Text of Vice President Dick Cheney's speech as prepared for delivery Wednesday at the Republican National Convention:
By Associated Press
Published September 2, 2004
The biggest threat we face today is having nuclear weapons fall into the hands of terrorists. The president is working with many countries in a global effort to end the trade and transfer of these deadly technologies. The most important result thus far and it is a very important one is that the black-market network that supplied nuclear weapons technology to Libya, as well as to Iran and North Korea, has been shut down. The world's worst source of nuclear weapons proliferation is out of business and we are safer as a result. snip
You heard it here, folks. We have little to worry about with regards to nuclear proliferation spreading any further
We remember the President who came to New York City and pledged that the terrorists would soon hear from all of us. George W. Bush saw this country through grief and tragedy. He has acted with patience, and calm, and a moral seriousness that calls evil by its name. In the great divide of our time, he has put this nation where America always belongs: against the tyrants of this world, and on the side of every soul on earth who yearns to live in freedom.
Playbook page #1. Explain all those minutes of nursery rhyme reading & the deer in the headlights look as patience & calm.
Office of the Vice President
November 21, 2005
Vice President's Remarks on the War on Terror
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C.
I do not believe it is wrong to criticize the war on terror or any aspect thereof. Disagreement, argument, and debate are the essence of democracy, and none of us should want it any other way.
Playbook page #3. Always say it's democratic to express your dissent...then call them traitors.
Although our coalition has not found WMD stockpiles in Iraq, I repeat that we never had the burden of proof; Saddam Hussein did.
Playbook page #aa, intro. Our attack on Iraq was not, I repeat, not preemptive. We simply ran out of questionable intelligence to report and the inspectors on the ground were getting too close to the truth which would have screwed up our plans royally.
Vice President Cheney Cites Justifications For Domestic Eavesdropping
Courtesy FDCH e-Media
Wednesday, January 4, 2006; 3:26 PM
Just prior to Christmas, as most of you know, I made a trip out to the Middle East, to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman. Our plan was to make several other stops as well. And then we got word that the Senate was headed for a close vote on the deficit reduction package and that I might be needed to break a tie, since breaking ties is about the only real job given to me by the Constitution. snip
Playbook page #24. Make self-deprecating jokes whenever possible; it makes you look human & no one will remember what you said right before that.
There are over 100 Iraqi combat battalions fighting the terrorists along with our forces today. More than a dozen military bases our coalition used to occupy have been turned back to the Iraqis. snip
Company (military unit)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100-200 soldiers. Most companies are formed of three or four platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type and structure. Several companies are grouped to form a battalion.
Playbook page #52. Never refer to the actual number of Iraqi soldiers that have been trained. By referring to 'battalions' instead, the number can be significantly less than actual, but you won't be lying.
And I had the honor of serving as White House chief of staff to President Ford, and that experience shapes my own outlook to this very day.
Serving immediately after a period of turmoil, all of us in the Ford administration worked hard to restore people's confidence in government. We were adamant about following the law and protecting civil liberties of all Americans, and we did so.
Three decades later, I work for a president who shares those same values.
He has made clear from the outset, both publicly and privately, that our duty to uphold the law of the land admits no exceptions in wartime.
The president himself put it best. He said, "We are in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them." snip
aaack, I can't even respond to this except to say...have you ever seen such a whopper in print?
Transcript: Vice President Cheney Speaks to The American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference
Office of the White House Press Secretary
Tuesday, March 7, 2006; 12:57 PM
A functioning democracy requires institutions that endure beyond a single vote. Democracy requires the protection of minority rights, religious liberty, equality before the law, freedom of expression, and an inclusive society in which every person belongs. And those who win elections have a duty to nurture institutions and laws that serve the peaceful aspirations of their people.
For one thing, it's hard to claim that you get lasting stability and peace by denying people a voice in their own government. In fact, the denial of legitimate means of expressing dissent is one of the causes of extremism in the Middle East. snip
OK, I apologize...this is the Moby Dick of whoppers
An alternative to democratic rule is command and control by a tiny elite. snip
Yah, we get this in spades, Dick, & we're mad as hell and we're not gonna take it anymore.
Ladies and gentlemen, one of the basic truths of the world we live in today is that George W. Bush is a man of his word. snip
What's bigger than a whopper & the Moby Dick of whoppers? The mother of all whoppers?
Indeed, the whole world can see the change, and the rising hope in places like Lebanon. snip
Sigh
Five years ago, many would have found it hard to imagine that all these changes were on the way. And, obviously, they did not just happen. Because we've been willing to act on our convictions, we live in a better world today.
My anger has now been reduced to tears
June 19 (Bloomberg)<<2006>> -- Vice President Dick Cheney said that while the administration underestimated the strength of anti- American violence in Iraq, he still believes the insurgency is in its ``last throes,'' as he asserted last year.
``I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence we encountered,'' Cheney said in a question-and-answer session following a speech today at the National Press Club in Washington. snip
Asked if he still believed the insurgency was in its final throes, as he said in a CNN interview on May 31, 2005, Cheney said, ``I do.'' He cited election of an interim government, a constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections in December that established a unity government as evidence the insurgency is being pushed to the margins. snip
Still, Cheney said, that is the ``period that we'll be able to look at and say: That's when we turned the corner, that's when we began to get a handle on the long-term future of Iraq.''
Last Updated: June 19, 2006 15:07 EDT
O.M.G.
We're going to continue throwing their own words back at them
Let's pile it on, people!
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