Interviewed by John King on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend, former vice president Henry F. Potter Dick Cheney wasn’t really able to tell us why Republicans like himself should have any credibility whatsoever when it comes criticizing the Obama economic plan, considering how well theirs worked out.
Here’s how theirs worked out:
Here’s how Cheney explained it:
Well, there are all kinds of arguments to be made on that point. But there’s something that is more important than the specific numbers you’re talking about, and that had to be priority for our administration.
Eight months after we arrived, we had 9/11. We had 3,000 Americans killed one morning by al Qaeda terrorists here in the United States. We immediately had to go into the wartime mode. We ended up with two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some of that is still very active. We had major problems with respect to things like Katrina, for example. All of these things required us to spend money that we had not originally planned to spend, or weren’t originally part of the budget.
Stuff happens. And the administration has to be able to respond to that, and we did.
… We always said — I always said that wartime scenario is cause for an exception in terms of spending. It was appropriate in World War II, certainly, and I think it’s appropriate now.
So his excuse for the sour economy was 9/11 — which happened six years before the economy started heading south — and the Iraq invasion — which turned out not to have been quite as necessary as advertised.
Dick Cheney – CNN State of Union – John King part 1
Dick Cheney – CNN State of Union – John King part 2
That Bush- Cheney records says it all. That is why this country is in such a mess!
How dare the Republicans say this economic crisis is the fault of President Obama!!
Let’s look at that again in black & white:
Start—————————- Finish
Unemployment- 4.2% 7.6% Up 3.4%
Poverty- 32.9 Million 37.3 Million Up 13%
Uninsured- 41.2 Million 45.7 Million Up 11%
Federal Budget +$128 Billion -$1.3 Trillion
SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Well, Bu$hco lied about the surplus they inherited from Clinton, so what can we expect to hear about the massive spending on war machines and defence industries when it’s coming from the horses mouth. Or should I say equine posterior… 😎
Stuff happens, especially on BushCo’s watch!
Richard “dickless” Cheney has long been a … well, a dick.