Cheney slams Iraq plan advocated by Dems (Bush nicks Pelosi)

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq;_ylt=AteMtw7PH5C2dte.o4A483as0NUE

Cheney slams Iraq plan advocated by Dems

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 7 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday harshly criticized Democrats' attempts to thwart President Bush's troop buildup in
Iraq, saying their approach would "validate the al-Qaida strategy." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) fired back that Cheney was questioning critics' patriotism.


"I hope the president will repudiate and distance himself from the vice president's remarks," Pelosi said. She said she tried to complain about Cheney to President Bush but could not reach him.

"You cannot say as the president of the United States, 'I welcome disagreement in a time of war,' and then have the vice president of the United States go out of the country and mischaracterize a position of the speaker of the House and in a manner that says that person in that position of authority is acting against the national security of our country," the speaker said.

The quarrel began in Tokyo, where Cheney used an interview to criticize Pelosi and Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), D-Pa., over their plan to place restrictions on Bush's request for an additional $93 billion for the Iraq war to make it difficult or impossible to send 21,500 extra troops to Iraq.

[rodeodance]

1. also see this thread on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3126683

Wed Feb-21-07 10:15 PM
Original message
Pelosi---If things going so well, ---we'd like to withdraw our troops as well."

Edited on Wed Feb-21-07 10:16 PM by rodeodance



As for Cheney's assertion that the partial British pullout is a sign that things are going well in Iraq, Pelosi said: "If it's going so well, we'd like to withdraw our troops as well."

http://www.examiner.com/a-578275~Cheney_slams_Democrats...

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Previous post in GP about this article:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Wed Feb-21-07 08:56 PM

Original message

Is Bush not taking Pelosi's calls? Pelosi tries to reach him in regards to Cheney comments

http://www.examiner.com/a-578275~Cheney_slams_Democrats ...

Cheney slams Democrats on Iraq; Pelosi tries to complain to Bush

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday harshly criticized Democrats' attempts to thwart President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, saying their approach would "validate the al-Qaida strategy." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired back that Cheney was questioning critics' patriotism.

"I hope the president will repudiate and distance himself from the vice president's remarks," Pelosi said. She said she tried to complain about Cheney to President Bush but could not reach him.

"You cannot say as the president of the United States, 'I welcome disagreement in a time of war,' and then have the vice president of the United States go out of the country and mischaracterize a position of the speaker of the House and in a manner that says that person in that position of authority is acting against the national security of our country," the speaker said.
.........
"Glory Days"

[diane in sf]

4. Kick their butts Nancy! eom

[MadMaddie]

2. Oh...the honeymoon is over and the gloves are out folks

You are now going to see the absolute, nasty true colors of this administration and so will the rest of America....while they continue to ignore the truth...soldiars are dying....

Go Get em Madam Speaker of the House and Go Get em Murtha!!

A kick for the lady and the Gent!:kick:

[rodeodance]

3. Bush does not even bother to talk with Pelosi---he sends his spokesperson

like he did in Crawford.

[rodeodance]

5. Cheney "was not questioning anyone's patriotism."

Later, Pelosi said she had tried to reach the president but was only able to get through to White House chief of staff Josh Bolten.

Bolten said he was certain no one was questioning her patriotism or commitment to national security, she told reporters.

"I said to him perhaps when he saw what the vice president said he might have another comment," Pelosi said. White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said Cheney "was not questioning anyone's patriotism." But she said Bush and Cheney believe that Pelosi and Murtha's "position to immediately pull out our troops would be harmful to our national security and that it is the wrong strategy to pursue."

As for Cheney's assertion that the partial British pullout is a sign that things are going well in Iraq, Pelosi said: "If it's going so well, we'd like to withdraw our troops as well."

[tabasco]

6. Somebody tell me why we should listen to a word from Chicken Dickie.

He's the one that got us into this quagmire.

I will never see true justice in my life if he doesn't go to prison.

[NanceGreggs]

7. I think if Dead-Eye Dick wants $93 billion and a surge ...

... in Iraq, he should have it.

Get the money from Halliburton, Bechtel and the Carlyle Group, and get on the horn to Kristol, Gaffney, Perle and Wolfowitz - now THERE'S a 'coalition of the willing'!

In the meantime, send the troops home -- because with these guys on the case, those troops won't be needed anyway. "Five Deferment" Dick will show 'em how it's done.

[Fovea]

15. If the neocons want to privatize the military

Then I say fight Iraq and Iran with Blackwell and CACI, and do it by using all windfall profits from the oil and weapons industries.

I agree with Randi Rhodes. Draft corporations. No profit while America is at war.

THAT is what patriotism looks like. No raises, no profit, just total committment to our troops.

How about it, Puggies?

[sweetheart]

8. cannot invalidate the 911 strategy

cummon' cheney, call it your favorite pet name, will ya, 'the 911 strategy'. 911, al queda, the war,
inseparable books in your unread bible, remember dick. You conscienced the death of a few americans
to give you your war powers, and that 911 strategy keeps on giving, its a winner every time, the people
are real suckers for it.

[struggle4progress]

9. If it's good for us that the British leave, surely it's even better if we leave

[pinniped]

10. She shouldn't waste her time with these criminals. They both spew crap like this.

"I hope the asshole presidunce will repudiate and distance himself from the vice presidunce's remarks," Pelosi said. She said she tried to complain about c* to presidunce POS* but could not reach the jerk.

[Amonester]

11. the only answer the blivet ever gave to Nancy was...

"because it has to"

4 words.

that was it.

that was all.

(that was when she asked bu$che what made him confident his $urge was what was needed in Iraq)

Nancy Pelosi, we love you all, but you're a much too nice person. You will never get any other answer from the aWo-Lying king, unless you submit him a few long- and well-deserved subpeonas. We really hope that, finally, you've come to realize that fact now. Really. What took you so long?

What

[xchrom]

12. the people giving al qaida what it wants is bushco.

we can't keep up the cost of this war ad nauseum -- and that's what al qaida knows -- and it's what bushco knows.

[TechBear_Seattle]

13. So Cheney acknowledges that the Dems have a plan?

Well, that's some progress. :eyes:

[Vinca]

14. Oops! Time to edit the talking points. nt