Jon Stewart on Dick Cheney

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart marvels at former vice president Dick Cheney's recent interview on CNN, and his "willful obliviousness to the impact of his policies, both economically and in the realm of foreign policy."

He offers some possible titles for Cheney's upcoming book. Among them: "The Bush Administration: If We Did It, Here's How It Happened," "A Heartclogging Work of Staggering Evil," and "I Know How to Make the Caged Bird Sing."

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Senator Patrick Leahy wants to see Bush and Cheney Investigated

Senator Patrick Leahy has a diary on Daily Kos today. He is pushing a petition to investigage Bush-Cheney abuses of power. You can sign the petition here.

Jon Stewart Replies to Dick Cheney

Last Thursday night Jon Stewart had the best response to Dick Cheney's Politico interview. Dick Cheney is a cowardly little punk who is just trying to protect his rep. I absolutely loved Jon Stewart's questions for Cheney, it's too bad no reporter has ever asked these questions.

Watch the video here:

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Cheney Takes Credit for Torture

Vice President Dick Cheney is a war monger and a criminal. On Monday he came out and said he was directly involved in approving torture methods used by the CIA. He also claimed that the prison at Guantanamo Bay is a good thing and should remain open indefinitely. The man is insane.

Cheney's comments also mark the first time that he has acknowledged playing a central role in clearing the CIA's use of an array of controversial interrogation tactics, including a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding. Cheney said in an interview with ABC News:

"I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared."

In a follow-up question Cheney was asked whether he still believed it was appropriate to use the waterboarding method on terrorism suspects, Cheney's answer: "I do."

His comments come on the heels of disclosures by a Senate committee showing that high-level officials in the Bush administration were intimately involved in reviewing and approving interrogation methods that have since been explicitly outlawed and that have been condemned internationally as torture. Of course our media is completely overlooking this scandal.

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Barack Obama TV Ad: Cheney's Endorsement of McCain

You have to give the Obama Campaign credit for the speed with which they turn things around. The Obama campaign is already out with a new ad touting Dick Cheney's endorsement of John McCain. Cheney said he was "delighted" to endorse John McCain and Sarah Palin. And, the Obama campaign is delighted to spread the word about Cheney's endorsement, yesterday in Obama's speech, today in an ad.

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Dick Cheney's Endorsement cheers some

Today the McCain Campaign got some much needed help, in the form of an endorsement from Vice President Dick Cheney. Oh wait...

Seriously, what do you think the reaction of the McCain staff was when they saw Cheney's endorsement come across the wire? Do you think they swore, or swooned? Do you think a few got physically ill?

Of course this endorsement did bring cheer to some, trouble was, they were all working for Barack Obama.

Check out Obama congratulating John McCain on the Cheney endorsement. As Obama makes clear John McCain earned it.


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Here is the prepared text of the speech Obama delivered in Colorado today:

"I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it. He served as Washington's biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq, and supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Senator McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney's support.

"But here's my question for you, Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?

"Colorado, we know better. After all, it was just a few days ago that Senator McCain said that he and President Bush share a 'common philosophy.' And we know that when it comes to foreign policy, John McCain and Dick Cheney share a common philosophy that thinks that empty bluster from Washington will fix all of our problems, and a war without end in Iraq is the way to defeat Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda terrorists who are in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location, but Dick Cheney's out there on the campaign trail because he'd be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain. He knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policy and Dick Cheney's foreign policy -- but that's a risk we cannot afford to take."