When You Can't Defend Policy, Blame Cheney and SPIN!

From the U.K. Guardian:

Vice president Joe Biden accuses predecessor Dick Cheney of 'rewriting history and misrepresenting facts'

White House number two responds to the latest anti-Obama tirade from Bush cabinet hawk

Andrew Clark in New York guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 February 2010

"It was billed as the battle of the vice-presidents. Joe Biden today accused his predecessor, Dick Cheney, of rewriting history, misrepresenting facts and making "factually, substantively wrong" assertions as the White House lost patience with the Bush administration's hawkish second-in-command. "

"In a stream of vitriolic assaults Cheney has become by far the most outspoken alumnus of the Bush era, repeatedly complaining that the US has gone soft on terror. "

Let's look at some of the so-called "vitriolic assaults" Cheney is accused of:

...Declaring himself "very nervous and very upset" by the direction of policy, Cheney said he was unhappy with the Obama administration's "mindset" of treating terror suspects as mere criminals, rather than as enemy combatants engaged in a war against the US.

Wow! What vitriol!

...And he attacked the possibility of one of the masterminds of the World Trade Centre attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, being tried in New York, as a "big mistake".

"Big mistake"! Man, those must be "harsh words" to feel-good Leftists like Andrew Clark. Dick Cheney is such a meanie!

"Ramping up his assault, Cheney suggested that the Obama administration was trying to claim unfair credit for bringing the war in Iraq to a close: "It ought to go with a healthy dose of 'thank you George Bush'."

Heaven forbid the Obama Adminstration should thank George W. Bush for anything, except providing Obama with a scapegoat for his own incompetence!

..."The biggest strategic threat the US faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological weapon," said the 69-year-old veteran Republican.

"If the mindset is it's not likely, then it's difficult to mobilise resources and get people to give it the priority it deserves."

What a low, below-the-belt attack! How could anybody be critical of the President? It's just plain un-American, unless you're a Lefty bashing Bush.

"Reluctant to rise to Cheney's bait, the White House adopted a respectful tone in responding to his remarks for many months."

After attacking the Bush Administration repeatedly on the War On Terror all during President Obama's election campaign. Payback sucks, doesn't it?

"...People close to Cheney say he is motivated by a genuine concern that the Obama administration is weak on security. But liberal blogger Andrew Sullivan, a former editor of the New Republic, suggested this week that his position is defensive: "He knows justice is coming, and he knows that one day the full truth will come out and there will be no hiding. Until then, he will fight and fight and break every taboo that respect for the constitution and for civil discourse requires."

Liberals everywhere have been salivating over the idea of exacting revenge on Bush and Cheney by dragging both of them up before a world court on war crimes charges. Time and time again, Left-Wingers haver shown a preference for punishing Bush and Cheney over keeping the U.S. safe from terrorism. In the eye of the hard-core American Liberal, terrorists who plant land mines in childrens' playgrounds are just frustrated victims of U.S./Israeli colonialism.

The real sad thing here is, why does ANYBODY listen to Biden the Human Gaffe Machine? Did he really think his parroted banter about drones and killing Al-Qaeda leadership excuses the fact that 2 Nigerians managed to get onto American airliners carrying explosive materials?

If President Obama was smart, he would have chosen a more streetwise Veep. The man needs to have a nice cup of Shut-Up.

In the meantime, the Obama Adminsistration's handling of terroists is a lesson in bungling, and all Obama's people can do is try to deflect blame by firing at Dick Cheney.