The Exquisite Contrarian

The GOP meme: if you say it’s not luck enough times, it’s not luck. Using words like ‘socialist’ of course have the same impact.  Just remember, kids, all you need to do is say something enough times and it becomes reality.  If you have any questions regarding how this works, in Dick Cheney’s absence Sarah [...]

Gordon Brown quite possibly cost himself a competitive election and his party’s victory with this ill advised comment after he jumped in the car.  Sky News appears to have left the microphone they placed on him running, and after hearing this decided perhaps their audience would find it interesting. Hey, at least he didn’t pull [...]

Is there any argument to be made civility really exists in the current American political dialogue?  Dick Cheney says he’s proud of telling off Patrick Leahy to f*** himself.  By our count, there’s really no civility in empty, crass confrontations like these – and please, spare us the self-righteous “mission of truth” stuff.

Where W has it right: admitting some weaknesses and calling out an old President that made waves while he was in charge. Where he got it wrong?  Saying it was OK for Dick Cheney to do the same thing. Is it any wonder why this guy had a hard time understanding that the trees collectively [...]

From Slate: Cheney lambasted the Obama administration’s efforts to try these sorts of terrorists as criminals in civilian court when they should be treated as “enemy combatants” and hauled before a military tribunal, preferably at Guantanamo.  ”It’s very important,” Cheney said, “to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as [...]

She says using drones is “cowardly” and “immoral.” I say sending people to blow up Americans on places is cowardly and immoral. via Cindy Sheehan leads protest at CIA, Cheney’s house | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment.