An excerpt from an interview with Cheney at Politco.com:Most striking were his virtually taunting remarks of two men he described as friends from his own days in the House: Democratic Reps. John Dingell (Mich.) and John P. Murtha (Pa.).
In a 40-minute interview with Politico, he scoffed at the idea of two men who spent years accruing power showing so much deference to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the big spending and energy debates of the year.
Murtha “and the other senior leaders … march to the tune of Nancy Pelosi to an extent I had not seen, frankly, with any previous speaker,” Cheney said. “I’m trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion, but [in] the Congress I served in, that wouldn’t have happened.”
But his implication was clear: When asked if these men had lost their spines, he responded,
“They are not carrying the big sticks I would have expected.”
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I like it that Dick tells it like it is in an agreeable sort of way. MKG.
As an icon of disgraced politicians whose trademark has been deception of the American people, it is laughable that he would think he has the credibility to critisize a cage of monkeys much less two outstanding members of congress.
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