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can somebody please tell me why we should care what Cheney says or thinks at this point? I just don't get it.

Osama Obama is going to lose this debate badly.

He knows nothing about national security and is doing his best to fight a politically correct war on terror.

For the umpteeth time:

Dems cannot be trusted with National Security.

Obummer on the ropes................in over his head????

Cheney is going to call torture a necessary component on the "War on Terror"?

How can we have elected this man to office. Torture goes against the fundamental beliefs we all have as Americans.

Hmm...One of these guys was a junior senator from Illinois. The other was a Vice President, former cabinet member, who built his career on security issues....think I'll take the latter.

What's DICK up to? Its becoming clear to me that he is attempting to become the mouthpiece of the GOP, and take the leadership away from Limbaugh the comedian!

DICK IS A WAR CRIMINAL.

Good, Obama is foolish and naive and a voice like Cheney's will expose these weaknesses. Obama has done his best to attack Cheney and he has awakened a sleeping giant and given him a voice. Community organizer tactics only work when you can intimidate your foe, Cheney is beyond intimidation and has nothing to lose at this point.

You picked your enemy, Obama. You better be able to beat him.

The media needs to stop giving so much credibility to this man. You all couldn't get word one out of him for 8 years and now he won't just shut up and go away and you seem to feel the need to cover every word. He and the Bush Administration had their chance...it's over with and we need to move on and away from their disastrous ideas, lies, and policies.

I hope CNN publishes the entire speech just like it did with Obama's.... if CNN doesn't, its clear where CNN stands.

With the arrests that happened in NY yesterday, it's nice to see that the new department of justice is actually going to put terror suspects on trial. Dick Cheney's policy seems to have been to just lock them up indefinitely. I feel safer when our leaders follow the constitution.

God, I really wish Cheney would go back to his"undisclosed location" and never come back out.

Why close Gitmo? It should remain open so that we can put Bush, Cheney, and the rest of good old boys permanently into a secure undisclosed location for their “safety”.

Cheney is clearly enraged by his sudden lack of power. Thank God the tyrants are gone!

Right....so the people of Iraq who actually looked up to America in some ways before the invasion, would have turned to terrorism anyway??? Is that what Cheney would have us believe??

Look at that cowardly smirk on his face. The Native Americans had a word for him back in the day - SQUAW !!!

If I have at least 10 acres lands in Guam, I want to ask President Obama to transfer all the detenees to my land. I need money to house them until all of them to be trial. We will work with all volunters all over states.

One cannot fathom Dick Cheney unless one understands the concept of Papal Infallibility.

Cheney: the politics of fear is OVER. Suck on it and shut up, or prepare to go to jail, where you belong.

As to closing Guantanamo Bay and sticking the "suspected terrorists" In U.S. maximum security prisons: why not? We have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Don't beleive me? Look it up. It's big business. We're so good at it that I don't see a problem. What, are they going to escape and kill your grandbabies and ruin your lawn? Doubtful. Have a nice day!

According to Dick Cheney he has never made a mistake and anyone who says he has is not a true American. Dick Cheney should sit down and shut up. He got us into this mess and he doesn't have the guts to stand up and say we made some mistakes and we are sorry.

So, we're finally hearing from our "Ruler" for the previous 8 years.

He has no credibility whatsoever in my eyes, and I believe he is stirring the pot ONLY for his own legacy.

Just saying ...............................

CNN and other media outlets are allowing Cheney to rival President Obama and it is unbelievable. Again, this further evidence of the lack of ethical journalism on the part of the modern press.

Cheney? Who's he?

Who cares what Gingrich, Cheney, or Palin think about anything? They are what is WRONG with politics in our country.

I can agree with Cheney on the issue of Guantanamo...it should not be closed.

let me guess - barry will give a pretty speech about how he will break with the despicable bush policies, tune in to cheney's speech, and then do exactly what cheney proposes. the best thing that can be said about barry is that he's smart enough to now recognize that bush and cheney were right.

Why do I care what that warmonger things, exactly? And why should I? Cheney and Bush brought down the world economy. I don't care why they tortured prisoners, they don't have a leg to stand on.

Someone needs to tell Cheney to shut up.

How fast we forget that in the last 6 months of Bushs presidency he moved closer to what Obama was saying on national security.

I can't decide which is worse: Cheney's smirk or Palin's winking. Can we take a poll?

I find it utterly amazing that in 8 years as vice president, Cheny had very little to say to the American people. Now, he is speaking out. The time to defend his actions was when he was in office!

Cheney is Evil.....Evil...Evil
He is also scared that all of his manipulation of GWB is going to come out.

Cheney is Evil

The USA needs to get foreigners out of elective office ASAP.

Arnie, Gov of California = Austria
Grandholm, Gov of Michigan = Canada
Obama, POTUS = Kenya

All have ruined their states or countries, making them third world.

Could anything be more evil than that picture of Dick Cheney?

The boy who found himeself President can't take criticism....

cheyney, the man with an artificial heart. Kind of says it all doesn't it?

Why is it that for 8 years while he and bush were ruining this country we didn't hear a word from him, now all of a sudden he can't stop talking? Cheyney, you destroyed this country and you should be in prison.

Mr "Stuts and starts" Borack Obama. Is anybody's friend. And his worst enemy...

where was he the last 8 years

It is good that someone has the wherewithall to challenge Obama. The media sure doesn't and it needs to start!!!!

Cheney better be careful here – this whole thing could backfire on him. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. This is not like debating with George W.

I for one sleep better at night knowing this man is no longer at the helm.

I wonder how the GOP will react when their next President get elected and the former Dem Vice President continues to state the new President is weaking our security.

I wonder has anyone informed the GOP lately they lost the last election?

Cheney is a criminal who should be speaking from the defendant's table in a federal court.

This isn't about national security and if honest with ourselves, we all know that.

Even the AEI loves liars.

How effective was it? We are in two different wars; only one was a war of choice (Iraq). We have poor relations with many countries because of our go it alone attitued for many things; goes along with a "you're with us or against us policies." I don't care how many attacks he can claim they prevented, there are still 4,000+ Americans dead from the Iraq conflict alone. We took our eye off the ball with the crazies in Afghanistan and that region. THAT MADE US LESS SAFE!

$heney is trying to rev up $ale$ of hi$ book that is forthcoming (in the form of hi$ biography – hi$ legacy ($o to $peak).

It'$ about the MONEY he want$ – $ole-$ource contract$ for haliburton made him a fortune – it wasn't enough.

War-mongering, money-grubbing old fool wants more $$$$$$$

Who the hell cares about Dick Cheney! He is part of the problem and not the solution.

"The adviser — who worked on the speech — said Cheney "will dispute the assertion" that targeting militants backfired and "was a recruitment tool" for terror groups."

Oh really? Does what just happened in New York City count?

Darth Cheney is putting this Country at risk with his "waterfall" tongue and "dark" heart.

This Cheney activity will backfire on the Republicans. He's another representative of the "paunchy old cranky white man in charge" model of GOP leadership that is being soundly rejected nationally. If they don't retire this man, he will ultimately hurt the Republican Party.

I like this showdown. Kind of shows you who really was in control during the Bush tenure.

At what point does this man remember he is out of control. Yes, I mean him.
And when are we going to stop hearing that America was not attacked for 7 1/2 years becausse of Bush policies? Bush's attack on this country was far worse than any foriegn distraction.
The only attack under Clinton took place early in his administration by a foreigner and Clinton dealt it without killing thousands of people.
If we are attacked – it won't be because of Obama, it will be becuase it's a new regime.

Obama is a traitor. A Socialist, slick-talking, traitor.

Take note, this is part of the GOP campaign (for a new America!) to denigrate Obama. When Bush won the election, did Al Gore (Clinton VP) take to the streets in a diatribe filled campaign like Cheney is doing?
The Bush administration may be gone, but the misinformation and ignorance of the law they propagated still remains, Dick Cheney is the new mouth of that misinformation, and will say anything to derail the federal inquiries into his actions that he knows is coming. As CNN's Cafferty write this week, these people need to be tried for their crimes.....Cheney is trying to drum up public sympathy from the few GOP supporters left to save himself.

Obama knows nothing about National security, he is getting on the job training. Scary thought for America!!

What's missing from Cheney's fact pattern of course is the fact that the folks detained at Guantanamo haven't actually been convicted of anything...

And why is everyone in such a tizzy that these people might end up in prison on US soil? Hello, they'd still be in PRISON. You know, behind bars. In the slammer. Under lock and key.

Grow up Americans and stop allowing politicians to stampede you with fear of some make believe boogeyman. They use that fear to control you! Wake up!

Why don't Cheney work with the Obama Administration instead of fighting it. Maybe he should be head of National Security under this administration since he has much love for the security of our nation.

Who knows, maybe that would not be such a bad decision!

After eight years of Bush/Cheney, I can never believe a Republican especially a Republican with a crooked mouth.

Oh please, unless the President of the United States is a Republican then and only then would the big dick give him his support. As long as there is a Democrat in the Whitehouse Cheney will critizes him even if Obama were to pull him from a burning building.

With Cheney spending so much time on the news circuit, I have to wonder who is overseeing Hades these days?

This press conference that Obama is giving is going to be interesting. I cant wait to see what kind of rhetoric he spins off. In my mind and the minds of most Americans there is no sane reason for closing Gitmo. Did the President really think that he was going to bring these detainees onto American soil and Americans would be ok with it? That must be some good stuff that he is smoking.

Today we will see the difference between a person who does not know how to protect this country and a person who does. Cheney will mop the floor with Obama.

Only in America! Cheney is a disgrace to the position he held & this country. Through his position & power he made the illegal – legal, manipulated the truth to fit his agenda, lied to everyone, and along the way filled his pockets with money. Now he is going to make a speech on how our President is making our country less safe! What a slime ball. IF his methods were the "right ones" then how come Bin Laden is still out there laughing. How come we are still involved in wars, that have lasted longer than WWII, and with no end in sight. Would our country be in the mess it is in if we had not spent trillions on war. 9/11 was like Pearl Harbour. We had become complacent, lazy, and had the wrong people in charge.

Why should Cheney be taking on the President? I didn't see Al Gore taking on Bush, or Mondale taking on H.W. Bush. What is this? This is the ultimate in disrespect.

Man, Cheney makes me sick.

Why doesn't Dick Cheney relax and leave the running of this country to the new administration? Why is he constantly voicing his opinion so much these days? Take a clue from George Bush and keep a low profile. Speaking of decisions: let's not talk about that unwise decison of Bush & Cheny to invade Iraq. How many lives have been lost due to the recklessness of that administration? Where are those weapons of mass destruction? Let's close Guantanomo Bay and leave the past behind. President Obama was elected by the people and is now the new Commander in Chief and change has come to America.

Like that garbage scow from New Jersey that no state would accept, Cheney just won't go away. He just proves the old adage..... If you tell a lie over and over again, eventually a certain number of people will start to accept it as truth....

Cheney can talk all he wants, but that will not cover up his participation in the false WMD argument for going to war in Iraq. How many dead? And the man never served in the military because he had other priorities.

Why won't Dick Cheney go away? He is everything that the Republican party is trying to get away from. We get it, there are people trying to kill Americans! But flooding the airwaves with Dick Cheney is exactly what the Democratic party wants. It's just reaffirming the choice that so many anti-Bush Republicans made to vote for a Democrat.

I get that he doesn't want to go to jail for treading on the constitution and Americans civil liberties, but he needs to go away! It's called retirement... stay there.

Me thinks Dick Cheney doth protest too much. I thought they said "history will prove them right"? If that's the case he doesn't need to be going on a press tour – where there is smoke...there is fire.

What a moron.

a smart person would not pay attention to cheney/bush

If dick cheney wanted to run the country he should have run for president. he knows how the media will use his comments to boost ratings and he knows how desperate some are to try to bring president obama down. I wish the media would get serious about their coverage of political issues. I am really beginning to feel like it's a sports event when i watch cable news shows. sometimes you just want to turn the tv off. America should not be divided by republicans or democrats. if we are all Americans why should we have to fight each other to prove our point.

The President has to defend his actions from criticism by an unpopular former vice president?

I guess Obama really wasn't ready for this job after all...

wonder how this will play out? the pesident will give an intellegent,rational argument for his side,cheney will appeal to fear,fear and fear,,,,,and then the right wing radio/tv machine will parrot every word he says as gospell

Would anyone like to donate to a hunting trip fund for Cheney, Rush and Newt.

Looks like Cheney will need to change his speech, Gitmo isn't going to be closed. Trap set and the mouse(Cheney) is caught. LOL

I want the GOP to push a Chenney/Limbog or a Chenney/Palin for the 2012 Presidential ticket. That should insure we KEEP Obama for for a second term. Yes Chenney, enlighten us, tell us want you think..... dont hold back!

All of a sudden you're quite interested in that presidency position, eh Dick? Or like everyone else, just trying to get your 15 minutes? News flash: Only your few fanatical followers care about your opinion. To others, you will remain an unfortunate stain in the history of the American presidency. No one else, including some of your former suppoparty, wants to hear from you or of you again.

He didn't speak to the media this much when he was the VP but he is constantly in the new justifyinig himself. When a man speaks that much on the same issues………he is trying to hide the truth of what he did ……….an innocent person does not justify himself only a guilty person does……….and he is trying to distract from being found out………..why doesn't the media research this??????????

cheney is the devil. who cares what he has to say. he is talking mor now then when he was SUPPOSE to be vp. he's a liar and murderer.

Cheney & the crazies that are in the GOP are sore losers, go away. I have never seen Dick so much on TV when he was VP. He has a full-time job with Halliburton, can he focus on that? Most people don't have jobs right now. Obama's administration has to do all of this cleaning up under such harsh scrutiny. Bush's administration created this mess. Severe denial is a serious thing. Our national security would be threatened even more if Palin was in the White House. McCain should have went with Kay, a sure thing.

Have you seen the new poll this morning?

Cheney will tear Obama apart.
Verbally anyway.

And yes, is about Dick, LOL!! I'll just give you the title but not the schema...is called, "The Future."

Hilarious, my friends are freaking hilarious!

By the way, you should see the political cartoon one of my boys just drew a couple days ago...I'm telling you, is hilarious! LOL!!!

Ohh lord, lord, you guys are wasting sooo much time...and by the way, tell Cheney after he finishes, he got my vote...*sigh*...

Why does Mr. Burns get a soap box now? He hid from us for eight miserable years and now he's a chatterbiox. Sheesh. If Al Gore had been given network time in 2001 we'd be hearing about liberal media bias from every treetop. Come on – shut the old scrooge down.

who cares what cheney thinks, everone hold up there hands that wants to go back to the cheney/bush government???

Is this man gearing up to run for president in 2012... it sure looks so.. I hope he does President Obama will sail to victory!

Who does this classless criminal egomaniac think he is?!? No former president or vice president from the Eisenhower through the Clinton administrations have trashed the next administrations so much, so early. Dick Cheney is a true classless JERK who deserves some Gitmo time of his own. Mr. President: stand up to this loathsome sack of crap and continue on with your vision.You are doing a great job and the American people are behind you!!

This guy is really starting to bug me. He actually believes what he did was right even despite the assesment of the American people. He remained dormant for years, yet feels as though he must emerge now, after his term is up, as the so called "voice of republican policy reasoning."

Well, I don't forget that easily Mr.Cheney. And I certainly am not buying this weak excuse to scavenge a legacy soaked with oil & blood.

Look at the body language of VP tricky dick Cheater. He more than bush got us into an illegal war, where Iraq was the only country in the middle east that stood against Iran–boy did tricky dick cheater solve that problem. He needs to go back to enron where he is still loved and a hero.

Why is Cheney being given a spot on national tv to give a speech after Obama on national security when he is no longer in office?Where was this man for the last 8 years when he was in office???? we hardly ever seen him... now that he is no longer relevant he is all over the place.I wish him and his daughter Liz would just crawl back into the bunker that they both crawled out of.

Since our unwarranted, lie supported attack on Iraq the terrorist network has increased substantially. The fighting in Afghanistan
continues to escalate and Iraq will undoubtedly resort to their old,
dictatorship governing.
And, Cheney says he knows what is best?? Give me a break.
He and Bush with their actions have created monsters, hate,
anger and disrespect at a level we have never faced before.
Yet the media continues to give this dishonorable man rhe
headlines.

I have never in my life seen an ex VP go on the attack like this. This man has no conscience or love of this great country of ours. Of course, keeping us afraid has made him a very rich man. I guess that's what counts.

I'm sure he'll use plain english to describe all the methods, and not try to use semantics to prove a point, or fear tactics to condemn policy.

Cheney is a national disgrace, and this speech will be a footnote once he is indicted.

Maybe he'll site the Bush admin's effectiveness is only losing 3000 American's on 9/11, and 4000+ in the war in Iraq he tortured to start.

Dick should get another Bypass Surgery! in Iraq--

Please' NO MORE 'of the same last 8 years

The policies that Dick Cheney advocated and still does today is the greatest recruiting tool at the hands of our enemies. Cheney gives our enemies a face to associate with the arrogant, bully, that they try and make Americans out to be. With out Dick who would they really have to hate.

If we were keep safe in the Bush administration then why did we have 911> We are always notify before an attack is made. Why do Mr. Cheney have so much to say now. He was silent for eight years so if you have something to say let it be something to help get us out of this mess. I think it is a shame the Congress and the House suppose to be smart people to argue and critize no wonder the world is such shambles and these are are our leaders. Lets get together and stop the nonsence.

Cheneys version of national security has been a disaster – we're living the results now. Thankfully he's no longer in the white house so his opinion is truly moot. He had his opportunity and he lead us – along with his ventriloquists dummy Bush – into two disasterous wars without end. He also failed to keep us safe when it mattered most 9/11. He's a bloviating fraud.

Aint Cheney's 8 years of infamy over?

Let's spend some tax dollars and buy Cheney a nice wet rock to crawl under.

Having Cheney talk about defense is like having Jeffrey Dahmer talk about child safety.

Cheney has more credibility than Obama.

Thanks for trying to divide this great country even more, Mr. Cheyney. My questions to you are simple: First, have you been examined or diagnosed for or with narcicism? Second, Do you not realize, Mr. Cheyney, that your quest to make the country better, or how you see the country should be, is only your opinion? Third, why in the hell don't you just go into retirement and go away? Fourth, may I volunteer to be the first Humble American to urinate on your speech notes?

Thanks for nothing...It's time to go to jail, now.

I thought that the "2008 elections" were over. Why is former Vice President Dick Cheney commenting and "weighing in" on everything that concerns the United States? You would think that we have 2 Presidents, Barack Obama governing the Democrats and Dick Cheney governing the Republicans. I believe Bush and Cheney did enough to this great nation during their 8 year rule of "terror and greed." Enough is enough, please go home.

Everyone knows what happened to Darth Vader when Luke Skywalker got done with him.

The war criminal Cheney should be prosecuted yet the republicans are using him to boost their base. What does that say about the fear mongers that are still trying to persuade the citizenry to ignore the rule of law that our country is founded on?

Obama had better be ready for this speech.

Cheney is an old, crusty and sly badger, and he will be slick as hot grease during the debate.

Dick Cheney can't stay out of the limelight. Let's get a special prosecutor and get this guy off the national stage. He's a disgrace to this nation! Coward.

Where the heck has Dick Cheney been the last 4 years?! All of a sudden he's reappeared out of nowhere. From lame duck VP to spokesman for the GOP and now Obama's biggest critic. For me this only adds value to the work that the Obama administration is doing–especially when you look at how off course we were during the Bush/Cheney administration.

Rot in hell Dick Cheney.

Cheney is nuts. Plain and simple. Within weeks of 9/11 he was trying to route things to Iraq. It was his agenda all along.

I can only pray his corrupt actions come to light and he's punished. I also pray that his pacemaker stops working and his MAKER takes him back. We'll all be safer and better off without him and his ilk.

Evil will not die, it must be defeated, people like Dick Cheney feel they are above the laws of the land. His ideas are offensive to Americans, his integrity is nonexistent. This man has no shame !!!

what the devil is Cheney's problem??????????? No moderation please, everything I post just disappears.

Even Dubya for all his faults has the grace to lay low and let Obama do his job, and I must say I find his dignity and responsibility in this a very pleasant surprise and a credit to the man. Cheney, you are exhibiting an utter lack of grace with your attack dog petulance. You're not calling the shots anymore, and you need to come to terms with that. You'e earned a rest, just go on vacation for a while! A good long while...please.

It is clear Pres. Obama must and needs to clos Gitmo. But what to do with the detainees? The answer is so obvious and really very simple. Send them one-by-one duck hunting with Mr. Cheney.

Cheney is going to win this battle because he has nothing to lose by speaking out. OB is starting to look weak after reversing his stand that got him in office. I did not like GW Bush, but when he belive in something, he stay with it rigth or wrong. Ob reverse of 4 promises in less than a week. I voted for him, but he is starting to piss me off with this Bush Ligth comedy show between the AG and himself!

What a misleading headline! Cheney's approval rating is in the tank regardless of the spin you put on it.

Bush and Cheney kept our country safe for seven years.

But they sure blew it that first year, didn't they?

And DICK this is doing whom any good now? For 8 years this former VP basically pissed on the US Constitution and said "to h-" with the American people's freedom and now he want's to butt-heads with President's Obama policies.................................................it's true folks they should had impeached him and GW Bush, and this is just proof of that.

Poor old Satan just can't seem to go away... Pitty

Why doesn't this WAR CRIMINAL just go away and be thankful he is not going to prison?

He should thank his God that this is not 30 years ago when Congress had the guts to enforce the law and put their country first. They would have brought charges against him.

Democrats will shoot themselves in the foot every time......They are sitting in the catbird seat, President Obama put them there, and they have the gall to oppose him because of fear being exuded from the Republican party.......This is not a good sign......I hope they get it together before 2010.....They are handing over control to Republicans in a silver platter......

Obama has taken us back to the pre-9/11 era. Knowing full well the lives he is putting at risk. America will not forgive so easily the second time.

Another fear and smear job from Dick Cheney, no doubt. Defend the country by destroying the Constitution.
Why will this man not go away–as far away as possible.

Obama should tell the world that Dick Cheney was behind torturing detainees, that it was illegal, that it resulted in the deaths of detainees He should also tell the world that Cheney has the blood of more than 4500 Americans on his hands for sending them to a war based on lies and trying to justify the war by torturing people.

Obama should tell all that he knows about who was running the country...Bush or Cheney. He should also smack Cheney down as a war criminal for the things that he did in office.

And, he [Cheney] will describe the importance of basing national security policies on "a truthful telling of history."

Cheney+truth, I think I'm a bit confused. The man lied for the last 8 years and covered up information that did not support the lead up to the Iraq war, only stating information that actually was never confirmed and supplied by sources considered unreliable by the CIA and State Department. Many of these sources were actually viewed as con-men by various agencies. Yes, let's leave it to Dick to tell us the whole "truth".

Dick you had your shot. You should learn that your time on the stage has faded. If you want to be president again you should run!

OK Dems, lets give the GOP some good advice. We do need them to get up off of their knees. If you were in the GOP what would you do? I would have a speaker who can counter Obama each time he address the nation. The GOP needs to stop slinging dead cats and voice some sound ideas. What is Obama doing wrong and why is it wrong.

Cheney will also repeat his call for the release of CIA memos......

Look, Dick,how many times do they have to tell you? The answer to your request was NO! we're all missing the point here: we DO NOT torture, regardless of the circumstances that might "justify" torturing. We have to stop getting hung up on who knew what when, and focus on the subject at hand. We tortured, we're not supposed to. In regards to Gitmo, the critics have a valid point: where are we going to put the detainees. I would like to see Gitmo closed just based on the fact that it's off-shore and this makes it more difficult to monitor whatever may be happenning there.

If Obama is smart, he will listen to and heed what Cheney has to say. He will not be able to "blame Bush" is the US gets hit or interanational tensions continue to rise.

Unfortunately, the dems have so much hatred of the Bush adminsitration that it blinds them to the reality of the obvious failings of the Obama administration.

And the terrorist appeasing liberals say......................

Why is DICK Cheney giving a "rebuttal" speech after Obama's? His corrupt self needs to realize that he is out of office now and a majority of Americans just want to forget about him and Bush, if he wants to give speeches than why doesn't he just book a bunch of dates to speak to all the old white men at the Heritage Foundation?

Why does Dick Cheney continue to talk? Just dematerialize into the shadows, jeeze!