April 17, 2009
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, Don’t do him like that
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby (disappointed look on face, head shaking). I know that you think you’re an up and coming big shot in the Republican party, and perhaps you are. I’m not here to debate that. Settle down with your suggestions for Dick Cheney, though:
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) suggested Thursday that former Vice President Dick Cheney should tone down his criticism of President Barack Obama.
Cheney has repeatedly criticized the president’s national security policy, saying recently on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Obama’s decisions “raise the risk to the American people of another attack.”
Asked to respond to Cheney’s remark during an interview ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Jindal said: “I don’t think we should question President Obama’s patriotism or his intentions.”
“I think Democrat or Republican, we should all agree that our current president, our former president would obviously want to do everything they could to keep us safe,” he said. “Let’s give the new administration a chance. Let’s not question their intentions. Let’s have a real debate on their policies.”
Since I though I hadn’t seen the original airing of the show featuring Dick Cheney, I googled it and caught a couple of clips. As it turns out, if the 15 MAR 09 appearance is what Good Ol’ Bobby is referring to, he has mischaracterized President’s remarks.
Skip forward to this moment 2:55. That’s where the question comes into play. At no point does Cheney question Obama’s intentions or patriotism.
It’s garbage like this–politicians just being politicians, I suppose–that aggravates me to no end. Is this Bobby’s way of seeming bipartisan? I realize they asked the question, but you could have answered it in a completely different way. Did you believe it would be politically expedient to throw Cheney under the bus and make it sound like he questioned Obama’s intentions and patriotism rather than his policies?
In fact, Cheney defended the legal and constitutional policies the Bush Administration used, said that Obama capaigned that he was going to change those policies, and was now acting on those campaign promises. Unfortunately, in Cheney’s opinion, Obama’s policies leave America less safe against future attacks. I tend to agree with Cheney on this one. I do feel less safe with President Obama as Commander-in Chief. And, I wasn’t even a fan of Bush.
Cheney never said that he thought Obama was weakening national security intentionally in order to open us up for another attack. That is how you make it sound, Bobby. I didn’t once hear him question Obama’s patriotism, either. This is a blatant mischaracterization of what was said. I have come to expect from the media and people on the left, but you are a member of the man’s own party. That’s just sad.
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