The Neocons Are Back: Liz Cheney Officially Declares She's Running for Senate
Below you can watch Liz Cheney declare that she is running for Senate.
In her announcement video, Cheney faults Pres. Obama for attacking the First and Second Amendments (but not the Fourth); for enabling the EPA and the IRS (but not the NSA); for failing to stand up to North Korea and Iran and stop their nuclear programs; for attempting to "nationalize one-sixth of the U.S. economy with Obamacare"; and for not being transparent about Benghazi. She doesn't once mention incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wy.), with whom her family has long been friendly and against whom she is running, though she does mention the need for a "new generation" and that taxes are high enough already (Enzi introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act).
This is the Senate race to watch in 2014, if only because it's actually about Rand Paul.
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I'd hit that.
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Sisters (Lynne Cheney novel)
I liked Swoozie Kurtz in the TV Series.
Is this spam? I can't tell if this is spam.
Not SPAM - just a joke.
Does not my reputation precede me?
Yes.
I'd like to shot her in face with my gun.
lol.
She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she held it in her hand
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
"nationalize one-sixth of the U.S. economy with Obamacare"
Her lying skills should get her far in the GOP.
Someone tell Aetna, UHC, et al they are now nationalized.
Buttplug, on the other hand, is SPAM.
Shrike doesn't repeatedly link to the same stories in every thread.
It's sort of ideological spam, though. Same old same old.
Did you hear about that Browns fan?
The one who had The Golden Girls as pallbearers?
Thought it was now officially "Buttplug Bob"?
Hey PB: Would you consider changing your handle to something a little less visceral, such as Al Roker's Truss, or possibly Nancy Grace's Dental Dam?
Stop othering shriek. The thought of Todd Palin's anus is the only thing keeping shriek from taking his own life.
I like addressing him as Mr. Buttplug.
I just call him OB.
or you could filter him in reasonable?
Nancy Pelosi's Double Dildo?
I actually agree with Obama's toiletpaper here.
We may wish that a simple nationalization occurred, before it is over. We got the worst of both worlds, regulation that might as well be full nationalization PLUS miles of corporate bureaucracy and "profit" on top. Think Jamie Gorlick working at Fannie Mae.
What we have now is a Frankenstein's Bastard of BOTH crony business AND government bureaucratic micro-mismanagement.
With all that, it still may not be as bad as Hillarycare would've been, which had those faults in spades.
What is the prognosis on this race? Does Liz Cheney stand a chance?
I don't see many conservatives lining around the block to support the things the Cheneys have stumped for during their public careers, these days...
Enzi deserves to get primaried. I don't care if Liz Cheney is his opponent I still hope he loses.
I know little about the political situation there, but I get a sense that Enzi might just say "To heck with it, I'll retire and get some cushy thinktank job."
3 terms is enough. Enzi should retire to spend more time killing mammals and torturing fish.
Deficits don't matter
Bleh.
From Twitter: @SladeHV Stop Enzi! Or My Dad Will Shoot
Libtards have forever lost the ability to whine about Dick Cheney since their guy is backing his national security ideas 100% but putting a black intellectual's face on it. Cheney was even to the left of him on gay marriage.
Not close to 100%.
Cheney liked torture programs, nation building, and spending trillions to sprout "democracy".
Obama does none of those - see Libya for an example of a quick efficient thug kill.
Palin's Buttplug| 7.16.13 @ 7:05PM |#
..."Cheney liked torture programs, nation building, and spending trillions to sprout "democracy"."....
OK.
..."Obama does none of those - see Libya for an example of a quick efficient thug kill."
Hilarious, dipshit, just hilarious!
Your alternative universe must be just wonderful. What color is the sun?
Oh yeah, I forget the dissonance of you Team Red types.
"Iraq = Libya. Exactly the same!"
One was authorized by Congress. The other was Libya.
One was authorized by Congress.
Over the objections of Dick Cheney, who thought going to Congress to start a war was a horrible precedent to set.
But it's funny that you think the process, not the body count, is what matters in the moral equation.
Palin's Buttplug| 7.16.13 @ 7:20PM |#
"Oh yeah, I forget the dissonance of you Team Red types."
Slimy turd, cite *ONCE* where I defended the GOP. Just ONCE or STFU.
Did you daddy kick you out of bed 'cause your wee-wee got soft?
He can't. His only mission here is to prove to everyone how proud he is of having his head buried up Obamas arse, 24/7.
7:13 above.
Palin's Buttplug| 7.16.13 @ 9:05PM |#
"7:13 above."
Fail, you slimy turd. I agreed re: Cheney and then called your bullshit.
You ignoramus, do you presume a comment on your stupidity is somehow a prop for those you don't like? How stupid are you? I shouldn't bother asking.
Now, once more, asshole, cite *ONCE* where I defended Bush, or STFU.
Go the fuck away Cheneys, Clintons, Bushes, all you fucking cronies, get fucking lost, and don't find your way home.
Milf
Oh, sweet, the ? still works...
And this ain't no monarchy!!!
When you note that MLB voters elected Harper to the All-Star Game as a starter over vastly superior candidates, consider that your average baseball fan in attendance knows far more about MLB players than the average voters knows of politics, political philosophy, or the individuals to whom they are entrusting their children's lives and fortunes.
In other words, what if Liz Cheney is as good as it gets?
Too awesome. Hope she wins, just to see how Rachel Maddow handles it.
Watch out, Tammy Baldwin, some blonde ass is headed your way.