(CNN) - As President Barack Obama nears one year in office, Dick Cheney is predicting the Republican Party is in for a big 2010.
"I think we'll pick up a lot of seats," the former vice president told Fox New's Sean Hannity Tuesday. "Prospects for the Republicans in 2010 are very good."
Next November, all 435 seats in the House and more than a third in the Senate are up for grabs. Democrats will be defending their 258-177 margin in the House and 20-seat advantage in the Senate.
Cheney, who is among his party's most fervent critics of the president, said Obama is in a more vulnerable position than anyone predicted one year ago.
"Right after Obama was elected, there was the view that he was invincible," Cheney said. "He raised more money than anybody else. He had a machine that smashed the Clinton campaign and then won the election, and that he'd be around for eight years and now I think that has changed fairly dramatically."
The vice president also said Obama has implemented "radical" far left policies even though he campaigned as a conventional Democrat.
"He got elected as a liberal Democrat, but conventional in the sense of falling within the parameters of the national Democratic Party," Cheney said. "He's demonstrated pretty conclusively now during his first year in office that he's more radical than that, that he's farther outside the parameters…of what we've traditionally had in Democratic presidents in years past."
But Cheney held back from predicting who in his party is best positioned to take on the president come 2012.
"At this point I'd be reluctant to pinpoint anybody," he said. "It might hurt them more than it would help them coming from me."
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Care to offer any examples of these "radical leftist" policies? Would the interviewer bother to ask? No, because it's Faux News' Sean Hannity, the GOP's favorite attack dog. Too bad he, and his guest, the War Criminal Cheney are irrelevant.
Who is Dick Cheney to speak on anything? As if his policies haven't hurt this country enough over the past 8 years. What other sitting vice president creates "The Office of the Vice President" ?
Did the man who tried to re-write our Constitution call someone radical...fade away Darth...fade away...
Where does this crooked war criminal get off voicing any political opinion? He should be hiding under a rock somewhere.
I think Cheney is right. People that sat out the last election, plus a lot of disillusioned voters will come out of the woodwork in 2010 and change the make up of Congress dramatically. At least even the playing field.
Of course Cheney never imagined his crimes coming to light .He was wrong then and he is mistaken now!
Dick... please take Ms. Palin and go somewhere where no one will ever hear from the two of you again...
Sorry Cheney. I can't take what you say seriously. You have a credibility problem.
He's right, the GOP is in for a BIG DISSAPOINTMENT in 2010 because they lack leadership and are to busy throwing each other under the bus to drum up a coherent message.
I agree with the VP. Buh bye democrats!
Republicans are the ones that have put us where we are today. Who in their right mind would wish more Republican seats? Republicans have accomplished nothing and don't have any solutions or ideas of their own....well, except the ones that will line their pockets with gold. In other words, they yearn for the days of Bush ane Cheney!!
And now for one of the quickest political turn arounds in modern history. How badly does a party have to screw up to turn the country back over this quickly? Ask the president, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid.
By August next year, the predictions will no longer be that rousy. Tackling the 8-year mess isn't easy. But the Republicans rather play politics with people's lives instead of working together for the common good of all Americans. Just look back into history and see how together, we can accomplish much. That era, I am afraid, is far gone, and we are left wih these lunatics on the far right who rather live i nt he 19th century instaed of the 21st century. It is a very sad commentary of who we have become as Americans.
How is this a bold prediction??? Has there ever been a president whose party didn't lose seats in their first midterm? UP NEXT: Dick Cheney predicts the sun will rise tomorrow.
Cheney is just a old, white haired, washed-up, disgruntled Republican who still thinks he's GOD.
Yes, it's true!!!! Hatred and fear are having a comeback!
This is the same idiot that predicted republicans would maintain control in congress and shot someone and was not prosecuted
Cheney is annoying. I am going to donate $10 million to the democrats and organize just because Cheney is a blight on the soul of America.
Why would anyone listen to Dick Cheney's predictions. Just look at his prognosticating record; They will welcome us as liberators, oil will pay for the war, they have WMD, etc. On top of it all, he is the main reason why our nation committed war crimes by torturing prisoners. He is scum in my book.
Cheney, fortune-teller, war criminal
OMG, Dick Cheney calling someone radical???? He and Hannity must have had a real love fest last night.
I wish Dick Cheney would go back to his bunker.
Can anybody answer me this? Why is Dick Cheney still not in jail?
Why anybody listens to this fool is beyond me. When has he ever been right on anything.
Cheney is just a dried up old power monger who can't stand being out of the media. He should just go home and shut up. He scared us enough with his free-wheeling disregard for our constitution while he was ruling the Bush administration.
I also think that Americans are eager to return to the brink of a major depression, which more republicans in congress can make happen.
That's good news and bad news. The good news is that since the major plank in the GOP platform these days is keep the Dems from bankrupting the country, they'll be able to do that more effectively. The bad news is that the self-righteous neo-con bigots will be better able to cram their bible-belt "morality" down everyone's throats.
and we are in the final throes of this thing in iraq...why does a semi-legitimate news organization like cnn give this guy credibility by airing his inane pontifications?
ummm... why is this man not in jail? Much less quoted in the 'liberal' media...
If Cheney thinks Pres. Obama has moved far to the left, ol' Darth has lost his mind. The reason Obama has been a disappointment is that he is not even close to liberal enough. But then Cheney has always been able to say frankly insane things as if they made sense.
As long as all these "gas bags" from the past in the GOP keep talking, the party will get driven further and further into the woods. Here is a clue for you there "DICK", WHEN the GOP finds a fresh face that isn't apart of your Grumpy Old Party re-runners then and only then will the Republicans have a chance at anything other than being a cry baby.
Yep, this is the guy we should listen to alright. He and his sidekick left two wars and a financial mess it will take a miracle to solve in one year. After what Cheney & Bush did to this country over an 8 year period, he should be ashamed to show his ugly face.
Heres an idiot who shot his best friend in the ass, and now he is making predictions like he is from another cosmos!
Isnt there some way to put this fool out on a ranch and tie him up so we never had to deal with him again ?
Just curious–Is this the same Dick Cheney who said that the people of Iraq would welcome the US military incursion with open arms? If so, so much for his predictions....
Dick, why don't you shutup and go away also? You remind me of a frustrated old man who is not getting his way. No political party is perfect and you seem to think that yours is. You are a user and an abuser of the American people.
President is trying to reach across to the Repubs but they won't have none of it. If it is not the Repubs way than it is no way.
Cheney go back into the hole you crawled out of.
For a man who along with his republican cohorts in congress completely and absolutely screwed up everything in this country, who in Hades would believe anything he says. I suppose he is saying it to make the serfs he steps on think they are something.
NOOOOOOO!, if his prediction works as the previous ones, we'll have to endure the dems for another 50 years. Cheney, please go to Iraq and try to find the weapons of mass destructions. I heard some rumors, they will finaly say where they are, but only to you!
Cheney is like a Wart you just can't get rid of no matter what.
keep listening to this one and palin and I like most people will switch networks like ABC NBC ,CBS
If America has learned anything, it's that the country works better when one party does not have both Congress and the White House. I hope, for the sake of the country, that Pelosi is no longer Speaker and Reid no longer Majority Leader in January 2011.
Ah, Dick, poor guy. You must be constantly watching the front door for those cops that will eventually come and arrest you for war crimes. And as far as your predictions, aren't you the one who predicted quick victory in Iraq, and that we would be greeted as "liberators?" How's that prediction working our for you seven years later? You said exactly what Hannity and his viewers want to hear: Obama is evil and Republicans are poised to rebound. Sure.
It makes me sick to hear Cheney talk about politics as if it was a game. The nation and people's lives are at stake. Who cares about who raises the most money?
Dick Cheney has been wrong in just about everything else he has said so I say this prediction is encouraging for Democrats.
Is this the same man who promised WMD's in Iraq?
After reading Palin's "head in the sand" take on the environment and Cheney's "let's return to those thrilling days of yesteryear," (2001-08, )it's no wonder the Republicans got the US in the mess we are in– both in wars and the economy. The Bush Administration got us in this mess and all the right wingers have done the past year is whine.
Ah yes, by all means... lets all take some more advice from the most corrupt, dishonest politician of all time.
Dick says about Obama: " he's farther outside the parameters…of what we've traditionally had in Democratic presidents in years past."
Ummm, just how so? What radical thing has he done? I'd say he's turned out to be more status quo than anyone would have thought. Tricky Dick, you think like the rest of the media, you can plant any ideas in our feeble, amnesiac minds and they will coalesce into reality. Good try bud!
Who cares about Chaneys' comments. He was a member of the worst administration in the history of the US. His policies, yes his, cause the US to lose respect from most of the world.
Maybe he should stick to torture and bird hunting!
What planet is this nut on?
Cheney......no one cares what you think. You should be in Guantanamo getting water boarded.....history will judge you well. You are an evil liar and hid from the public for the entire 8 years that you and your cronies could screwed this great country. Now you won’t shut up. Have some respect, if you can remember what that is….I doubt it.
Why is this fool stil talking? I hope he doesn't think Amercians have such severe short-term memory loss that we forgot the last eight years of his office leading the blind to the desert.
I wonder, who is going to listen to whatever Mr. Cheney says.They(Bush and Cheney) were lucky that they used 9/11 to scare the hell of the American people including me. Mr. Cheney has to know that his time is over. He should go for a long vaction. Good bye Mr.!
If Obama does not get re-elected I blame him only. He is turning out to be a huge disappointment and just a bag of hot air. I know of so many people that vote Repub. that voted for him in hopes of seeing the 'change' he promised who now are starting to rethink their positions.
I don't know that I can vote for him again. I can no longer tell the difference between the parties. I don't know who I could vote for in the future.
What kind of a prediction is that ? Most mid term elections have seats that are picked up by the opposition.
What will happen is that by the end of Obama's term, he will have turned this country totally around with health care the 2 wars and our position in the world.So the net result ,Obama and the Dems will control again in 2012. A bonus ...Leiberman will be gone
Mr. Cheney, your behavior is an embarrassment to this fine country. Your opinions and accusations regarding the POTUS lack any sense of the respect deserving of that position. Sir, I am a long-time GOP member and I am done with you.
I say the prosects for Cheney in 2010 are a criminal indictment for abuse of power, use of torture and violation of the Constitution's separation of powers provision. In reality, propspects for the Republicans in 2010 are not very good because they've given full control of the RNC to the American Axis of Evil: Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh.
If they don't do it in 2010, they will have lost their chance for a long time because the corrupt, crooked, lying liberals will have reapportioned based on a phony 2010 census.
When will this PRICK and his buddies be put in JAIL? It's long overdue.
The devil himself. This man is a political psychopath.
Chenny is a wacko. If people like torture and ignoring the un-insured, vote repuplican. They are anti people. They all have insurance!!!!
They could care less if a guy with a family working 32 hours a week at McDonalds has insurance or not.
After driving the country to the sewer, Chaney sure got some nerves. Your administration and your rubber stamping congress left the dirty work for someone else to clean it. You have to come with terms that your era is over
Wow! So Dick Cheney thinks the GOP is in for a big 2010. I'm thinking he's probably going to be just as correct on this as he was about WMD's in Iraq, compassion and mercy is for suckers, and torture is something someone else does. But, hey, at least he was able to 'get' his enemies like the Wilson's.
I wish someone would keep track of Mr. Cheney's brilliant predictions so that one day we could look back and see how wise he is, or isn't.
Name one thing Republicans have accomplished?. . . . . thought so.
Cheney is an idiot. So far, President Obama's "far left" policies include increasing troop levels in Afghanistan – twice, supporting health insurance reform without a robust public option, and now a capital gains tax moratorium for small businesses.
Cheney – the draft dodging war hawk who was too yellow to serve in Vietnam is typical of the Republicans who got us into the war of choice in Iraq and he needs to shut up and retire with his millions of dollars of blood money.
Who is he? he has finally came out of hiding.
Who is this "we" Cheney is talking about? He won't be campaigning for any GOP candidates. He's green kryptonite. The most hated man in the US.
This man is clearly trying to cover his butt. Why would anyone in American who is in there right mind listen to this guy. He hid himself from the people for 8 years. But no is coming out to talk. If this guy said walk, run American... run, run... The Repub.. is done. If all they can produce to speak for them at this critical time in American's history is
this guy and Sarah Palin then everyone should be really, scared. They are no comparrison to Mr. Obama. Long live Mr. Obama, and
the Democrats. Long live America...
Wishing thinking Dick!. . . . I don't think so.
And Iraq has WMD's
what a blow hard!
What an ego this man has. . . . .
What has this guy been right about?
2010 will be big for the Republicans, but not the way Cheney thinks. They will be big losers.
LOL – what a bitter and frustrated man. The former VP just can't keep himself out of the spotlight. Luckily the FOX-GOP propaganda channel is always willing to give him an opportunity to "Slam" the president. He's probably right about the GOP picking up seats in 2010. All of those House seats picked up by dems in 2006 and 2008 in traditionally conservative districts will most likely revert back to their ancestral GOP roots. So be it. Cheney is also correct in not endorsing anyone. It would hurt them. Though I don't like this man, I must respect his political insights.
I wouldn't disagree with that in any way. I think the "Obama phenomenon" is about over, and the reality is setting in. Now people are beginning to see what I have said all along.....he is not a messiah. He is just a man, and he had minimal experience for the job.
Ummm, how so Dick? Saying he is far left without giving examples of what he is doing that is "far left" is just a bunch of scare tactics and hot air. Trying to get health car passed is "far left". Finishing the bail out that your administration initatied is "far left"? Please give me more than this.
Mr. Cheney,
Please fade away and die.
My prediction is tghe GOP will pick up fewer seats than they did in 1994 because their named brand has been seriously tarnished. I think once they become a "big tent" party again then you will see larger one time gains by them but not before.
Mr. Cheney,
Please fade away and die. Soon
Has any other President or Vice President demonstrated the lack of class and propensity for telling bald face lies that Cheney has? I mean he basically ran the Bush Administration, which was responsible for running this Country into the ground and publicly said he didn't care about our soldiers lives. Also, I resent the fact that he thinks I'm dumb enough to fall for the argument that Obama is "far left" when the facts right in front of me say otherwise- the guy is pretty moderate.
Cheney is so full of hate, but afterall, he is a Republican.
Is it news that Cheney said exactly what you'd expect him to say and knew he was going to say- regardless of whether it's true or not?
I think Obama is just as advertised.... or even more centrist than he campaigned.
Chalk this up to item #4 Billion on the list of things where Dick and I aren't on the same page.
I don't think so.
Dick who???
I think Dick Cheny just represents the hopes of most in his party, that President Obama will fail. They care more about politics than their country. Their great fear is, that he will succeed, and the GOP will wander in the wilderness, like they did in the 30's and 40's.
James Weaver
Clarksburg WV
Right On! Dick Cheney!!
Truer Words were never spoken!
obama is a total disaster............a train wreck!!
With the new Polls and obama's BIZARRE ACTIONS, SPEECH,
and BLATANT LIES to Americnas,
we can count on the total dimise of OBAMA before 2010-12!!!
Why doesn't this fat cat war monger go away?
Wow. Nothing he says has any relevance.
I guess the folks that adore money follow him closely.
The only reason that Obama seems so radical is that the GOP has gone so far to the Right that it borders on crazy. I think it's pretty clear from the criticism that Obama has received from the progressive wing of his own party that he's far from Radical.
Meanwhile, Cheney is like Old Man Potter from "It's A Wonderful Life". He continues to say and do things that he would have called traitorous if done while he was in office.
And, to say that the GOP will pick up seats is a pretty safe prediction. Historically, that is what usually happens to party that is in control like the Democrats are now.
I have a prediction, too: in 2010 the Democrats will do fine, with maybe a few lost seats in the House; in 2012 the President will overwhelmingly defeat whatever nitwit the GOP nominates; and Dick Cheney will remain a contemptible human being throughout this period and beyond.
Dick Cheney and Karl Rove never look themselves in the mirror that is the problem here ( they don’t like themselves)
Now he is predicting republicans will come back in 2010 what a joke
SO
Why he didn’t avoid republican lost in 2006 and 2008
"Cheney held back from predicting who in his party is best positioned to take on the president come 2012".
He knows very well that even the going rogue lady (Sarah) is just only noisy. If thrown in, she will learn the lesson the second time.
Cheney may be the one in for a surprise. Everyone I know is fed up with Washington, both parties. People are only looking for a way to get off the treadmill. However many independents we have in the race they will have an advantage.
Republicans and Democrates bear responsibility for the mess we are in. All we get is fingerpointing, no accountability, and more of the same that does not work from both sides.
Maybe the Republicans can do something novel like offer real solutions and how they might work as opposed to the standard old low taxes and small government mantra. Seems to me we had the Republican version low taxes and bigger government for eight years to bring us the financial mess.
Washington should get the fact they work for the American people and not special interests (both parties are guilty).
By teh way Mr. Cheney I used to be a Republican. Now I am an independent.
Cheney has made predictions before. Iraqi involvement in 911 and WMD's in Iraq comes to mind.
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He has to eat his words.
Democrats are helping Middle class, and economy will be far better with bottom up policy of Obama.
Republicans are keep talking about that he has increase the tax, but their is no evidence of that, most people are getting tax cut.
those who are complaining must be making more than $250000.
Thay enjoy their life style since Reagan tax cut now it is time to share some pain of middle class.
I am predicting democrtats land slide victory in 2010.
This man should be imprisoned for treason, not commenting on the state of the nation.
Who in their right mind would vote for the Repulicans? They've ruined everything they touch. Nixon was terrible, Reagan was bad for the economy, Daddy Bush continued the decline and the Dim Son was an unmittigated disaster. Couple that with the GOP being the party of hypocracy, lies and the bought dogs of corporate interests and you have another disaster in the works. The Dems may not be great but voting for the republicans is like trading a bad cold for a dose of the clap.
Mary Matalin said Obama was like Bush in terms of the surge in Afghanistan, but here we have Cheney saying Obama is more radical than even most of America's Democrats. Meanwhile, Michael Moore has maintained this steady drumbeat of complaint that the president is too timid and conventional on health insurance reform and is just unwilling to stand up to powerful vested interests as regards the war.
Seriously, is President Obama a Rohrshach test? Everyone seems to react to him differently and in doing so betray their own built-in biases. Here's a bold statement: In the fall of 2008, America SHOVED YOU AND YOUR PARTY OUT THE DOOR, Dick. You don't have to go home, but please go AWAY.
Sorry, I still remember the previous 8 years with the republicans. Just think if McCain won and the republicans had a majortiy in both houses. Health care would continue to go up, those no good banks would have had much more bailout, unemployment would have ended, the deficit still would go on unchecked, etc. Republicans believe in helping big business and everything will take care of itself. Trickle down economics does not work when there is corporate greed.
Cheney went on to predict that in 2010 Men will stand on the Sun and bears will be forced to wear pants. Hey, it's as loopy as everything else he's been saying recently.
I'm not interested in Cheney's failed policy's and views. Of course the Democrats will lose some seats in next year's mid-term elections. It's a natural progression that not everyone will be happy with the incumbent in power and some losses will take place. But to think the country will go back to his policy's is really a pipe dream.
If Obama has surprised anyone, it's because he is a more conventional democrat than he portrayed himself to be. He's bailed out big business and turned his back on his constituency. We might as well have elected Hillary.
CNN left out the last part of Cheney's prediction: If/when the Republicans do win back the House, "the American people will welcome them as liberators."
I am amazed that Mr. Cheney has been in the news with his disparaging comments so much lately. As vice president we rarely heard from him and he virtually disappeared in the last years of the Bush-Cheney Administration. Where was he then when we needed a LEADER to correct errors? Or was it that the war hawk policies were his? Why wasn't he a critique during the last election? I say to Mr. Cheney that YOU sir are a part of the problem and you are angry that your ideas and desires are no longer in place. Let us not forget that it was you who used Presidential Privilege to hide behind and keep your emails and other correspondence hidden, when congress conducted an investigation on what the Administration knew before we got into the mess in Iraq. I have not forgotten. Sit down and be quiet like you were for 8 years of the Bush Administration. You should have stood up and lead back then.
Remember who "five deferments" represents...the Military Industrial Complex and the "dark side". "awol" and "five deferments" also campaigned as conservatives but, in fact, were radical right wingers who promoted illegal wars for monetary gain. No, not their own gain but for the monetary gain of their real supporters...those that crave war profits. In the process THEY are the ones that led us to where we are now...schools broke but warships on the horizon.
What did we expect that half-witted liar to say?
I did not think President Obama was invincible. He is honest. A nice change from the previous administration. Shut up you creep!
Cheney: Your views and the policies of your boss Bush are what got us into the mess that we find ourselves in today. Obama is just trying to deal with your aftermath. Suggestion: keep your stupid mouth shut and just go hunting. Maybe you can really bag the big one this time, and by the way, take George with you. Maybe you can shoot each other !!!
Wow, Dick, the leader of the Corporate Fascists, actually made an honest statement,saying "It might hurt them more than it would help them coming from me."What we want to know is why he isnt in prison yet?It tells me the democrats dont have the guts to bring him to justice.
Got his guy should shut his trap – fill it with another burger or something...
How can we believe anything Dick Cheney has to say? He had his eight years in office and what a mess he and the Bush administration made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The same guy made prediction that we will be welcomed in Iraq with garlands of flowers. Instead we got road side bombs. I do not give much for this man's ability to predict correctly.
I would prefer to have Obama around forever than the likes of
the Corrupt evil Cheney and the rest of the lying self-absorbed
Republicans. The thought of them being in office again scares the
hell out of me.
Who cares what Mr. Cheney says? He was the worst VP ever to occupy that position. What the Democrats should do is investigate that Halliburton sole source contract in Iraq that has milked the American people for untold millions, if not billions, of dollars, He was instrumental in assuring that Halliburton got the contract, in face of the law being against such contracts, especially one that went on year after year. And he still draws a pension from that company!
This is a 'bold prediction'? If the Republicans gain seats in the 2010 election we will simply be seeing history repeating itself. Now if Cheney predicted the actual number of seats gained/lost by either party – that would be a bold prediction.
Probably will , americans pay so little attention to any thing out side of some celebritys sex life that they have no clue to what party got us in this mess
I suppose Chenneys tag line could be – we screwed the economy so let us fix it
Dick Cheney has no credibility and doesn't take any responsibility for his part in 8 years of what created our nations disasters, it's like he's laughing in our faces every time he speaks out. He of all people should be willing to help instead of continue to destroy.
Isn't this the same pinhead that said the Iraqis would "greet us with open arms as liberators"? Yeah... he has a lot of credibility...
Why hasn't this man been investigated for the obvious crimes he has commited against this country. It is a clear indication that there is a separate justice system. Why does DR Strange Love come to mind.
HAHAHAHAHA Sure Dick and you are standing on that platform of NO..No IDEAS NO To Progress just NO and you really think that you will gain seats by lies and distortion???? Sure and the earth is flat and Iraq has WMD'S and they will greet us as liberators!!!!
Oh come on now. Palin/Cheney 2012. Let us see who the electorate thinks has a radical agenda.
Is there any other way to get this guy to shut up and go away?
I would say the GOP better pick up seats in 2010. It is hard to believe the Democratic leadership starting in 2007 would have been worse than the previous GOP leaders but it is ever apparent. Pelosi and Reid are bad and Obama has been pathetic.
I just don't get it. Obama is far LESS liberal than most liberals would like. He's more corporate and capitalist than any socialist I know would like. And anyone is still listening to Cheney – the biggest war profiteer since GW's Grand-Daddy Nazi Sympathizer because?
I predict Cheney will finally shut up in 2010.
Wasn't this the same man who insisted the Iraq War wouldn't be a quagmire and in the resurgency was in it's last throes in 2005?
I'm glad we have such an expert to speak on the subject.
Nice story. Too bad it is just a figment of Cheney's imagination. Unless the Republicans can figure out how to offer some real solutions, they will go the way of the Whigs.
I can't believe it. I actually agree with Dick Cheney. A) the Democrats are screwing up so badly, they are bound to get creamed in 2010, B) Obama is being outted as nothing more than a mere politician, C) the Republican party has no potential candidates worth mentioning at this point
Considering Cheney's track record of being right/truthful, I wouldn't put too much stock in what he says.
This man should be behind bars. He is a draft dodger. The past administration which he served as the vice president is by all means the worst that this country has ever had. This man definetly has a credibility problem and the polls reflect that.
Wrong again Cheney.......your party is so divided and getting more divided as time goes by.........Palin wants to start her own 3 party if the rest of the GOP doesn't get back in line with the right wing conservatives.......if the Republicans in Washington continue on their track of do nothing but whin and bellyache about everything they will be voted out.......and by the way OLD (think your so wise) Man, how can you predict the next 3 years of Obama's Office........boy will you have mud in your face if the unemployment goes down and the economy gets better and we bring our troops home from Iraq and Afganistan........then you and your GOP are done for.......
Would you PLEASE shut up and go away, Darth?
Cheney keep on the great work,
A prediction from this guy is about as dependable as an IOU from the mob. Any failures that can be attributed to this president are largely the work of obstructionist Congressmen. The fact that the United States Senate is now a broken, unworkable institution can be laid directly at the feet of the Republican Party. In 2010, the same people who voted Obama into office are going to remember that, despite what this despicable man thinks will happen.
When you were Vice President,I can count the number of times I heard you speak. Why is it now that you are out of office,you have so much to say.I understand why former President Bush,made you keep your mouth shut. Nothing important or good come out of your mouth. Mr former Vice President get a hobby.
I predict that in 2010 Dick Cheney will still be an evil, nasty, destructive cancer in the American political system. He nearly drove this country into the ground during the eight years that he held the American people hostage.
Don't be fooled again. Turn your backs on those who spew lies and anger.
I predict that the New England Patriots will win the Super Bowl too. How's that for a bold prediction. Hey CNN I have a question: Where is your reporting on Al Gore? The only living ex-vice president to actually be elected to president (Supreme Court suprme mistake not withstanding). Sarah Palin (not even elected) and Dick Cheney can't even sneeze without getting on your "news site". I thinlk one Fox News is enough thnk you very much.
Cheney is incorrect about his prediction for 2010 and as he was during his terms. We need changes and Obama will be reelected. He is doing the job that needed for this country.
CNN,do you even care about the fact that no one wants to hear anything from idiot.After what he and bush has done to our country he should be ousted from here and not given a platform.The only thing we should hear from him is that he understands his miranda rights,and to how he wants to plead.
Didn't he say the same thing right before the 2006 elections.
This coming from someone who threatened my personal security in the corners of the world that I travel. Why is what he says still even relevant? I'm a republican and Cheney did more harm to the security of our country than anyone has ever!
Who really cares what Dick "lets kill anyone who is different or disagrees with us" Cheney. He is responsible for the deaths of thousand of good Americans. Lets remember this is the guy who got 5 count them 5 deferments during Vietnam. Now everyone else got drafted and went to Vietnam, but not Cheney. The coward got 5 deferments. He does not mind sending your kids or husband or my kids or husband. But he is not going to put his butt on the line.
5 DEFERMENTS during Vietnam. WHAT A MISERABLE COWARD
This comes from a man who is no better than Saddam and one of the Reburbs top dogs that brought down our country. If it wasn't for Bush and Cheney in office those 8 years we would still be the greatest Nation. Too bad the Repurbs are too blind to see this.
DIck Cheney is a moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's the big prediciton? More like the irrelevant blowhard resorting to more scare tactics. Go back to sleep, Cheney.
He also was behind the invasion of Iraq instead of pursuing Osama Bin Laden. He thinks his part in a very unpopular Bush Administration was a good thing? He needs to take more time off.
I think he's right...Americans of every stripe are sick and tired of Congress not listening to 'We the People' and it's going to be a serious beat down come November 2, 2010!
And does he think he will be seated in the White House as President? I think not and that's my bold prediction.
"Dick"... if you really have something to tell the American people, why don't you talk to a real journalist instead of talking to the republican TV station.
I know in your deluded mind you imagine Sean Hannity to be a journalist but newsflash "dick", but can't blame you too much, nobody expects you to have all your faculties together after the incident.
Why is it that the evil ones are the most vocal...and like a bad penny, they never go away!
I wish somebody would ask cheney the tough questions instead of giving him a platform to spew his venom towards everything obama does and then go back into hiding! if he really believed what he was saying he would do interviews with non-biased reporters that will challenge his assertions about obama & his own record on all affairs,foriegn & domestic, during the bush administration.until he does that nobody should take him any more seriously than they would a senile angry old man.
Dick Cheney should leave this administration alone. What did he do in the last 8 years he was in office that left the economy in pieces and a badly damaged US image abroad? None of these interviewers are asking him the hard questions. When once they do, he'll stop all this fearmongering and will find his place. Don't get me wrong, there is always a place for constructive criticism but all we've heard from a once not so media-loving Cheney has been anything but constructive.
Wishful thinking. We will either vote out the incumbents or vote in true Democrats or Independents before voting in any more obstructionist Republicans.
The GOP will not continue to scare/fear their way back into power. They will need to show they have solutions to help us all not continue to help/support only the rich.
The Dick Cheney prediction is based on wishful thinking more than anything. He fails to take into account that the GOP will likely be fractured in 2010 with Cheney, Palin & the neo-nazi talking heads like Rush wanting GOP politicians taking loyalty pledges and alienating the more moderate voters in their party. While I do think the Dems will loose seats I do not think it will be a landslide. Oh, and personally I think that Cheney is a traitor and war criminal.
I am an Independent. I will not vote Republican in '10 unless the party dumps it's hate mongers. McCain's campaign turned me off of anything Republican.
"radical" far left? i have yet to see any sort of radical far left actions. And if they actually happen, I hope they neutralize Bush and Cheney's "radical" far right policies. How quickly we forget how they trampled all over the U.S. Constitution.
Cheney – it's time for you to bow out. Your aim may be to take up hunting! Your administration is over,
and the cause of all our current day problems.
When Dick Cheney is going to stop talking nonsense ,he was one who came with the crazy idea of the war in Iraq....and of course the crazy psycho Bush too where are the weapons of ,mass destruction you said they had in Iraq? the only weapon of mass destruction was finding Sadam Hussein in a hole .....
He sounds like a scorned men ,can't let it go...please Cheney just shut up ,we don't trust in you ,we don't want your outrageous opinions and predicaments and lies .....
Anytime I see you in the TV. I just change the channel we trust you in one time, you are old news ! And please JOURNALISTS stop trying to get interviews form him ,do';t loose your time ,get someone more honest and truly person in your agendaand more interesting!!
Cheney's assessment is dead on accurate. The Democrats will pay dearly in 2010 for the devastation brought on by Obama, Pelosi and Reid. You have to be pretty clueless to not understand the damage these clowns have done to the country. Look at the least bad news, the US Government may have their credit rating lowered. Talk about a warning shot to the country!
Obama's drop to 47% approval will continue to drop, Reid will not be re-elected and the Democrats will lose control of the House. The American people will restore the balance and sanity that divided government brings.
I only hope we survive until 2010 with these lunatics running the asylum!
Cheney's tenure as VP [or President in the background] was the most disastrous, evil, misguided and costly for America and its people in the country's history.
Why anyone, including the media give him air time is beyond comprehension. No doubt his next prediction will be that Sarah Palin will be the next President – another "Mission Accomplished' moment!
How right you you Mr. Cheney. Obama and his parade of loonies (Biden) and fools (Pelosi & Reid) are showing their true radical stipes. This is what the main stream media wanted. They were able to slant things and get him elected, but now that they have proved their social experiment, they are onto business as usual.
Uhmm..you messed up the country, dems fixing it and you expect the public to hand it over to you again??...that soon?
what are you smoking?
1. The party that holds the WH always loses Congressional seats in the first mid-term.
2. How is continuing to throw money at the economy in an attempt to fix it 'radical' far-left policies? Bush is the one who started it.
3. Yes, Dick. You would hurt any candidate just like you continue to tarnish your party every time you pipe up.
Cheeny had his chance for 8 years and blew it big time. Ge and Bush are responsible for the wosrst attack on American soil in the history of this country. They destroyed the economy and raided the treasury.
He just needs to shut up.
I have a great deal of respect for former vice president Dick Cheney, but this is no revelation of incredible insight. Of course Republicans are going to clean House ( and Senate ) in the 2010 elections. The Democratic congress has abused American voters for giving them a strong majority in congress and their partisan bills have been resounding failures. They bet big and lost.
When are these idiots ever going to understand that it's not about Republicans or Democrats? It's about the American people! We're the ones who are hurting while they're up in Washington jockeying for position, lying to keep their jobs and scaring the rank and file.
Scary words for Republicans to hear since former VP Cheney is always wrong.
Dick Cheney is everything I despise. A small minded, mean spirited, power crazy political machine.
There is so much pressure from the conservative movement that any republican takeover of congress will be blocked by their own more conservative elements deciding to run as independents. Some seats will change hands, but the overwhelming majority of them will go to Democrats. A few loud and ignorant folks cannot sway enough of the educated voting public, and since the majority oppose the republican healthcare opposition, Dick will be in for a shock.
Did he predict that the Iraqis would welcome us as liberators, and that the oil revenues would pay for the war?
Dick is a super smart guy. He knows that he will not stand a chance for 2008 due to two war problems. Now, he sees the opportunity is knocking, and he is coming out strong. But, two things are worries me, one is his health, second is "Can we afford to have another two wars with Iran and North Korea?"
I just wondering who will vice president (Sara Palin)?
Dick Cheney the infallible also predicted the events of 9/11, the presence of WMD (including nuclear weapons) in Iraq, predicted the 'mission accomplished' in Iraq, predicted and delivered the healthy and booming economy GWB and he worked so hard to get for all of us – and he did all this while beating Osama Bin Laden's record for hiding out in caves. His first name says it all, does it not?
Cheney is an old, crusty crook who needs to just go away. Why the Obama administration didn't ensure he and Bush were arrested for war crimes is beyond me.
Please go into hiding like you did during 911. That is the best place for you. You have more comments now than you did the whole 8 years in office. Everytime you open your mouth, nothing good comes out. You should be happy the you are sitting pretty with all the oil money you and bush made for 8 years. Please go into retirement and practice silence.
After what the Bushies/Republicans have done to this country, do you really think the American people are going to trust the Republicans again?
PERFECT! These guys are soooo focused on winning and defeating the President that they have lost interest in what the AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT!!! Cheney doesn't care. He just wants to win so he can hold on to power and keep his rich friends happy with lucrative Govt contracts.
If the Republicans had such GREAT and WONDERFUL ideas...why did they get the boot last year? You think the whole party has changed in one year? I think not...same BS.
Dick Cheney? Really! How can anyone listen to this liar who is directly responsible for all the deaths resulting from going after Iraq and Saddam rather than focusing on capturing or killing BinLaden and the Teleban who enabled Saddam to operate freely and with their blessing. Dick Chey is no American hero but is as villianous a character that ever emreged in America. However, American voters seem to have a very short memory and I guess anything is possible. Every voter should ask "What has the Republican Party or any elected Repbulican done to help America get back on its feet after their 8 years of steering us into the awful messes we were in in every sector – financial, politically in the world, politically with our traditional allies, healt care crises, and the list goes on. Elect Republican? It would be far better for America if the Republican Party goes the way of the Whigs, Torries, Bull Noose Party, etc. Listen to Cheney? What a miserable waste of time.
Sure you will Dick! Sure they will!
The fact is that too many Americans are lame brain and have forgotten the mess You Dick and company created. They have forgotten that You spent over a trillion dollars in Iraq; they also forgot that you are collecting millions from your links to the unjust business deals you created.
Does anyone really care what Darth Vader has to say? He must have the lowest appoval rating of any VP that finished his term (boy what a mistake not to impeach the puppet master) . The cleanup after this elephant will take many Democratic administrations. The GOP is not getting back in for a while because of idiots like this other tricky Dick who can't keep his mouth shut. Everytime it opens, people remember how bad the GOP can be.
Since Cheney knows how much he is hated and dismissed by most of the American people, who doesn't he just shut up then? He can't keep the verbal diarrhea under control evidently. Get lost you bum!!! Retire, go on a hunting trip and shoot some quail, or old friends, or whatever. Just disappear, creep. YOU are responsible for the mess this country is in and we won't forget it either!!
I still have hope that once Americans see the low quality and the social demagogues that the Republicans will present for election they will be rejected just as they were in 2006 and 2008. It may sound good at this time to punish the Democrats but do we really want to return to the dark days of 2000 to 2008 where science was ignored, corporate greed ran rampant, and Republican morality was forced upon us while their leaders continued their hypocritical lives? I hope Cheney hopes prove to be dellusional.
They might if Cheney stays quiet. Everytime he opens his mouth I think of the disaster Bush/Cheney was. Hard for me to vote republican after the total incompetance they showed.
Obama has been a disappointment to many of us Libs, but he's still a thousand times better than Bushy and Tricky Dick II.
SERIOUSLY – Can anyone take to the bank anything this lying, war mongering criminal has to say?? While he may be wishin and a hopin for a BIG 2010 – it's too soon to tell. And, of course when you are in the friendly confines of Sean 'I haven't seen an endorsement I cannot make money off of' Hannity, how would you expect that conversation to end.....?? This character has to go back in his cave and play with his toy soilders and leave everyone else alone...
I hate agreeing with Cheney, but...
So far he has been wrong on everything. He is even trying to rewrite history to make himself look better. Shouldn't he and George be behind bars?
Yeah. Cheney was the one that boldly predicted in the first few years of the Iraq war that the insurgents are in their "last throes". What a bright, bright man!
Anyone can predict, so bring it on Cheney and the obstructionist party.
Cheney... "has shown conclusively" that he is an idiot over a period of 8 years and continues to do so. Why anyone would bother listening to anything he says is beyond reason.
I like the part where he says Obama implemented "radical" policies. How radical is it when the Bush/Cheney group LIED to the American public.
The GOP have a long history of telling LIES, or at the very least fear-mongering, here is a short list:
The internet rumor in 2007 that Barack Obama is really Muslim. To frighten Americans.
The whisper-campaign about "Death Panels" told by many far-right-folks, including Palin. Another fear tactic and a …… lie!
The LIES told by the McCain/Palin campaign that "Obama pals around with terrorist." Lie.
The lies spouted regularly on AM Hate-Radio by Hannity, Reagan, Savage, etc., and the lies on Faux News.
The LIE told to us by Bush & DICK, that Iraq was building nuclear weapons and had WMD's so we must attack. Thousands of our Troops have died. Millions of Iraqis have died and been displaced.
The GOP's politics of hate, lies, fear and division is vile and just plain evil.
Well if it's not the lying fake heart attack man again.You lied about the wars to get the American people into.You lied about your ticker for the last eight years.Like they say if you lie enough to people they will start believing you, right cheney. By the way he was the vice president he is not the vice president any more.If President Obama wants to see a full eight years he needs to bury these repugs jokers and that is a fact.
Get this guy off the air!
Enough already. How can you not know exactly what he will say by now?
Just take the truth, regardless of how obvious, and twist it backward to conform to the right wing facist agenda, and you have his pontifications.
Spare us. Cover news that matters.
His 15 minutes are up. Let him eat baked Alaska.
Wonder if this is in the "In fact we will be treated as liberators" department....
Mr, Cheney has been living in a fantasy world for a long time. Obviously that has not changed.
Those would be his opinions...too bad party loyalty is more important to some politicians rather than the people of the United States of America.
Yup, Cheney & Co are eyeing the possiblity of throwing yet another election. Can't he just go away now?
Well, I just hope this means that, as of today, Dick Cheney is the face of the 2010 Republican Congressional Victory March.
It will be hard to re-tool their record of 100% un-Patriotic obstructionism and complete lack of civic spirit. However, if anyone can twist and re-frame it, Dick's the man for the job.
Go Dick! (hey, that actually has a powerful ring of truth to it).
i predict dick cheney will not enjoy his afterlife. bring sunblock.
I am a life-long Democrat, but Mr. Cheney is 5,000%+++ right. Mr. Cheney, thank you for speaking the truth. President NObama, Pop-Up Pelosi and the senile Reed, and the rest of President NObama’s butt kissers are the biggest liars this country has ever elected to public office.
So much for openness in government. Let's make sure we remember these lying idiots come election time and before it is too late to resurrect our beloved country. Oh, and while we are at it, Florida voters, please do not forget Catty Castor. She also needs her due.
Stay tuned!
NOTE TO CNN: I know you folks are in bed with President NObama and his administration, however, I hope you still have enough dignity and integrity left to publish these comments.
I am inclined to agree with the former Veep, but I would add a very important condition; that being Cheney stays out of the Republican Party politics. Just his name alone is enough to cause people to refrain from casting their ballot fo a GOP member. I would venture that an Independent would fare much better.
Jesse in Texas
When this idiot was in office we never heard a word from him. Now that he's out of office, he won't keep his fat trap shut!
I think that Cheney is too far off. I would think that it is hard to make any prediction until July 2010. There may be scandals that affect individual members of Congress, but I don't forsee enough of them to really remake the House and Senate.
Whatever, Cheney. I think we can decide for ourselves. Definitely don't need you making any prognostications or predictions. Your record for it is not impressive.
Who cares what Cheney thinks? Why does CNN and so many other media outlets give him so much attention? The Bush/Cheney administration drove the country into the ditch, and in 2008 the citizens of the U.S. choose to reject their policies and head in a new direction. The right wing disrespectfully dubbed Obama "Barack the Magic Negro", but there is no magic. There is only hard work to try and get the country back on a positive track, and it doesn't help when CNN insists on giving a megaphone to the spokesman of a failed administration.
Didn't he say the same thing in 2006??? When was the last time he was right with any prediction?? He needs to sit down and shut up.
Go away crazy coot. It kills you that you and the Republicans are no longer in power, doesn't it?
I wonder what 'radical' ideas he's talking about?
Could it be the SURGE in Afganistan?
Could it be the STIMULUS/BAILOUT?
Sounds sorta like the same ideas Bush had.
I would just hope Cheney would just stop sounding off. He really hurt our great nation , and as he continues to speculate he continues to hurt America. Cheney, "Will you just take responsibilities for your administration's actions." Give Obama a chance. BTW, Hope you made a lot of money because of your affiliation with Halliburton.
OMG, the clown is at it again. I have never seen someone so vindictive as this man. It appears to me that he dislikes Obama at a personal level. Well, that is ok because WE dislike Cheney far worse at a personal level.
why does CNN keep reporting on Dick Cheney? Isn't he done? CNN gets its best ratings during election years, so they want a continuous election cycle for ratings. CNN does not serve the public intrest. Tune it out.
And then we're all screwed.
WHO listens to Dick Cheney anymore?? He is indeed history I hope never repeats itself!
B in Pa.
What a big joke the Republicans have become and CNN is always giving this fools air time. This man is a war monger and the GOP have been highjacked by the the TEA BAGGERS!
I seriously doubt it "dick" especially since you won't go away and stop reminding people how bad the republicans really are. Obstructionist, doom sayers, you guys were bad care takers of this country which is why we find ourselves in such a mess. I live iin Nevada and the people here aren't very bright to begin with but I seriously doubt that they would throw out the most powerful senator in Washington to elect a Jr senator with no power whatsoever. No matter what Harry Reid does he is still the represenative from Nevada and does the state a lot of good.
Dick Cheney is a pathetic hate filled old man with no credibility at all, he should just fade away.
It might hurt them more than it would help them coming from me.....he says. Then why should we listen or believe any of his predictions. This man should keep his mouth shut unless he wants to tell us he is going to fork over to the American people or better yet to the families of the service men and women who were killed in Iraq, the profits he made from the war on all the 'no bid' contracts Halliburton got.
"It might hurt them more than it would help them coming from me" That says it all!
Here is a prediction for you Mr. Cheney: Fat chance. The majority of Americans are not hate-filled racists and homophobes who think the poor and disadvantaged should be allowed to die in the streets. Since those are clearly Republican values I wouldn't hold my breath counting on 2010.
Obama may be in a more precarious position than anyone thought a year ago only because he abandoned his base trying to appease conservatives. ON the other hand, the REpublicans haven't done anything but whine and still don't have anything to offer except the status quo. I think it is still too soon to predict what will happen when you have the choice of not great and worse.
Yeah... Right... And Dick's credibility as a prophet is...???
Cheney sure has alot to say after his failed position as vice president
Too bad his term was proof that his opinion is just talk and always will be. He's more worried about permoting critisim about the current administration than actually helping out the situation at hand.
Typical republican politics
HAHAHAHAHA, Cheney the fortune teller. I dont think one year of the Democrats bumbles will anger people as much as the eight years of the Republican trashing of our country. But, a third party focused on the real problems facing this country would be a nice alternative. The party line Republicans were terrible leaders, the party line Democrats are terrible leaders. I'm going to vote for people that put the country first and not their party. I don't care about all the little hot button issues, I just want the economy running again. The Democrats are blowing their chance to fix the mess created by the Republicans. Neither party looks good to me today. End the war and stop sending my tax money to every other country in the world while asking how we can pay for healthcare.
Dick Cheney needs to get his head checked. His predictions are simply based on the natural course in politics. If any party controls the WH, Congress and Senate, it is only normal to get a rebalance of power. That is a good thing by the way.
To trompet around, that this will be a victory of conservatisim, because of a "radical agenda" in Obamas administration, is simply propaganda to rally more support without real substance.
There is nothing radical about taken care of issues, we have put off for to long. The american people are not that stupid, at least I would hope so.
Does this war criminal ever shut his big fat ugly mouth. This man!!! should be on trail by now rather than being free and allowed to speak.
DUH........Show me a Republican that DOESN'T feel that they will win big in 2010. If there is one they aren't going to say it. Cheney needs to do what is former boss is doing, sit back and shut up and enjoy retirement. This guy is talking more now than he did the past eight years.
Your predictions are always right on – like "we will be greeted as liberators" in Iraq and Al Quida is in its "final throes". And your deregulation and tax cuts for the rich really did wonders for us all. I await your next bit of brilliant insight oh great one. You and Bill Crystal should form a physchic hotline !
LOL...............Unemployment drops, the GOP is in big trouble. The DEMS for better or worst are the only party actually working in congress......If like I was always taught (a golden rule), hard work pays off, DEMS will keep their majority.
Cheney has shown with his criticism of the president from day one a total disrespect for the office of the president. He should take a cue from his former boss, GW. Gw has remained silent because he is being presidential. Cheney is nothing more than a political clown. 2 weeks ago i did agree with his assessment that the dems were in trouble. But with unemployment finally coming down and health care getting passed the prospects for the dems look much brighter. Its really bad news for GOP for the economy to add more jobs and unemployment to go down. They should root for our country to succeed and they should be happy the economy is turning around with the help of the stimulus. Dont root against the country cheney..
When considering this prediction, just remeber an earlier one: "We'll be greeted as liberators."
He's assuming we still have a viable country by that time, and the Republicans can find a superb candidate. Right now NEITHER party has anything to offer. A bunch of OLD farts and cannot balance their own checkbooks, and have let this country slide into third world operations. We need a mix of what we had in the 50's and get rid of all the trash that have immigrated to this country. Those on the low end with no skills or livelihoods and those that don't want to go home after getting their advanced degrees and wanting milk the profits from us.
And we have President Obama to thank for this big win in 2010
The GOP should nominate its smartest person – Elmer Fudd.
He is right-on, correct and made an accurate statement–"it might hurt them more then it would help them coming from me"
Can somebody tell this war criminal that actually the Republicans still have a lower approval rating than the Democrats. If the economy starts recovering by next year no doubt the Democrats will gain even more seats.
What is so radical about saving our countries economy and trying to provide healthcare standards so people are not destroyed by illness? Cheney should pray that they don't bring him up on charges for disgracing our country with torture. I wish the GOP would go away with the 8 trillion dollar debt they left. We need a new conservative party that doesn’t want to go into people’s bedroom and does want to be fiscally responsible. The GOP has proven to be much more fiscally irresponsible than even the most liberal Democrats. The GOP now says they don’t want any help for small business so take that former GOP base.
Yes, big gains for the GOP – which is getting beaten in the polls by the non-existent "Tea Party." Honestly Dick, the last time we took you at your word we invaded Iraq for no reason.
I hope that super dick keeps chirping because the more he talks, the more people run from the GOP. I find it ironic that this pseudo patriot, who while Vice Chancellor shouted down all opposition to the Iraqi war as unpatriotic, seems to have nothing to do but criticize the President, which gives strength to our enemies. Country before party Dick and Country before war profits.
No, DICK. We are more likely to vote ALL of them out – Repubs and Dems. Why?
1. Repubs – always say NO and got us into this mess.
2. Dems – Are not doing enough to satisfy us and deliver REAL CHANGE.
Go independent 3rd party!
That's what we need...fresh faces, new ideas, no more old men, old money, old campaigns, and old backchannel good 'old' boy networks.
I love thees guy! He's a funny guy!
I, as a former Conservative and Repuiblican, now an Indepeendent wouldn't vote for a Republican, they are too radical! Obstructist! and act way too childish for my taste.
I am looking for a more moderate down to earth representative. The Religous Right, the Conservatives (which they gain much of their support white segerationist and white trsh) are no longer what I want to be associated with!
Sorry; Mr. Cheney; you lost this conservative and former Republican!
if the GOP does make it big in 2010 then I guess that makes the "Mayan calendar end of the world belief senario" two years off.
Is this fellow still living in denial? Its time to play golf and shut up Dick. Seems some federal charges should be coming out soon for you.
I sure hope he's right. We need to move this country back into a conservative direction!
May the Force be with the Dems in 2010 against Darth Vader and his Forces of the Dark Side.
I think Dick is also hoping that a terrorist attacks the US in order to boost the Republicans chances – that doesn't sound real patriotic, does it?
Maybe the party of No needs to work with the Democrats and accomplish something so they will have a record to run on – otherwise, why would we want to elect a bunch of old white guys who just whine when they don't get their way? Oh yes, they also start wars, tank the economy, spy on US citizens, step on the constitution, ignore laws they don't like, cut their own taxes and cut services to the middle class, ...
So, we know what they like to do TO us, why have they done FOR us?
Why do you give this guy the time of day...Cheney is delsuional...they may pick up a few southern congressional seats, but that is about it...plus he should be more worried about being a war criminal than spreading lies about our current President...
Why is this discredited, failed chicken-hawk still chirping and why does anyone care? He will go down in history as one of the worst, least principled VPs in American history, and none of these sad attempts at revisionism or relavancy will change that. Go back to hiding Dick; its what you do best.
Like I even care what the angry and bitter puppetmaster thinks.
Ok CNN. I gave you chance after chance to stop being a mouth piece for DIckie and Tundra Barbie. But you won't stop. So this is the last time I'll be on your WEB page. Done
Keep on talking Dick. Everytime you say something, Democrat poll numbers go up. Please keep on talking about anything political, especially the demise of Obama. Just keep talking.
Are you kidding? He hasn't been a radical enough liberal – he made campaign promises to close Gitmo by January (not going to happen), to end Don't Ask Don't Tell (hasn't happened), stop government secrecy (he hasn't) and fight the Defense Of Marriage Act (his federal lawyers defended it). If Republicans win in 2010, it will be because Barack Obama wasn't liberal enough!
It's "President Obama," Mr. Vice President. Respect the office, you Dick.
Cheney needs to go away! If he truly cared about our country he would work on solutions rather than critizism that so divides our country. It's the divisivness in our country that is tearing us apart! So far the Republicans have not proposed any legislation to help our country move forward. They have only opposed any Democratic legislation proposed. They have only offered nothing positive, only fear and critizism of the current administration. I know there are many very bright Republicans in Congress and the public eye, for the good of our nation, please, please stop dividing our country rather than tearing it apart. United we stand, divided...well that's where we are now, and where are we headed?
I am not sure why we pay so much audiance to people like Cheney who as far I am concerned had LOT to do with the previous admin's blunders and Wars!! including the biggest breaCH OF NAMING our own undercover agent !!!!
Cheney seems to forget that his administration is responsible for everything that is wrong with the economy right now. To believe that Obama would be able to fix Bush's tremendous mess in such a short period of time is delusional. Bush wrecked the country over the course of 8 years and it will take a long time to repair it. I don't recall Cheney flapping his gums so much while Bush was busy making terrible decision after terrible decision. The Democrats will be just fine in 2010.
I make a prediction also ...... Dick Cheney will die a wealthy, bitter, lonely, old man devoid of character or friends. No one will miss him.
If the demon-crats continue to spend, spend, spend, and run this country into the toilet, then I could, too, see the republicans winning in 2012.
I find it amazing that the democrat and independant voters who voted for Obama don't feel just a little cheated???? You were all sold a bag of goods and got duped.
Lets just hope the damage being done now can be reversed.
Mr. Doom, Darth Vader, most boring man on Earth. If this old, gloomy man runs for president we can be sure of a Democratic victory.
In my opinion Obama has really messed things up by moving away from his base. I think there is a large progressive movment in this country and he could have catered to them instead merely continuing Bush's never-ending, pointless wars. Mind you the last president that stood up to the establishment war industry was shot.
Hmmm
Supposed to take him seriously? The man who can't remember when it's convenient not to remember, a man who stops just short of racist comments and does not stop his diatribe. He is, I pray, not to be listened to. He is the worst of the Republican pandering, invectives and policies.
A racist without the courage to say so. A man who believes in a state just short of a Cheney Theocracy. Cheney and Sarah Palin, that's a ticket.
God save us!
Just keep talking, Dick.
It's so easy to hate this man.
As for picking up seats, basic law of averages suggests that the GOPers will: they're already down to a piddling number as it is...nowhere to go but up.
Bold prediction? No. Common sense? Yes.
Nobody cares dick.
How can we miss you if you won't go away?
I didn't always agree with Cheney on most issues, but in this case I have to agree with him on this one.
Obama is a big time LOOSER!
Dick who? He is soooo irrelevant. Who cares what he has to say. A real non-entity. He should just have his 30th heart attack and croak already. What a useless waste of skin.
Why CNN do you still give this hack job a voice. Dear Dick Cheney, eight year of your Radical far right policies have been nothing but utterly disasterous. Fly back to your bat cave and leave us alone.
Cheney is a big wacky that does not deserve to have his words repeated. He is a loser and got America in a big mess, both nationally and internationally. Cheney still needs to be tried.
Take it from this soon to be Ex-Republican and never a Dem, but soon to be Independent. Dont make early predictions, I think the news will be a run on Independents who speak for the people and not for those people who only think along party lines. People are the country, it states We The People and all we hear from congress and that joke of a president are party lines. Well its time for those elected officials to listen, soon your time will be up and you will be voted out and replaced, time is near, maybe you better look for a job because you soon will be replaced with Independents who support the people. Vote the Out.
Hey, Dick Vader – go back to your Death Star and stop your fearmongering.
Republicans going to pick up seats in Congress – really? And your ringing endorsement will no doubt help them get elected. Really?
How much should anyone listen to a war criminel? If anything, voters are surprised that Obama is MORE CENTRIST than we thought he would be..
This guy kills me ... why is he in the news other than being tried for war crimes. His word means absolutely nothing.
What? Why is this news? Did somebody actually ask him a question? What is far outside the parameters of what we've traditionally had in Democratic presidents in years past? WHERE IS THE REPORTING?
Go away, Cheney!
he will be gone by 2010 did u watch hat hannity joke interview? cheney is now wheezy. good riddance.
Why would anyone be interested in the opinion of such a monster?
What Cheney means is that the President had the courage to push the agenda that he spoke about on the campaign trail. The GOP should not take the in fighting in the Democratic party as their shoe in for 2010. The democratic party has 2 major initiative that we are pushing this year: Healthcare and cap and trade. If we get those 2 items before the 2010 elections, we can then concentrate on the economic agenda. Our first goal is to put a halt to the no bid contracts, to stop lobbyist access in the congress, weeding out fraud, waste and abuse in government programs, Don't ask don't tell, the employee free trade act, etc. Democrats may be angry, but I doubt that we will allow the republicans to get in and set this country back.
As most know, politics is cyclical. It is all about the mood of the voters. In 08, the voters were tired of the war and of the poor economy and Obama was voted in. If in '10 and '12 the war is not going well and the economy is depressed, the dems will get bounced. That how it works! For many of us , it is primarly about the economy! If Cap and trade slips throught and increases taxes and electric bills, bye-bye dems!
Hummm... and where are those WMDs you predicted we'd find in Iraq? And where is Ben Laden, who you predicted we'd catch and try for his crimes? Soory, but I'm a little leary of any of your predictions Darth Dick, and I think the people of the United States should be, too. You've proven yourself to be a pathological liar and a rouge politican who is not above violating fundemental human rights to get your way. Why should anyone listen to you?
How is it that all the failures from Republican party think anyone cares about their opinions. Newflash Cheney, you and W screwed the country over 8 years and wishing Obama fails.
so wil anyone care what dick predicts?
Dick can predict anything he wishes but that does not make it so. He simply cannot get out of the picture. Go away, your time is over. This country does not need another prediction from the man who was wrong, wrong, wrong while his administration was in power. We don't need more garbage to clean up, there is enough polution left over from the last eight years.
Isn't this the same guy who predicted the Iraqis would welcome us with open arms when we invaded Baghdad?
I predict that within the next twenty years, Dick Cheney will no longer exist, and nothing he ever said in his entire life will ever be quoted again.
Cheney on Fox? There's a shocker. Nothing like preaching to the choir.
Say goodnight D/ck.
Well he is certainly right on that last comment!
Cheney perpetrated numerous impeachable offenses. He should be in prison, not given a bully pulpit.
Dear Santa, Please make him go away!
Please move to Cuba!
Based on Cheney's past predictions, I think the Dems can now breathe much more easy regarding the 2010 elections. P.S. Does anyone remember the old vaudeville "hooks?" They were employed to pull very bad (third-rate) acts of the stage. Perhaps there's one at the Smithsonian which can be pressed into service.
I can't stand Dick Cheney, but he is right about this one. Obama was elected because of his race and his soothing speeches. Now people are realizing that he is totally clueless about how to run the country. There will be a backlash in 2010 against all Democrats and Obama will be a one-term president.
We all know how accurate Cheney is with his predictions: We'll be hailed as liberators; We'll be out in 6 months; We know where the weapons are; Oil revenues will pay for this war: We don't need that many tropps, etc... Why would anyone think he is any smarter, or more truthful, now than he was 8 years ago.
Cheney is wrong 99 percent of the time – - just look at his past- – so the democrats should be expecting a good 2010! Thanks big Dick…
Darth Vader speaks again, I bet he still thinks we will be out of Iraq without spending 50 billion dollars. He is such a good prognosticator. Please go away. help save America
When is this guy just gonna go away?
Cheney makes a prediction? Is this like predicting weapons of mass destruction? Or more like predicting we would be welcomed as liberators? maybe prdicting we wouldn't really go after Bin Laden? How about that energy group that formulated our energey policy? Any predictions about who attended those secret White House meetings? I predict Cheney will use his public option health coverage several times this year to tend to his ticker. I hope his defribulator, paid for by the tax payers who fund his public option health care works real good. I also predict Cheney will not shut up!
I guess Dick Cheney thinks trying to save the economy from the vast failures of the Bush and Cheney Administration are radical. If it had not been for the policies of Obama the country would now be mired in a Global Depression. President Obama will take the White House again when the employment figures begin to rise and along with approval ratings. We have now a President that cares about the average citizen and not WALL STREET. My advice to Dick Cheney is to just go away because you have done enough damage to the economy and sending our troops to die in foreign lands.
Doesn't his remark 'At this point I'd be reluctant to pinpoint anybody," he said. "It might hurt them more than it would help them coming from me."
say enough!
Dick Cheney still continues to be wrong.
I think it would be best for the country if Dick took Sarah out hunting; maybe they would accidentally shoot each other, that would put a stop to the dribble that spews from both of them.
dick's either a liar or an idiot.
Obama has been a hardline moderate since elected. that's why his support is eroding.
either way, dick needs to go away.
I honestly wish this creep would just go away. After 8 years of failed policies, creating the biggest deficit ever, wasting billions of $$ of surplus taxpayer money, invading a sovereign nation and making billions of dollars off it (Halliburton) and leaving the mess to the current administration to clean-up, this ass is in no position to critcize anyone. He is the epitome of washington deceit and corruption.
What a crock! How he tries to rewrite history – what a liar and a con man. Every emergency that Barack Obama is facing was caused by his administration! They did not watch out for the mortgage scandals, they let Wall Street do what ever it wanted, the started the illegal and incredibly expensive war in Iraq for their own profit, the started but never really cared about Afghanistan, the spent spent spent so their wealthy friends got wealtheir and cared nothing for working people for years! They did not protect our troops , they created a way to keep troops going to war over and over which is destroying our fine young patriots and they did nothing to protect us on 9/11- he actually told the US fighters to stand down! He is a criminal for so many reasons I don't know why I have to see his face or read about anything he has to say – he ought to be in prison for war crimes and outing a CIA agent!