You may remember Cheney kicked off her LEAVE MY DADDY, ALONE! tour last month on MSNBC, when she refused to go on air, opposite the pitbull, Lawrence O’Donnell.
You can run, but you can’t hide.
This morning Cheney continued her tour on Good Morning America, and this time she couldn’t shake O’Donnell.
Well, O’Donnell came loaded for bear. He didn’t take any of her shit.
With the dexterity of Sugar Ray Robinson, O’Donnell repeatedly popped her: SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!
I love the smell of desperation in the morning!! That smell, that whinny, loser Republican smell. Smells like VICTORY!!!
Check below for a blow-by-blow description.
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In this corner: Lawrence O’Donnell!
Former Chief of Staff of the Senate Finance Committee and screenwriter for the acclaimed show, The West Wing.
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And in this corner: torture apologist Liz Cheney!
Her entire resume is based on nepotism and wingnut welfare.
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Round #1
Cheney lays down the worn lame rant that declassifying the torture memos has made America less safe, by disclosing to Al-Qaeda that Republicans torture.
Yes, yes, I’m sure they were shocked -- shocked I tell, ya -- by the disclosure. Laughably, she cites her daddy’s cronies to support her propaganda.
O’Donnell comes out of the gate smoothly, saying Cheney’s point is fraudulent, as ask the Cheneys are NOW asking for the additional declassification and dissemination of materials they themselves say would aid Al-Qaeda. In short, how can they denounce such disclosures and demand them at the same time.
At this moment, Cheney becomes really uncomfortable, moving back and forth in her seat, and begins to interrupt O’Donnell to suppress his statements.
Cheney calls the White House and it’s supporter (I think that’s us) disingenuous.
BWHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
That’s rich coming from a Cheney.
Round #2
Cuomo asks O’Donnell if waterboarding is torture, and he says of course.
In response, at the 3 minute and 17 second mark, Cheney audibly SNICKERS! I’m not shitting you.
O’Donnell then proceeds to take apart Cheney’s assertion that torture is effective, saying if it was so effective, why didn’t they waterboard EVERY detainee, instead of limiting the use to three prisoners.
Lawrence then punches Cheney square in the jaw for the so-called recidivism of detainees who Bush released and then, supposedly, took up arms against the United States. OUCH!!!
Cheney says the recidivism charge ridiculous and inaccurate. Of course, it was the two-face Cheneys who touted those figures in other venues in arguing for the retention of GITMO. But Lawrence didn't let her get away with it, calling her out for previously playing the same card. BAM!!!
Round #3
On the ropes, Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation techniques" and Lawrence stops her colds, saying, "why are you AFRAID to call it waterboarding !?!"
She then says waterboarding is not torture, to which O’Donnell breaks out in mocking laughter. YES!!!
He follows up by asking, if it’s not torture, then why were people prosecuted for waterboarding American G.I.s?
Cornered, and no where to run, she DENIES/LIES that anyone has ever been prosecuted for the specific and sole act of waterboarding U.S. troops.
Round #4
Cheney loses it. She desperately attempts to put O’Donnell on the defensive by saying repeatedly, and in a childish manner, that it’s Lawerence O’Donnell who wants to waterboard prisoners. I’M MELTING!!! I’M MELTING!!!
Note: I don’t know what’s wrong with Chris Cuomo, but he came off as a really asswipe. Some liberal media.
DOWN GOES CHENEY! DOWN GOES CHENEY!
Hat tip to JML9999.
Cheney slipped up last night and stated the reason Dick has emerged is cuz he's afraid of going to jail:
Last night on CNN, however, Cheney’s daughter Liz revealed that fear of prosecution is indeed a motivating factor in the former vice president’s current media campaign:
L. CHENEY: I don’t think he planned to be doing this, you know, when they left office in January. But I think, as it became clear that President Obama was not only going to be stopping some of these policies, that he was going to be doing things like releasing the — the techniques themselves, so that the terrorists could now train to them, that he was suggesting that perhaps we would even be prosecuting former members of the Bush administration.
► Hat tip to the awesome, Rachel Maddow.
