As vice president, Dick Cheney famously spent much of the past eight years in undisclosed locations and offering private advice to President George W. Bush. He is a man more maligned and personally assaulted than almost any other in recent history. His "Darth Vader" persona has been created for us by the fringe media because of his loyal allegiance to his president and because he has done what most Vice Presidents have done - serve the President quietly, faithfully, and without need for recognition. There are few men with more natural gravitas, more spine, and more guts of steel than Dick Cheney. I've always admired the man for swatting away his multitudes of powerful critics like a giant swats away pesky gnats. In short: You can't bring a good man down.
I'll have to admit, I'm very surprised that Cheney hasn't crawled into obscurity after the inauguration. I'm surprised he isn't just fishing somewhere, giving the middle finger to the nation that never appreciated him saving their undeserving, childish behinds. Nope. That's not Cheney. The man has guts and he's giving Obama hell right now. At least somebody is.
Today Cheney is the most visible -- and controversial -- critic of President Obama's national security policies and, to the alarm of many people in the Republican Party, the most forceful and uncompromising defender of the Bush administration's record. When Obama released memos of Bush rationalizing so-called "torture" I believe he fully expected the former Bush administration to bend over and take it. Not Cheney. He promptly found the podiums and proclaimed "release the info on the American lives saved because of it..." and Obama immediately stopped releasing more memos. At least somebody has the stones to stand up to this novice.
But the very Republican "leadership" that got us into our current political quagmire are freaking out that Cheney is becoming the new spokesman for the party. And they're afraid that Gingrich is becoming the new spokesman for the party. Basically, our current Republican "leadership" is afraid when any conservative does anything conservative that might make our conservative party out to look like we're full of conservatives. God forbid, right? Our lifeless, limp-wristed, sissy Republican leaders like Michael Steel are doing everything they can to prevent real conservatives like Limbaugh, Gingrich, and Cheney from having a voice. There's a reason they have a voice, geniuses. It's because the clowns currently in charge aren't using theirs. They're rolling over to be kicked like the stupid beagle next door that never knows that when it's being beaten it's because it's not liked or welcome.
And do you think I'm happy about Limbaugh, Gingrich and Cheney being the de facto heads of the GOP? They're all publicity and public opinion nightmares. But who else is standing up? WE WILL NOT WIN FUTURE ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE THE PARTY OF "GETTING ALONG." If we truly believe in our principles (I do), we must be seen as the guardians and tireless defenders of America's greatness during a time of upheaval and darkness - not as a party then went along to get along. We mustn't worry about how we're seen now. We must stick close to our principles and worry about how we'll be seen when history judges Obama's socialist policies as an abject failure. Will we be able to say "I told you so" or will we also be guilty of aiding and abetting America's demise?
Conservatives win elections by being conservatives. Liberals when elections by acting like conservatives. For Pete's sake, let's be conservative. Let's stand on principles. Let's have an honest debate between capitalism and socialism, liberty and nanny-state. We'll win on principles. That is, if we can remember what they were.
I'll have to admit, I'm very surprised that Cheney hasn't crawled into obscurity after the inauguration. I'm surprised he isn't just fishing somewhere, giving the middle finger to the nation that never appreciated him saving their undeserving, childish behinds. Nope. That's not Cheney. The man has guts and he's giving Obama hell right now. At least somebody is.
Today Cheney is the most visible -- and controversial -- critic of President Obama's national security policies and, to the alarm of many people in the Republican Party, the most forceful and uncompromising defender of the Bush administration's record. When Obama released memos of Bush rationalizing so-called "torture" I believe he fully expected the former Bush administration to bend over and take it. Not Cheney. He promptly found the podiums and proclaimed "release the info on the American lives saved because of it..." and Obama immediately stopped releasing more memos. At least somebody has the stones to stand up to this novice.
But the very Republican "leadership" that got us into our current political quagmire are freaking out that Cheney is becoming the new spokesman for the party. And they're afraid that Gingrich is becoming the new spokesman for the party. Basically, our current Republican "leadership" is afraid when any conservative does anything conservative that might make our conservative party out to look like we're full of conservatives. God forbid, right? Our lifeless, limp-wristed, sissy Republican leaders like Michael Steel are doing everything they can to prevent real conservatives like Limbaugh, Gingrich, and Cheney from having a voice. There's a reason they have a voice, geniuses. It's because the clowns currently in charge aren't using theirs. They're rolling over to be kicked like the stupid beagle next door that never knows that when it's being beaten it's because it's not liked or welcome.
And do you think I'm happy about Limbaugh, Gingrich and Cheney being the de facto heads of the GOP? They're all publicity and public opinion nightmares. But who else is standing up? WE WILL NOT WIN FUTURE ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE THE PARTY OF "GETTING ALONG." If we truly believe in our principles (I do), we must be seen as the guardians and tireless defenders of America's greatness during a time of upheaval and darkness - not as a party then went along to get along. We mustn't worry about how we're seen now. We must stick close to our principles and worry about how we'll be seen when history judges Obama's socialist policies as an abject failure. Will we be able to say "I told you so" or will we also be guilty of aiding and abetting America's demise?
Conservatives win elections by being conservatives. Liberals when elections by acting like conservatives. For Pete's sake, let's be conservative. Let's stand on principles. Let's have an honest debate between capitalism and socialism, liberty and nanny-state. We'll win on principles. That is, if we can remember what they were.
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