Tag: former vice president

Yesterday on Hardall, Alan Grayson had a strong message for the former vice-president – STFU!

OK this is beyond priceless: Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to “do what it takes to win.” “Make no mistake. Signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,” […]

This whole birther movement is just plain craziness. I equate them with the “truthers” who constantly try to say 9/11 was some big Dr. Evil style plot put together by Bush and Co. There is one big difference though. The truthers never received the support of big names in either political party. The birthers seems […]

From CNN: The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Monday, suggests that 70 percent have a favorable opinion of Powell, who was Secretary of State during President George W. Bush’s first term, and who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War. Only 30 percent of those polled have a […]

You would never guess that if you went on the Sunday talk shows lineup: ABC’s “This Week” — Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, the president’s national security adviser; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former Vice President Dick Cheney. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai; Pakistani […]

People don’t like Cheney and they don’t support his baseless claims either: Seventy-two percent of those questioned in the poll released Monday disagree with Cheney’s view that some of Obama’s actions have put the country at greater risk, with 26 percent agreeing with the former vice president. Dick Cheney is like the old guy on […]

The GOP leadership is trying to get Dick Cheney to go back into his hiding hole: Congressional Republicans are telling Dick Cheney to go back to his undisclosed location and leave them alone to rebuild the Republican Party without his input. Displeased with the former vice-president’s recent media appearances, Republican lawmakers say he’s hurting  GOP […]

No more secrets! On his first day in office, President Obama put former president Bush on notice. His administration just released an executive order that will make it difficult for Bush to shield his White House records–and those of former Vice President Dick Cheney–from public scrutiny by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege. Shortly after […]

  Al Gore is now a Nobel Peace Prize recipient: Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it. “I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel […]

Newsweek just released a new poll with Bush at a 28% approval rating. Even worse for the Republicans is their future. Here is the breakdown by who will win in which match-up: While the poll has some high marks for Clinton, it’s not all good news. Though the New York senator and former first lady […]