White House to Cheney: We’re ‘More than Happy’ to Compare Our Econ Record with Bush

[babylonsister]

White House to Cheney: We’re ‘More than Happy’ to Compare Our Econ Record with Bush
by Andrew Kirell | 4:34 pm, March 18th, 2015 video 116


The Obama administration would be more than happy to compare its economic record with that of the Bush administrations, according to White House senior advisor David Simas.

In an interview with CNN’s New Day, Simas was asked to respond to former Vice President Dick Cheney‘s comments in Playboy suggesting President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder “play the race card” and that the previous administration’s economic record is being dismantled by the current group’s policies.

“We’re more than happy to compare the record of this administration over the past six years that inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and is in the fifth year of record job creation, which is the fastest pace in this country’s history,” Simas told CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota. “We’ve taken historic deficits and reduced them by two-thirds and we’re gradually bringing to an end to two wars that the previous administration got into.”

Simas challenged Cheney to have an actual debate on the “merits” of policy. “This is a great debate between two contrasting visions,” he added.

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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. I fucking LOVE this

[jalan48]

12. Amen

It's great to see Democrats directly confronting evil frauds like Cheney.

[world wide wally]

2. It won't get one word in the media.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Or it will be delivered by a head shaking media puppet.."is Obama angry"??!

[babylonsister]

7. This was from an interview on cnn. They're 'media'. nt

[angry citizen]

22. You got that right

Why do they even listen to this guy? He ignored the warnings of Richard Clark, He lied about the intel to promote the invasion of Iraq, He pushed for those devastating tax cuts. What did he get right? But yet he still has an audiance with the corporate media.

[Scarsdale]

23. Lizzie

When he does not feel like talking, his vile offspring Lizard goes on Fox and says what he tells her to, Not surprisingly, she is one joyless bitch, never smiles. I do not think she can, which is a shame for her 5 kids.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Kicked, recced and tweeted.

[malaise]

5. Get thee to the greatest page

Sweet!

[still_one]

6. excellent I really wish that there would be more calling them out on this

[Hekate]

8. Kickety-poo. I love our not-a-lame-duck-at-ALL President and administration!

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Ditto!

[onethatcares]

10. it's about time

this is what is needed every day,every where. about every subject in comparison.

[Cha]

11. Yeah, cheney.. instead of you spewing shite about the President "playing the race card".. why don't

you accept the challenge from the O Admin? What's that? "you're too chicken shit"? That's what I thought.

[KansDem]

13. Also compare their records for starting wars based on lies...

Obama/Biden: 0
Bush/Cheney: 2

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Ouch

That's going to leave a mark.

[LynneSin]

15. I'll quote Bush on this one - 'Bring it on!'

just saying!

[Quantess]

16. Yeah!

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. Spike the ball at their feet. Then pick it up and do it again.

don't stop until they run away crying.

[WestSeattle2]

18. The Bush administration will not be looked kindly upon by history, and

Cheney knows it. Frankly, it just doesn't matter how many times or ways he denigrates and disparages those who follow in the White House. The administration that he was so deeply associated with will continue to be deemed as one of the worst in American history - in almost every conceivable way, and by every conceivable measurement. An epic fail.

Based on that reality, it's easy to see why he chooses to flail and point fingers at anyone else; we should expect him to continue to do so until his dying breath. After his passing, we can assume his daughter will assume the perfidious torch.

His actions, and those of his supposed boss, forever stained the names and legacy's of their families.

[Beartracks]

19. Funny - local Fox-affiliate radio didnt mention this.

But KRMG *did* play quotes from Cheney's interview the other day...

Part and parcel of Fox "news" strategy: air accusations, ignore refutations.

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[leanforward]

20. Chaney's problem is he can't stand someone else's success.

They've been reduced to talking about the most obvious differences. To me, the most obvious difference is the President's success. Not through force, but through alliances. My thing with Chaney is his involvement with Rumsfeld in the Mayaquez. It seems we left some troops behind. The man is useless and very costly to have around. Bush/Chaney panicked.

[samsingh]

21. cheney's inability to understand bush's failure explains why the repugs destroyed

the world economy.