Dick Cheney

"Courage and Consequence." Publisher Threshold Editions, which is also publishing Cheney's book, says the memoir "frankly responds to critics, passionately articulates his political philosophy and openly explains the reasons behind his decisions in campaigns and the White House." I wonder if he's finally going to tell us what he REALLY thinks about being called "Turd Blossom."

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"She needs to go back and sit on the porch and look at Russia and count her proceeds and watch President Medvedev fly over her airspace." Still, satirist Green hopes Palin will continue to command the national stage - if only for his own creative purposes. "Making fun of Dick Cheney and even Bush and Clinton, that was one-dimensional," the comic author says. "The beauty of Sarah Palin is she keeps changing her story."

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After Jackson's death this past summer, Rep. Peter King blasted the media for paying so much attention to a "pedophile" "lowlife" while the Rev. Al Sharpton pointed out he was acquitted of molestation charges in another case, "it's reckless and irresponsible to say he's a child molester, as it would be for me to come on here and say Dick Cheney shoots his friends hunting." By Jen Chung in News on November 18, 2009 8:35 AM 3 Comments 0 Likes Likes michael jackson was yesterday's "tragedy"

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"The two most popular people in Texas are George and Barbara Bush - and Cheney isn't far behind," says one source close to Texas politics.

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Adopting the language used by former Vice President Dick Cheney in charging that Obama was "dithering" over sending more troops to Afghanistan, she said: "A threat that we are facing right now is the dithering and the hesitation in sending a message to the terrorists that we're going to claim what Ronald Reagan claimed. "

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"The delay is not cost-free," Cheney said. "Every day that goes by raises doubts in the minds of our friends in the region what you're going to do, raises doubts in the minds of the troops."

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"I've known Kay for many, many years," Cheney said, calling her a "real deal" conservative. He noted that the two had worked together before and noted that she had been part of the Senate Republican leadership. Hutchison, in turn, said: "I have worked with him to try to change the way Washington works ... to try to bring Texas values to Washington."

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"I've known Kay for many, many years," Cheney said, calling her a "real deal" conservative.

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Cheney said: "There is no reason for an American president to bow to anyone. Our friends and allies don't expect it, and our enemies see it as a sign of weakness."

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"I'm here tonight to make the point that Texas has no stronger or more effective advocate than Kay Bailey Hutchison," Cheney said.

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