"HUGE Denny Hastert fan" Cheney: "We will retain control of both houses"

[Human Torch]

ABOARD AIR FORCE TWO - Vice President Dick Cheney said he “can’t tell” how a Republican sex scandal will impact next month’s elections, but insisted “it makes no sense” for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign. In his first public remarks on the burgeoning scandal, Cheney told The Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview that fellow Republican Hastert, R-Ill., should reject Democratic calls for his resignation. “I’m a huge Denny Hastert fan — I think he’s a great speaker,” Cheney said in his private cabin aboard Air Force Two. “And it makes no sense at all for him to think about stepping down.”

Cheney aides described the vice president as repulsed by allegations that former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., sent salacious e-mails and instant messages to teenage boys working as congressional pages. At the same time, Cheney is determined not to let the scandal overshadow campaign issues that he considers far more important — national security and the economy. “I think we’ve got good stuff to work with,” he said during a flight from Houston to Washington. “The Foley thing, again, as to how that cuts, I can’t tell.”

Cheney flatly rejected predictions by pundits that Democrats will take control of the House and Senate in November. “We will retain control of both houses,” he said.

If Cheney is wrong, some believe Democrats will spend the next two years investigating the Bush administration with subpoenas and hearings. Some Democrats have already called for Bush to be censured, while others have hinted at impeachment proceedings.

http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.com%2Fa-327728%7ECheney__GOP__will_retain_control_.html

[NYCGirl]

1. That's what's called "whistling past the graveyard." NT

[Kurovski]

5. Or knowing about plans for election fraud.

We shall see.

[polmaven]

8. There ya go!

The fix is likely already in.

[Human Torch]

16. That was my initial reaction...

...Bush and Cheney BOTH seem a little too sure of themselves. Of course, it will make it that much sweeter if the big smackdown comes, but...

:patriot:

[movonne]

11. I tend to believe him...they have diebold and that's all it takes...He

the one calling the shots on this hastert thing...

[NYCGirl]

14. It's false bravado. Mr. "19% Approval Rating" is wrong. NT

[Radio_Lady]

2. Good! Let Hastert stay there -- he'll be damaged goods through the

election.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. words from the godfather of the Iraq war--

and just as accurate as THAT plan.

[Aviation Pro]

4. Big Dick....

..."Fucking" Cheney is a man living in a combination of Wonderland and Disneyland. Cue Dada and the Dandy Warhols.

[teryang]

6. Hastert is an obsequious tool, prostrate before executive power

He is not an able figure and will not be treated kindly by history.

[pat_k]

7. Hey, the homophobic election thieves' may stay home, but they . .

. . .have plenty of other fascists to tap to do their dirty work.

Just as Peter King declared "It's all over but the counting" months before the stolen 2000 Presidential election, Cheney's declaration could be one of those "realities" they are conspiring to create.

But, if they do steal to keep power, they could go too far this time. More people are vigilent, and they would have to do a heck of a lot more stealing in a heck of a lot more places.

Not saying it can't be done, but the likelihood of getting caught at it is multiplied many times. (And these folks are cowards. They may not come through as he expects.)

[wryter2000]

9. Yeah, and the insurgency is in it's last throes

If you will

[mcscajun]

18. If the "insurgency" is the current Repub Administration, then yes.

:rofl:

Schadenfreude!!!

[wryter2000]

22. Now, that's not nice

(snort)No one at DU engages in Schadenfreude (snert). We're definitely high road here. (hehehehe)

:rofl:

[mcscajun]

24. Engage in it? I'm mainlining it, and I'm the preeminent East Coast Dealer!

:rofl:

Schadenfreude!!!

[fooj]

10. Dickie NEEDS Denny to continue covering up...

As far as the economy goes...why isn't all of the money appropriated for this illegal war making it to Iraq?

A possible answer COULD BE...because it's padding the stock market. Hence, the Repukes get to scream about how WONDERFUL the economy is before the election. Fucking liars.

[Nostradammit]

12. They got a big ass library on board Air Force Two, huh?

Hey Dick - lean back and see if one of those is a history book.

Try to find a dictator that didn't go down in flames.

Fucker.

[indepat]

13. DC knows he is right for it's not who votes that counts, it's who counts

the votes. This together with voter suppression by a myriad of dirty tricks is why DC can speak in with absolute certainty, just like GWB spoke with certainty months before the 2004 national election.

[rurallib]

15. "Me and Denny are buds. I want to take him hunting".

[mcscajun]

17. I agree. It makes no sense for Hastert to resign.

Why should he? He's the best thing to happen to the Democrats in years!
:rofl:

Let him flail around dragging down the Republicans from now until Election Day...let us sweep both houses clean! Schadenfreude is the order of the week! :evilgrin:

[Blue_In_AK]

19. It bothers me that these guys sound so confident

of keeping both houses in the present climate. If they do, we'll know beyond any doubt that the elections are rigged.

[brentspeak]

25. I was thinking the same thing

It sounds like they know something the rest of us don't.

[Auntie Bush]

20. Wee will retain control of both houses,”

He's batting record is about ZERO. Now where were those WMD?
Where were those flowers?
what were those aluminum tubes for?
Where's that yellow cake?
By the way, Where's bin Laden?

[lwcon]

21. This wouldn't be the first time...

... that Cheney lost control of both chambers.

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Hey, the liberal light is always on at the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy. Please stop by and say "hi!"

[AtomicKitten]

23. Only by Diebold will that happen. eom

[bluedog]

26. Either your against child molesters..or

your with them. And it seems to me that Hastert and the rest of the Republican house leadership was with Foley.