And then you could bitch about him ducking the question.

Oh so killing terrorists creates anti-American sentiment? Well boo-fucking hoo. Just another example of mushy liberal sentiment where being liked is more important than being right. Good grief.

Oh so indefinitely detaining innocent people and claiming they’re terrorists without a shred of fucking proof creates anti-American sentiment? Well boo-fucking hoo. Just another example of fascist Repulbican’t sentiment where being ‘right’ while actually being wrong in the reality-based world is more important than being moral and ethical. Good grief. And, not like it’s a big surprise or anything, either…

SFC B says, March 22, 2009 at 2:04 am

Yeah he should have just whistled a tune when THE FUCKING REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.

He could have acted like a professional and redirected the question to his message.

Or, hey – maybe the reporter could have acted like a professional and not spewed Reich wing talking points from a torturing failure of a vice president, and asked him a reasonable question?

Funny thing, though – if somebody like, oh, say. Al Gore would have publicly decried Gitmo and the torture regime during their reign, I wonder what the reaction of the conservative mainstream media would be?

I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning…

Like when Cheney told a US senator to “go fuck himself”?

When did Clinton ever directly call out Bush II? He might have criticized Bush’s policies, but Clinton (and Gore) played their roles properly in showing respect for their former office. Cheney made a mockery of it by trying to goad Obama. And Obama, when asked a direct question by a reporter, called his bluff.

Again, you’re projecting so much it hurts. What we have here is a US president unwilling to take any shit from Republicans, the party that “hopes America fails,” and the party that is quickly becoming a regional minority of aging white males at best. Dick Cheney has only been out of office for two months, and he’s claiming that America is going to be hit again like the Bush II failure to prevent 9/11. This isn’t like saying “Obama sux,” this is saying that Obama’s actual policies are going to kill 3,000 more Americans.

Like I said, this is all about you wetting yourself that the Dems are no longer the party of Bob Shrum and John Kerry. They’re a party that will swing back at you twice as hard as you swing at them.

Get used to it.

No, the reason Bush isn’t out there talking publicly is because he his the figurehead of the least popular presidency ever! The more you type comments the less you seem capable of recognizing actual reality. Cheney seems to share this trait because any sane man in his position would keep his mouth shut so that Americans aren’t constantly reminded of the Republican party’s failures and demonic image.

Heh. S’funny. You specifically leave out Bush 2 to Clinton.

Bush II to Clinton?

I like how you quote me writing exactly what you say I didn’t write.

I know answering truthfully is something we haven’t seen from a President in eight years or so.

If President Obama answered questions truthfully there’d be a run on the banks starting at 8am Eastern.

The next terrorist attack against the United States, and there will be one…

Does the FBI need to come pay you a visit or are you on Joe Biden’s mailing list?

It’s absurd to expect Obama to sit back and ignore repeated hyperbolic attacks.

Well, we did just go through 8 years of a president ignoring repeated hyperbolic attacks from pretty much everyone not in his immediate family. So, yes, I do expect the President to be able to ignore petty critics, even hyperbolic ones.

Leave it to conservatives to think that an argumentative fallacy is “professional”.

THis isn’t debate class or Logic 101. It’s public relations. Right now President Obama is continuing to rely on what worked during the campaign. It will work up until that first critical mass of his supporters start going “You know, it’s about time he started to mean it when he says the buck stops here…”. As soon as that happens I sure hope they have Plan B drafted up and ready for easy-to-apply bumper-stick printing.

former vice president, not some insignificant

With the exception of Al Gore, “former vice president” is synonyms with “insignificant”.

…would you expect Bush to stay above the fray?

Since he’s stayed out of it so far into his post-presidency, I’d have to guess that he would have probably refrained from getting into the pettiness that the Obama Administration has gotten in into so far if something similar had happened during his first two months.

If you or your Dear Leader Rushbo or your Prince of Darkness Cheney want to giggle and fling shit, be prepared to get a healthy portion of it right back in your face.

The reporter asked Obama a direct question about an attack made by the former vice president, not some insignificant random winger nut-job blogger like Jay. Obama had every right to respond. Given how hard the Republican smear and slur machine is working over-time, it was his _duty_ to respond.

Sorry buddy. Call for the whambulance all you want, but it ain’t comin’ for you or your party for the next eight years. Stop acting like a goddamn baby.

Except that you’re wrong. About everything. Kinda shoots that talking point down.

He could have acted like a professional and redirected the question to his message.

In other words, Begging the Question? Leave it to conservatives to think that an argumentative fallacy is “professional”.

You seem to be unaware that Islam is an Abrahamic religion and Allah is the God of the Old Testament.

H’allalu!

People are acting like Obama isn’t treating Cheney with the respect he deserves. Clearly the evidence suggest Obama is being too respectful.

Indeed, has a sitting VP ever said American’s would die if an opponent was elected?

THERE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE AT GITMO!

There are people who spent years in Gitmo who were innocent. The Bush administration knew they were innocent, and kept them there anyway.

The next terrorist attack against the United States, and there will be one, will be the direct result of people like you helping the Bush administration enact their misguided policies.

Has a former V.P. ever said a current administration is inviting a terrorist attack before?

More to the point, Jay, killing terrorists while they’re in our custody, without a trial, certainly creates anti-American sentiment. And it isn’t the right thing to do.

Heh. S’funny. You specifically leave out Bush 2 to Clinton.

Again, you’re complaining about Obama doing something similar to exactly what Bush/Cheney have done. I mean, how dare that guy say bad things about Bush/Cheney when all they’ve done was say bad things about him. The nerve!

SFC B: President Obama’s prep team apparently can’t think of a response to easily seen questions from interviewers which doesn’t boil down to “it’s not my fault.”

I know answering truthfully is something we haven’t seen from a President in eight years or so. So I can see where it’s a bit of a shock when it happens.

And what exactly has Cheney been doing? “Get[ting] into the campaign rhetoric… instead of being a competent professional … he’s the guy talking shit about the guy [who] replaced [him].

Not that you see anything wrong with that.

Yes, GWB never said a negative word about Bill Clinton. *eye roll*

The media and the right seem set on claiming that the current world condition is Barack Obama’s fault. It isn’t. It’s GWB’s. And I’m glad he’s not letting that load of bull become conventional wisdom.