Liz Cheney Schools WaPo's Robinson on Interrogation Techniques

Photo of Noel Sheppard.

Dick Cheney's daughter Liz was a guest on Tuesday's "Morning Joe," and she took the opportunity to wipe the floor with the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson.

Earlier that day, Robinson had published a column at the Post harshly critical of the former Vice President:

Can't we send Dick Cheney back to Wyoming? Shouldn't we chip in and buy him a home where the buffalo roam and there's always room for one more crazy old coot down at the general store? 

For the final act of his too-long public career, Cheney seems to have decided to become an Old Faithful of self-serving nonsense.

Liz clearly wasn't pleased by such disrespect to her father, and after the curtain opened, showed Robinson who the crazy old coot was (video in two parts embedded below the fold, h/t Marc Sheppard):

Are we seeing the making of a new, important, conservative political figure?

Stay tuned.


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at least she stands by her

at least she stands by her dad, not like the other chick whats her name, Mcain something

kang - I fear the 'other chick' is standing by her dad as well!

After all, he never really embraced conservatives in the Republican Party!

Dick & Lynne Cheney can be very PROUD!  This woman has the intelligence and great speaking manner...she has the best attributes of both parents! 

Liz Cheney is truly a WINNER - who knows, we may just be seeing a sneak preview of America's FIRST PRESIDENT!  I wish her much success in the days/months/years ahead! 

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

Noel,Robinson's column

Noel,

Robinson's column shows just how much sheer hatefulness has been mainstreamed. Can you imagine an old school liberal columnist like, say, David Broder writing such bile?

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

No kidding!

Robinson says:

Can't we send Dick Cheney back to Wyoming? Shouldn't we chip in and buy
him a home where the buffalo roam and there's always room for one more
crazy old coot down at the general store? 

but of course that doesn't mean he wants him to shut up!

He just wants him to yammer down at the general store in Buffalo Backside, Wyoming. 

Now I get it, Eugene.  That's a fine line you didn't cross.....

 

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

mb - might I repeat Liz' suggestion that Algore return to TN!

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

Robinson is blinded by his

Robinson is blinded by his loyalty to BO. This guy is not a "journalist". He is a propagandist. "Journalism" died  some time ago.

Robinson is another MSM

Robinson is another MSM propagandist who proudly wear that dried turd called a Pulitzer around his neck as if it meant something.

I maybe a crazy old coot

Cant seem to find video to hear Liz.

Nope, I think that the bed

Nope, I think that the bed is empty in that little embedded video.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Chris

Something is wrong because link takes me to front page.

Is this the video that is suppose to be posted?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuzdnhFmm-0

That look like what Noel

That look like what Noel was writing about. Robinson sounds just like Obama before Obama became president. It all changes when theory goes into reality.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Chris

I agree.We have not had a attack on this country since 9/11.Some people just dont appreciate it.Instead they attack those that kept us safe.I will never understand those people.Thank God.

well99,It's the same

well99,

It's the same mentality as the post-war Europeans. Many of them hated us, were anti-military, but accepted our protection without any gratitude, as long as they didn't have to get their hands dirty - and all the while kissing up to the Soviets and treating us like we were the bad guys. Sound familiar?

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Chris

lol yes it does.It is something in the leftist basic makeup.Doesnt matter if it is Europe or here.They are willing to spend other peoples money and lives.Not their own.

Well99... Hey thanks...I

Well99...

Hey thanks...I saw the show so I remembered this...but I couldn't get the video either....and when I click on anything regarding video on Noel's blog posts I have trouble with a script error from there on out when I reply to posts etc....so I just don't anymore, I know if I switched to FF I wouldn't have that problem, and I can't get used to FF, I have tried in the past, so since it is the only place I have ever had trouble, here or anywhere else, I just don't click them on...unless it is Youtube, then I have no problems, it is weird, no other various blog posts do that either here, never have.

Got to be something special about Noel....   ;-)

Liz did a great job....left Robinson stuttering too...

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

He tried to take the

He tried to take the condescending route with her, but she made him look like a pretentious liberal academic espousing all kinds of noble sentiments, who is suddenly confronted with harsh reality and is left harumphing nonsense.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

BT

Your welcome.I had problems with FF also so I stick to IE.Maybe it is a NW thing...)Liz did do a good job.I am surprised they didnt interrupt her.

No, but he did try the

No, but he did try the liberal tactic of fillibustering the exchange. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

lol

Chris that is true.Still Liz got in good points.So his fillibuster failed.

well99, I think that most

well99,

I think that most liberals on TV get that fillibustering thing from the same handbook of debate tactics. They try to run the clock out. I loved it on The Factor one night when Laura Ingraham, as substitute host, stopped some yammering feminist cold by telling her she didn't permit fillibustering on the show.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Hey Chris...I saw that show

Hey Chris...I saw that show too...and that gal that was yammering was one of the rare ones that never stop, no matter if you put a sock in it.

She stopped her cold for a few seconds...seems to me she ended up cutting off her mike, or lower the volume at the end, Laura talked over her too, which she did well.

This needs to be done more often, it drives you nuts when the left fillibuster...and the majority of them do it.

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

Hey Chris

If that was in the last couple of weeks I saw it also.I really miss Michelle Malkin on the BOR as a replacement.She didnt take jack from anyone.Yet as long as you stayed on topic she didnt interrupt.Also Michelle like Laura didnt let these clowns fillibuster either.

At least that was a civil

At least that was a civil give-and-take. I liked listening to Liz.

Exactly

You know why they were civil to one another? Because they faced each other. Most adults, without the firewall of anonymity, are unwilling to be sneering and insulting.

That's why I can't stand most of the news "analysis" shows. They have people on, one at a time, and the hosts try to extract bombshells. Or, they give each speaker thirty seconds, tops, to blurt out their opinion. Guests, who want to be invited back on TV, and therefore want to give the producer what they're looking for, supply the fire.

We do have a place, you know, where the nation is supposed to air their differences. It's where each point of view is supposed to be debated, challenged, defended, and promoted. It was designed to have rules where members could offer their opinions responsibly, and where each member could trust that his opinions would be received respectfully. It's a magical place called Congress.

But there's nobody there. They're all trying to get on TV to insult each other. 

Noel...You betcha'! Where

Noel...You betcha'!

Where have you been? (kidding ya here)...

 Yep...we're seeing the making of new conservative political figure....I've posted numerous times now here and there I hope she runs for something, I LOVE her...she was great this morning on the round-table of Georgie-pooh's.

Liz is something else...it runs in the family, that is for sure.  ;-)

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

Can't see the video but

Liz for President

This is hilarious. Robinson

This is hilarious. Robinson wants to get all the information released so the truth can be known about the effectiveness of EITs. But, if you read his words, he has already made up his mind that they don't work. This is what happens when you start from a assertion and work backwards instead of letting the facts lead to you to a conclusion.

I would've thought this

I would've thought this would have made newsbusters earlier than today.  I guess it is morning joe, not exactly must see tv, but I happened to be watching live and I was very impressed w/ Liz Cheney.  Ol' Eugene got to hear another side for once, not quite as much fun as going unopposed on countdown.   

Liz Palin?

I'm sure the Dems and Kos have staffers digging up "dirt" on Liz Cheney and will try to turn her into a caricature. They'll try to hang the caricature they built of her father around her neck on MSNBC, etc. Any potential Republican talent must be crushed early on - and that's what the media is for. The Dems will charge her with something and the media will be ready to ask, "Is it true?". We know how it goes...

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Bingo.  Attack the

Bingo.  Attack the messenger, not the message..........especially when the message is nailing your arse.

Dems are wrong on issues

Dems are wrong on issues and can't compete based on ideas, so they resort to personal attacks and slandering good people.

Liz Cheney can hold her own with any Liberal and look forward to her becoming more of a spokesperson for Republicans.

 

FireFox Browser brings up the video

Explorer does not.

I had Explorer 7

deleted Explorer 8

Delsa

Delsa,

Yep. Everyone should convert to Firefox. IE is a joke and gives me nothing but headaches!  ns

FireFox is great but

I have to keep IE because my real estate program (realtors only), uses it exclusively

delsa

the video comes up just fine with IE now that Noel fixed his link

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts 

Noel, this all true, but

Noel, this all true, but I'm afraid you are a Beta man fighting a VHS world. :)

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Chris

My oldest son uses a browser called Chrome.

I think it is Google's browser?

FireFox is really good and doesn't seem to crash like IE8

Noel is just fine!

Delsa...I was going to

Delsa...I was going to download IE8 awhile back, they had some info. that said they didn't recommend it yet, that it had too many problems they needed to work on or somesuch.

I get the automatic updates when they become available, as I imagine most do that use it.

...and it is Chrome.

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

Thanks

I get all the scoop from my boys. I have a few tricks up my sleve too. lol

I won't get the download for IE8 until they say it is good to go.

So IE7 and FireFox it is.

My IE right now, when you

My IE right now, when you try to open it, is not even there.  You can see the minimized tab on the task bar, but no IE.Maximize and restore do nothing.  All I get is the tab...

Not that I miss it....it's just weird and I like to figure things out, but this I can't.

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

Hey Mother

go to this website and click on the Explorer icon and you can get help with your crash there

http://support.micro...

 

Just sayin

OK, so Liz can

be her fathers chief of staff!

The MSM is going to attempt to trash any Conservative candidate for President!

150000 jobs

So, let me get this straight.  robinson says that just beacuse ther have been no attacks since 9/11 can we claim that it was because of the intelligence gleaned from enhanced interrogation techniques.

 OK, using that logic, how can the obama administration claim to have created and/or saved 150,000 job so far because of their policies, even though unemployment levels are soaring?

I love hearing from Lynn

I love hearing from Liz Cheney, she is bright and articulate and conservative. She is also the person whom the democrap, slimeball, John Edwards did his best to out as a lesbian during the VP debate against Dick Cheney in 2004. The libs keep firing that conservatives hate gay and lesbians, and unwed mothers (Bristol Palin), but examples after examples just keep proving the opposite. Liz is much more intelligent than that WashCompost propagandist and she actually reads facts not the fantasy koolaid that these liberal writers imbibe day after day.

Howdy ew08... Her sister

Howdy ew08...

Her sister Mary is the one Edwards tried to besmirch during the debate with Dick Cheney.

Just thought I'd let you know.

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

Ohmigod....bt....you said 

Ohmigod....bt....you said  besmirch!

I thought no one in the country used that term but Sean Hannity!!! 

LMAO!

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

Yeah, bt. You're such a

Yeah, bt. You're such a snob. ;) LOL

GO CAVS!!!!!

mb&Mum... You both have

mb&Mum...

You both have me cracking up laughing here....

Sorry about that slip-up...I won't let that happen again!

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

Re debate

I remember that moment. When VP Cheney simply responded -'no comment',
Silky turned pale and looked like has was going to be sick. At that
instant he knew he had stepped in it big time.

PS: When Hannity learns a new word, he beats it to death.

Actually, you

can download both browsers and even use them at the same time.

The browsers don't clash or interfer with eachother.

NB is much better on FireFox and actually IE8 was great aswell.

IE8 crashes alot and I went back to IE7.

On topic, I have always liked Liz and I think I wrecked a car somewhere near where she did. I took one out in Patomac too. Good ole River Road.

My dad felt like killing me but let me live.

 

Holy cow

Holy cow Liz, just like Batgirl..POW, BAM, SLAP..logic, breakfast of champions.

These pussys are so driven

These pussies are so driven by an artificial sense of morality that is strictly academic. You can just imagine how quickly they would abandon their bloviations about right and wrong if suddenly faced with the imminent death of themselves or their loved ones at the hands of a crazed Islamic jihadist. It's so easy to talk about what is right and wrong and condemn those who actually have the responsibility of prevention and protection. Sad truth of it is that with any luck none of them will ever face such a scenario and so they will continue on in their unrealistic piety, protected by those who know better. 

Yep

They are the "sheep" yet they revile the Sheepdogs.

 

http://www.gleaminge...

hummm

Just think MSNBC is the only national network in this country that the anchors of all of the shows know their audiences by their first names.  It is easy to remember the first names when only five people per show are watching.

Jack

"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart.  If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains."   Sir Winston Churchill

Liz Is A Chip Off Two Old Blocks

Liz Cheney is one tough gal and sharp as a tack.

This is the second go round I have seen her destroy liberal lap dogs trying to belittle her dad. Her mom is no shrinking viloet also.

LIZ'S SMACKDOWN

Way to go Liz!

Talk about b___h slap!

Hunde! Wollt ihr ewig leben?

Impressed me then and now

I had the privilege of knowing Liz for a year in college.  She was a really neat person back then, and I've always been impressed by her every time I see her now.

One of the best lines spoken was Mike Barnicle's suggestion

that the president invite Dick Cheney to the Oval Office to 'chat' about such stuff.  It will be a cold day in hell before such an invitation is issued, in my humble opinion!  After all, 'the one' doesn't 'need no stinking chats' - he is 'the one' and knows all...and don't anyone EVER forget it!

Liz is EVERY BIT the intelligent speaker that her mom and dad are...let her loose!!!!

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

Liz Cheney...

Twice today I saw her kick liberal ass...She mopped the floor with Katrina Vandenheuvel on Stephanopolous' round tabel discussion.  In fact, she was the most intelligent and well-prepared of the six, three libs and three Repubs.

Wimps

These freakin wimps... 3 on 1... Are you kidding me? Is this fair and balanced?

I'm not saying Liz didn't stomp em. To the contrary - she did indeed pummel them all. But come on??? Can't they at least pretend to try to be fair? Just 2 on 1?

She's very articulate (ooops - isn't that a putdown now?) and poised... Diggin her!

Liz Cheney

It's been said in a few different ways, but in my opinion can't be said enough; Liz Cheney is very impressive. Far more impressive than those nitwits trying to deal with her. Just great to watch. Gives me hope. 

 

"I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't look they're here to deliver...the mail". -NY 

svh - and 'hope' is something we conservatives need now!!!

GO LIZ! 

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

I am Stunned!

It's sad when you send a woman to do a man's job and she does it better than any man could!

 GO LIZ!

Fantastic...

Liz, as they say, is really something else! Great gravitas... I even had a tingle going up my leg just listening to her. I hope she gets a lot more attention in the media.

Republicans are always accused of being sharks; I wish they'd rise to the level of minnows... Ann Coulter

Bob in Tampa... I love,

Bob in Tampa...

I love, love, love your tag-line!

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

my simple comment is

Eugene Robinson - nervous, pitiful and in much need of Axel's teleprompter. A tool - and a Pulitzer? Really? He was so nervous the MSNBC readers had to interject.Wow. Couldn't back up his own OP ED. Looked like a clown. I'm shocked.

Ms. Cheney - intelligent and speaking from knowledge and from the heart. Polite. Hard hitting. And having her Dad's back? Priceless. No need for a teleprompter for her, no she ended up interrogating him without torturing him too brutally.  FABULOUS!

America. Let's put the adults back in charge. I say Liz for RNC Chair.

 

 

I see Liz being

a powerful voice for conservatives. Not sure what route she will take, but we need her. 

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

Restless - Agree we need Liz - Don't know where - but I

have absolutely NO complaints with how she is finding all the right spots on her own!!!

This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise known as a RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams

I don't like to use the

I don't like to use the word "hate", but seriously, I really really hate liberals like those on this show.

Wow! A child of a

Wow! A child of a Republican politician who isn't a Liberal or a RINO!  Ought to put her in a museum or something.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

RR... Oh the enemy

RR...

Oh the enemy within... that are terrified of her if she ever announced she was going to run for anything, will make sure to attempt to mummify her if possible...before her time...problem is, she already knows this....or she wouldn't be out there now.

A smart conservative woman is always one step ahead...if not more.   ;-)

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

HEALTH ALERT -

Housekeeping, clean up on remote studio #3.

Use new Liz Cheney model mop.

Bring your smelling salts.

Guest has been knocked out cold.

 

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read it in English, You're welcome - Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN (Ret)

Mr Robinson

Coo, coo ca-choo, Mr Robinson

I've NEVER seen you SQUIRM so uncomfortably. Hee Hee Hee. Ms Cheney logically and calmy, ripped you a new one, factually, irrefutably... You lose!

and lets just say-there was no water boarding done.

and the city of LA was attacked and thousands died. The next question might be-why did you not get information to stop the attack, why did you not water board.

Everyone has a selective memory?? Me as a CIA field operative would give a nod and say whatever and do whatever would protect America. Without question America comes 1st. And if i went on trial-in open court with a jury of my peers-i would relay what,where,when and,how-maybe that's a good idea for today. I'm sure we would all like to know for sure=what was or not done for the safety of America. Might be fun watching.

The rule of law -America not being liked in the world-how about the men hung and burned off the bridge, how about the young man getting his head cut off-by these men of God. I think waterboarding is child's play.

 

BHO- the one term DIMOCRAT

 

 

 

Wow...

The left really are deranged...   They have the Whitehouse, Congress, and pretty soon, the court.  Liberals live to complain don't they?  I mean there isn't ANY other explaination. Good grief...  pissing and moaning when you just swept the political spectrum.  lib will never be satisfied until the world in which they create implodes and takes the rest of us with them.  After all, we 'deserve' it as they would say.

Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.

Liz Cheney is quickly

Liz Cheney is quickly becoming one of my favorite political commentators.  She is smart, level headed, and speaks dispassionately about republican issues.  Well done, Liz. 

Once again, Liz Cheney

Once again, Liz Cheney continues to impress me as an unflappable and very well informed conservative voice.

Eugene, thank you for being

Eugene, thank you for being on Morning Joe and participating in that 'debate'.  How did you ever win a Pulitzer Prize?  Your arguments are worthless.  Do you even know what you are saying?

Ms. Cheney, glad to see you chew up another 'believer'. I really liked the line he tried to use about people being silent as an arguing point.  Your line about the discussion being over was spot on.  Apparently, he is allowed to speak for others.

 

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Ronald Reagan

Turd Sandwich

Eugene Robinson is not only a serial liar, he has absolutely no inkling of what is said by who when.

First - He wants Cheney - the man who helped to keep Eugene's sorry ass safe and alive for years - gone and dead.  And yet, he accepts the lying crap-hill of a being, Al Gore - who has terrorized and frightened a whole generation of children with his AGW BS - and does not want him to shut up.  I guess liars must stick together.  I wish that they both would go someplace without any lifesigns.

Second - The lying heap of dung, Eugene, can't even answer a simple question (probably because it's somewhat over his head) about saving his own family or friends with a relatively harmless interrogation technique like waterboarding. For a time, he could not say much more than ''er, ah, um, but, but, but''. And then he avoided the question completely by saying ''How would I know it would work?'' What . . . A . . . Dick.

Third - There is someone from the Bush administration out there speaking about the alleged ''torture'' of waterboarding.   It's just that the press - dickheads like Eugene - are not covering it in their usual fashion of ''It's not news unless we say it's news''. For example, I have seen a video where Condi Rice says outright that waterboarding was not considered torture so it is definitely NOT torture.

I thought that Liz was great.  I would have been much more forceful and might have literally tore Eugene a new one if he said that about my Father.

Eugene, you are a lying, coward piece of crap.  I hope that you will be a statistic in the next terrrorist attack.  No one deserves it more except perhaps Hussein.

Responsible torture . . .

"Responsible torture is an oxymoron."

So, what are your thoughts on "responsible journalism?"

Ooooo - I know, I know his answer!!!

''er, ah, um, but, but, but''

In honor of MoDo today I have plagiarized myself.