks.
strat...re McCarthy
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 12:51am.
I hope you're referring to Eugene or even Charley and not to Tailgunner Joe.
Jer
Nah, Charley doesn't bother
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 4:30pm.
Nah, Charley doesn't bother anybody and Eugene was your side's problem. In today's Democrat climate, Eugene would have handily beat LBJ.
And Joe still was correct.
Tip O'Neal, Barney Frank, Richard Nixon, Chris Dodd...
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:16am.
...Does Matt Lauer even read the newspapers?
Barack Obama, Spiro Agnew, Jack Anderson, John Serica, Earl Warren, Joe McCarthy, Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite. None of these is less devicive than Chaney. I also thought that a century would take us back a hundred years to the Woodrow Wilson subversion.
Don't do interviews with Dwarf's!
Submitted by Qtaug on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 5:03am.
Short people with attitude!!!
Matt Lauer just a cog in Obama's divisive machine-o-lies
Submitted by bluecollarbytes on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 8:15am.
Where in the world is Matt Lauer's brain?
Lauer is no better informed than the average Huffington Post user.
More 'divisive' political figures than Dick Cheney include Obama, Carter, al-Gore, Pelosi, our "rev Wrights and Willie Ayers", Union thugs, Reid, his highness John Kerry, teachers unions, Obama's entire staff, and not the least- PopMedia's face-men.
Republicans have tried over and over to work with and compromise with the Obama machine and the previous devils that helped spawn it, but always get met with derision and ridicule....accusations of racism and selfishness, and blanket condemnation. But Lauer only sees his political beliefs when he "interviews" the right. That makes Lauer's participation worthless.
Good points...
Submitted by Thalpy on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:56am.
Lauer doesn't get it that many of us would favor drowning many of those who were waterboarded if useful information could be extracted. We should either fight a war, or not. That is, if we are unwilling to use all (the best) resources in any conflict, we should not be there. Further, analysis of our actions from dolts like Lauer is not required.
Barack Obama is the Most
Submitted by tommyd on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 3:00pm.
Barack Obama is the Most divisive politician in America...