Cheney Dismisses Questions Of His Credibility As ‘Hogwash’

[RedEarth]

Cheney Dismisses Questions Of His Credibility As ‘Hogwash’

In an interview aired on CNN’s The Situation Room, Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed as “hogwash” the suggestion that blunders may have hurt his credibility on Iraq. Wolf Blitzer told Cheney that conservatives in Congress “are now seriously questioning your credibility, because of the blunders and the failures.” Cheney responded: “Wolf, Wolf, I simply don’t accept the premise of your question. I just think it’s hogwash.”

Mr. Vice President, here are some examples of real hogwash:

CHENEY: “If you look at what’s transpired in Iraq, Chris, we’ve made enormous progress.” <1/14/07>

CHENEY: Rumsfeld “is the finest secretary of defense this nation has ever had.” <12/15/06>

CHENEY: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we have encountered.” <6/19/06>

Also in the CNN interview, Cheney claimed the escalation plan “will work,” adding that the administration will “move forward” with the troops buildup in Iraq regardless of what Congress says. Cheney cited an argument made by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) claiming opponents of escalation are not supporting the troops.

Full transcript:

BLITZER: Here’s what Jim Webb, senator from Virginia said in the Democratic response last night — he said, “The president took us into this war recklessly. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable and predicted disarray that has followed.”

And it’s not just Jim Webb; it’s some of your good Republican friends in the Senate and the House are now seriously questioning your credibility, because of the blunders and the failures. Gordon Smith…

CHENEY: Wolf, Wolf, I simply don’t accept the premise of your question. I just think it’s hogwash.

more and video here....

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/24/cheney-hogwash/

[Lost-in-FL]

1. Interesting...

Blitzer actually said that?? I'm impressed.

[Tin Man]

7. Leslie was *actually* asking tough questions - I guess he senses the tide has turned.

[muntrv]

2. Don't forget "the insurgency is in its' last throes" as hogwash.

Cheney's markmanship is hogwash too.

[fNord]

13. don't be too sure about his marksmanship, it ma be right on n/t

[Lerkfish]

3. he's right, his credibility IS hogwash!

[Democrats_win]

4. Newsflash: All Republicans are discredited because of you, Cheney!

The discrediting is Biblical in scope.

[tuvor]

5. "Hogwash"? "Hogwash"?! Oh, how quaint!

What he really wanted to say was, "Go fuck yourself, Wolf."

[Loge23]

6. His "legacy" is our last laugh

History will condemn Cheney to a sure and lasting hell. He will go down (although not quick enough) as one of the most unscrupulous and patently evil individuals ever to darken the doorways of The WH.
I still fear that somehow the junior idiot will pull his reputation out of the fire but Cheney is beyond rehabilitation.

[tuvor]

15. There will be no cheney legacy. Only an aftermath. n/t

[kedrys]

8. Funny - I think everything about Cheney is horsesh*t

So there. :P He is *completely* mental.

[number6]

9. Dick C. is Hogwash

gettin testy Dick ?

[JohnnyLib2]

10. Damn it, he's poisoned one of my favorite words.

Along with making the world a harsher place.

[roamer65]

11. Feelin the pressure, Dick?

:nopity:

[Liberal Veteran]

12. Hey, Cheney! With as much lipstick as you and Bush have been putting on pigs...

....a little hogwash might be in order.

[fNord]

14. fair question:

what twisted peachy reality is he living in, anyway?

:shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. All kidding aside, cheney is a dangerous person. He needs to be

locked up.

[Jcrowley]

17. What you fail to understand here

is when he says 'hogwash' he means "hogwash" and that's all you need to know.