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Liz Cheney: Dad Is Not a Crazy Old Coot

Duty calls him to forgo retirement to bash Obama, daughter says

By Kevin Spak| Posted May 12, 09 11:49 AM CDT|

(Newser) – Liz Cheney went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, firing back at Washington Post scribe Eugene Robinson for calling her dad a “crazy old coot.” Robinson had said we ought to send Cheney “back to Wyoming” where he could rant in peace. “My dad would probably rather be fishing in Wyoming, given his druthers,” she said. But he feels strongly that he must attack Obama instead.

Liz said she agrees with dad that defending the legality and effectiveness of waterboarding is important. “You want him to shut up because you disagree with what he’s saying,” she told Robinson, who was also on the show. She noted that no one was telling Al Gore to go back to Tennessee.

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Vice President Dick Cheney waves as he boards Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Left is his daughter Liz Cheney. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney stops to greet passers-by outside the CBS television studios in Washington, Sunday, May 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Reader64481089
May 12, 09 12:16 PM CDT

Dear Liz, the majority of Americans are not blinded by a child's love of the parent as you are. Your father Dick Cheney could have and should have bowed out gracefully as the President did that GW Bush Dick Cheney replaced. He is viewed by many as an evil old man who acted to enhance his own fortunes by using Blackwater as the funnel and Halliburton. He grew more rich over spilled American and Iraqi blood many of the Iraqi dead were and are children. He used his office to milk the country and glorify himself. Face Facts and convince him just to go away. Reply

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Lula
May 12, 09 1:21 PM CDT

Reader, you sure got that comment correct. He got rich over our Men and Women blood.. He is a evil, evil person.

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nick
May 12, 09 12:19 PM CDT

Liz Cheney, no one cares what you think. Your opinion might be a bit biased. Why is this being reported as news. Reply

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anchower
May 12, 09 12:42 PM CDT

Cheney's a war criminal, but a smart one. He knows that as long as he keeps mouthing off, he can generate sympathy by claiming he's a political prisoner should he ever be prosecuted. Reply

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Caps
May 12, 09 1:54 PM CDT

Cheney is an evil and very scary person. He milk this country for all it's worth, and then thinks he can tell Obama what to do. Get lost,we have heard from you for the past eight years, and God forbid us from having to listen to your mouth any longer. Sorry Liz, but your Dad is a evil and dumb person. Didn't see you or your sisters fighting in Bush/Cheney war. Reply

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jaguarj
May 12, 09 4:25 PM CDT

He the dick of all "dicks".

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inky
May 12, 09 2:27 PM CDT

Was Liz Cheney born a biotch, or did her Daddy make her one? Reply

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inky
May 12, 09 2:31 PM CDT

Let's put her on a speaking tour with Megan McCain, and they can go forth and spread hate through the land. Reply

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NutsInNY
May 12, 09 3:25 PM CDT

Love Newser's headline on this one... It has a Nixonian ring to it, like "I am not a crook"! Reply

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johntitor
May 12, 09 4:26 PM CDT

I really do wonder if the Cheneys are on the council of 200, or maybe even at the very top level of the pyramid. Either way im sure they will have access to the safe haven when the culling (or whatever you want to call it) starts. Never was there more proof of the great conspiracy than the obvious puppet actions of the bush administration. Here is the proof; families of different social classes give thier children different values. The top class, the 2% have had the money for 200 years now, (its public record, look it up (Rockefellers, Rothchilds) teach their children to worship money and power. Human life means nothing to them, they see us as property. This is the same as it ever was (the monarchy) and its proof as to how the Illuminati could have continued to survive and plot. Reply

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johntitor
May 12, 09 4:32 PM CDT

Also someone just tried to assassinate the dutch royal family. I wonder if its because they own shell and sit on the Bliderberg council? Reply

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kansas1946
May 12, 09 4:42 PM CDT

No, he is not crazy, he is just evil. He is not fit to lick Obama's boots, let alone attack him. He had his chance, eight years of it, and he and his puppet Bush left us the biggest mess in American history and left us with a huge black mark on our American reptutation for decency. He obviously has done about as good a job brain-washing his children and he did his protoge, Bush Jr. Reply

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johntitor
May 12, 09 6:28 PM CDT

HAHAHAHA reputation for decency? What history have you been reading? We conducted the biggest genocide in modern history here in the good ol' USA. Obama is exactly the same, same party, same mentality. Follow not words but actions. Obama is controlled exactly the same as Cheney and Bush. You think ideals move this country? Its money pure and simple and theres not a damn thing you can do about. Arguing for dems or neo-cons is a show for your entertainment. We hav'nt elected the people in control for 150 years and I can prove every word. Reply

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Fondue
May 13, 09 8:17 AM CDT

I'm a decent person - you're not john? Usually, the American people consider themselves as a good and reputable people. It's the government that has the problem of decency. This is why those in power are against direct democracy, the inclusion of more parties or the extermination of parties altogether.

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johntitor
May 13, 09 12:08 PM CDT

Hmm well that depends..its true the American people do consider themselves decent people, however the doors of perception are very deep. Yes our media and grassroots movements tell us we are decent hard working folks across the USA and to a certain extent that is true. Ive never killed anyone and have no desire to...but our government has in both our names, you're right. Also there are ALOT of people and countries across the world that would disagree. Iraq, Timor, Nicaragua, Vietnam (monks burning themselves in the street?) and thats just a few MILITARY wrongs of MODERN times. You eat bananas? Usually here in the states its chaquita or dole. Look into the history and continued policies of those companies (slave labor). How bout nestle? The parties are the same. The spectrum is NOT liberals on the left conservatives on the right, its dictatorship on the left and anarchy on the right. This is how political scientists view the political spectrum. All the degrees of government control fit in between. This country is not a democracy, it never was designed to be. Find the word democracy anywhere in the constitution or ANY of the states constitutions. WE are still responsible for ALL of the crimes that the bankers pretending to be politicians have done to the world in the name of our government. Thats why alot of people out there hate us. Not because of our freedom, because of our actions and blindness.

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kansas1946
May 12, 09 10:58 PM CDT

The Cheney's must have the "evil" gene. It seems to run in the family. Reply

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TerrifiedCitizen
May 13, 09 2:42 AM CDT

Cheney is tasked to draw heat away from the Texas Mafia... but it's important to ignore his rhetoric and demand prosecution for constitutional crimes so self-evident they're impossible to completely cover up. Reply

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Fondue
May 13, 09 8:19 AM CDT

Not sure what the TX Mafia is, but I agree. If we don't prosecute, I sure hope we don't stand in the way of others who would.

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Robert_Dada
May 13, 09 6:47 PM CDT

Liz Cheney: "Dad Is Not a Crazy Old Coot. He's just a cold, calculated war criminal. I wish you people would quit defaming his evil nature." Reply

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NaderPaulKucinichGravel
May 13, 09 7:57 PM CDT

Cheney Puppet Liz invokes the 911 lie talking point. Family sociopaths for profit. Bulls on Parade ~ Reply

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Liz Cheney: Dad Is Not a Crazy Old Coot