When Lieberman supported Mccain, the Dems were howling, and threatened all sorts of punishment, only Obama as the gracious winner was the one who intervened to save Lieberman's seniority.

Conversely, somehow we are supposed to embrace Powell as an oracle for the Republicans?  huh?   Cheney is right, and as the Gore mouth diarrhea cited above, or the Ms California being vilified for the same position as Obama, there is a double standard as wide as the Grand Canyon.

  The rage meter is pegged and I have rippid it off the wall and kicked it in a corner.

  The MSM has been on a non-stop tear trying to figure out who the leader is in the Republican party so they can start a kicking campaign.

  I will tell you who it is right now. It is Dick friggin Cheney. 

I think the proposition that a new administration can come in and in effect launch an attack on their predecessor because they disagreed with the legal advice that was given by the Justice Department or because they find that they don’t like the policies that were pursued by the prior administration.

It’s one thing to come in and change the policy, it’s an entirely different proposition to come in and say that you’re somehow going to go after the lawyers and the Justice Department or the agents who carried out that policy. I just -- I think that’s outrageous. And that’s why I’ve spoken out as I have to defend the policy and...

(CROSSTALK)

CAVUTO: But you have, but President Bush has not. And that, to your critics, is a sign of his statesmanship and your lack of it. What do you make of that?

CHENEY: Well, I don’t pay a lot of attention to what the critics say, obviously. From my standpoint, that a notion that I should remain silent while they go public, that I shouldn’t say anything while they threaten to disbar the lawyers who gave us the advice that was crucial in terms of this program, that I shouldn’t say anything when they go out and release information that they believe is critical of the program and critical of our policies, but refuse to put out information that shows the results of what we were able to achieve.

Bottom line is we successfully defended the nation for seven and a half years against a follow-on attack to 9/11. That was a remarkable achievement. Nobody would have thought that was possible, but it was. I believe it was possible because of the policies we had in place, which they’re now dismantling.

God bless you Dick Cheney. God bless you WTH. If Dick were to have another heart attack tomorrow, I will rip open his chest and keep his heart beating with my bare hands until they can invent a special robot ticker just for Dick Cheney alone. 

Now let me go pick up that rage meter and get my tools. I have some meter fixing to do.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003115489

"When Obama took office, former President George W. Bush went quietly to his new house in Texas, slipped intentionally into anonymity and honored protocol by staying silent about his successor."

That blew my mind--it must be the nicest thing they've ever said about Bush. 

"This is not the same level of control and discipline Cheney's exercised over the last 40 years," said John Baick, professor of history at Western New England College.

Where's this guy been for the past 8 years, let alone 40?  If the MSM is to be believed, Cheney's NEVER had any control or discipline. 

The dilettante spinster Maureen Dowd, of all people, reminds us yesterday what real perfidy by a former President or administration official is:

"When (President H.G.W.) Bush (deleted) was ramping up to the Gulf War, assembling a coalition to fight Saddam, Jimmy Carter sent a letter to members of the U.N. Security Council urging them not to rush into conflict without further exploring a negotiated solution. The first President Bush and other Republicans in Washington considered this treasonous, a former president trying to thwart a sitting one, lobbying foreign diplomats to oppose his own country on a war resolution.

In 2002, when (President George W.) Bush (deleted) was ramping up to his war against Saddam, Al Gore made a speech trying to slow down that war resolution, pointing out that pivoting from Osama to Saddam for no reason, initiating “pre-emptive” war, and blowing off our allies would undermine the war on terror."

The Logan Act really has no meaning at this point. What Vice-President Cheney is doing now is trivial in comparison to these instances of real treason. The Vice-President is also simply responding to personal attacks, not interfering in foreign affairs.

Ref: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/opinion/13dowd.html?hpw

h/t the Corner at NRO

Wouldn't it be considered a natural inclination to defend something that you had spent 8 years involved in. Wasn't the 2000 election just the beginning of non-stop criticism of the Bush administration and without a proper response until and because of continued criticism from the Obama crowd.

Rush asked yesterday, "what motivates Cheney to come out and defend the Bush administration and himself, to ask for the release of the interrogation memos", indicating the benefit of the enhanced interrogations.

I raised my hand and said, "love of country", and I must say, it was the answer Rush gave. Is what Obama doing for love of country? Tell me, after what he's done in a little over 100 days, driving that truck off the cliff, like the character in "It's A, Mad, Mad, Mad, World", you remember, the bugged-out eyes, the out-of-control helpless look on his face. Nick Stewart, the actor, reminds me of an Obama sometime in the near future.