Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/20/cheney-slams-obama-again_n_189268.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...268.html</a> Cheney, one of the worst vice-President's our country's ever had, is at it again. One wonders if he has any sense of how ironic it is that he questions *anyone's* leadership. Doubtful. Oh, and where was the former Vice-President interviewed? On Sean Hannity's show. Make no mistake: These people are nothing more than partisan hacks. We've seen what happens to our country when we let them run the show. Let's hope we never make that mistake again, regardless of which political party it is.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Do you have any sense of how ironic it is that you're calling VP Cheney a hack? Doubtful.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Do you have any sense of how ironic it is that you're calling VP Cheney a hack? Doubtful.<< A personal attack. But we've heard that Douglas only does that when he's attacked. But that wasn't the case here. What will his excuse be this time? I can only imagine the semantic games yet to come.
Originally Posted By Mr X Assuming that was a "legitimate" insult and not simply gratuitous, I would say that in my view ecdc is far from any sort of "hack". In fact, he seems to give his ideas considerable thought and attention before voicing them, and has always seemed to me very willing to listen to reason if someone disagrees with him. Oh, and he rarely if ever bothers with petty personal attacks.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt That interview made my blood boil. Pompous. Arrogant. Divisive. Those are the best things I have to say about Dick Cheney.
Originally Posted By Mr X As for the topic, I agree entirely with the OP. That dirtbag is the worst politician inflicted upon our country since Nixon, and if he can't just shut up and go away now let's just hope the fifth one's the charm.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <But we've heard that Douglas only does that when he's attacked.> No, I've said I only do them in response to one. Your post contained nothing but a personal attack.
Originally Posted By Mr X Ah. So if anyone harshly criticizes any conservative or their opinion, Douglas has a license to attack them personally for it. Check. Given the amount of vitriol Douglas has expressed towards any number of liberal and/or Democratic leaders, I think it's plain to see that all his whining about being personally attacked himself is invalid. Keep that in mind, guys, the next time he cries.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Can we all agree to ignore Douglas? At least in this particular thread because he is obviously succeeding at sidetracking the discussion.
Originally Posted By Mr X I think a poster over there in the comments section put it best... "There is no greater praise of Obama than Cheney's discomfort."
Originally Posted By Mr X I think a poster over there in the comments section put it best... "There is no greater praise of Obama than Cheney's discomfort."
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <So if anyone harshly criticizes any conservative or their opinion, Douglas has a license to attack them personally for it.> I'm fine with harsh criticism of policies. Those are things we can debate. ecdc's post was simply a personal attack.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Can we all agree to ignore Douglas? At least in this particular thread because he is obviously succeeding at sidetracking the discussion.> Sorry, I'll bow out and let you get back to your venting.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Why Cheney never had that last heart attack I'll never know. Oh wait, maybe they took it out.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt >>I think a poster over there in the comments section put it best...<< "There is no greater praise of Obama than Cheney's discomfort." I saw that too. Someone else mentioned that everytime Cheney opens his mouth Obama's approval rating shoot up. LOL. I am appalled that Cheney would dare to criticize Obama for trying to repair the damage that was done to our image overseas during Bush's tenure. Slamming him for supposedly shaking Chavez's hand shows just how petty and devious this many really is.
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta Settle down everyone. Doug caught the personal attack, called the OP out, and you guys don't like it. Score one for Doug.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Like Cheney or not, I think he makes a good point about the "torture" memos. To release all of the "facts" concerning the interrogation methods is all well and good but I think, to be fair, they should also release what type of information was gleaned from the interrogation and to what end.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Settle down everyone. Doug caught the personal attack, called the OP out, and you guys don't like it. Score one for Doug" This assessment couldn't be more wrong. Below is the entirety of psot 1: "Cheney, one of the worst vice-President's our country's ever had, is at it again. One wonders if he has any sense of how ironic it is that he questions *anyone's* leadership. Doubtful. Oh, and where was the former Vice-President interviewed? On Sean Hannity's show. Make no mistake: These people are nothing more than partisan hacks. We've seen what happens to our country when we let them run the show. Let's hope we never make that mistake again, regardless of which political party it is." ecdc called Cheney "one of the worst vice presidents", a clear commentary on his job performance. Then, in reference to Sean Hannity, ecdc said he was a "partisan hack", a clear opinion of Hannity's role on the radio. Nowhere was there an insult directed towards anyone who has ever posted here, much less Cheney or Hannity. This: "Do you have any sense of how ironic it is that you're calling VP Cheney a hack? Doubtful." was a clear, gratuitous attack on ecdc.
Originally Posted By ecdc In addition, Chris is essentially saying that any time someone perceives a personal attack on anyone - whether they post here or not, and whether they're a public figure or not - it's acceptable on LP to personally attack a poster here. Is that really the community we want? If someone in General Entertainment calls Paris Hilton a joke, can we then turn around and attack them? And this whole thread could've been a discussion about Cheney's appropriateness or inappropriateness of criticizing Obama less than 100 days in office. But Chris instead is endorsing a personal attack that derailed the discussion, something Douglas does routinely around here. Is that how we want our threads to go? And BTW, we're still not talking about Cheney but the people on these boards, which is how Douglas appears to like it. Ironic for someone who claims to want to discuss the issues only.
