HAHAHAHA! Hey America! Mr. "Torture is just alright with me" thinks you're reprehensible! And "dishonest" sounds kind of funny coming from a man who was caught lying about Iraq 51 times by Henry Waxman and Co.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the sharpest White House attack yet on critics of the Iraq war, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday that accusations the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war were a "dishonest and reprehensible" political ploy.
Cheney called Democrats "opportunists" who were peddling "cynical and pernicious falsehoods" to gain political advantage while U.S. soldiers died in Iraq.
Oh, and by the way, 6 more died in Iraq yesterday, bringing the total to 2077. I think that's reprehensible myself, but, hey, what do I know. You would think that when Bush and Friends see the Empire slipping away they might want to change their tune. But I keep forgetting they are actually fighting that mythical band of all-powerful "liberals", you know, guys like Chuck Hagel and Bill Frist and a majority of the US Senate.
WASHINGTON — Expressing growing unease over the war in Iraq, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to compel the Bush administration to explain its strategy for completing the U.S. mission in Iraq and bringing American troops home.
Congress had shown great reluctance since the outset of the Iraq war to directly challenge the administration on its management of the conflict, in part for fear of being seen as insufficiently patriotic or supportive of the troops.
Tuesday's action seemed to signal this period of quiescence is over, driven by the war's falling popularity, and it follows by just days the president's forceful counterattack on congressional war critics.
The resolution, which passed with broad bipartisan support, 79-19, calls for 2006 to be "a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty," which would create conditions for "the phased redeployment of United States forces from Iraq." There are nearly 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.
It also would require the administration to report to Congress every three months on the status of the conflict in Iraq.
I've got a feeling Dick and George are going to be lonely guys come election season next year. Pure poison.