My Bookmarks's List: The-Right: DICK CHENEY

Republican strategist Jim Pinkerton said Cheney’s popularity “doesn’t really matter,” because he “is not running for anything.” What is important, he said, is that “Cheney absolutely has the better of the argument.”

The same day Dick Cheney delivered a major speech on the battle against terrorism, a new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of the former vice president are on the rise.

Dick Cheney is reminding Republicans that they need to defend themselves when attacked.

When President Obama released the Justice Department interrogation memos a month ago, Cheney denounced him for doing so. He explained why it was inappropriate and unwise to release such documents. But he did more. He didn't just defend himself and the administration in which he served. He fought back, and encouraged others to do so.

"The administration's internal deliberations on how to deal with Guantanamo detainees are continuing, as the White House wrestles with how to fulfill the president's promise to shutter the controversial prison." Now, there are a lot of things happening here. Obama campaigned to shut down Gitmo and release the pictures. He apologized for America, and then all of a sudden gets into office, and says, "I'm going to close Gitmo January 2010," but they didn't figure out how. He didn't know how. They had to come up with a way to do it and so Eric Holder goes over to Germany and starts asking our allies, "Hey, we're going to get rid of some of these terrorists. We're going to keep some ourselves. How many would you take?" == And our allies said, "The hell with you! We're not taking any of them." == "Well," Holder says, "you wanted us to get rid of them to say you would love us again!" == "Well, yeah, but we don't want 'em here." == So they don't know what to do. So now they're going to have to hold them "indefinitely without trial." The American left is on fire today because this is the Bush policy, this detaining terrorists without trial! What is known is, by the Obama people now, these are deadly people. These are deadly, dangerous people. And they just can't release 'em. The rest of the world doesn't want them. Now, this is the story that I think Pelosi leaked. Rank-and-file Democrats "are growing uneasy over the Obama administration's national security policies." I think this is Pelosi fighting back, 'cause she knows she's in the crosshairs now. When Steny Hoyer went out there and said, "Oh, yeah! We need to have hearings on Pelosi. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah!" == The Democrat infighting is on display now. This story is in the New York Times: "Congressional Democrats are voicing growing unease over the Obama administration''s national security policies, including the seemingly open-ended commitment in Afghanistan and the nettlesome question of what to do with prisoners held at" Club Gitmo. David Obey "sai

Former vice president Dick Cheney has not been shy about criticizing the Obama administration's national security policies.

Almost as good, but not quite, was her father on Fox News with Neil Cavuto. I'll post the video when I find it. Transcript