rssLiz Cheney and Bill Kristol Start ‘Keep America Safe’
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 9:27 am
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Ben Smith has the scoop on Keep America Safe, a new pressure group headed up by former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Liz Cheney. Cheney’s partners are Debra Burlingame and Bill Kristol — whose other new venture, the Foreign Policy Initiative, is only seven months old. And so far, with a snarky video that attacks the president for playing golf too much, the 501(c)4 looks like an activist extension of the Weekly Standard’s smash-mouthing blog, which on Friday nearly collapsed from the weight of Obama-bashing Nobel Prize posts:
The group’s mechanics are largely a product of former campaign aides to Senator John McCain: Michael Goldfarb, now a Weekly Standard blogger, is an adviser to the group; its executive director is McCain war room chief Aaron Harison, and the video was produced by Justin Germany, the McCain aide who produced a campaign video titled, “The One,” which mocked Obama as a messianic figure.
Cheney’s constant TV appearances have, so far, been a function of her family name and of the strong possibility that she’ll run for office someday. This effort gives TV hosts something else to say when they introduce her; it will also, says Cheney, publish “memos by Bush Administration lawyers justifying waterboarding and other practices to make the case that they aren’t torture.”
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[...] News Sources wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBen Smith has the scoop on Keep America Safe , a new pressure group headed up by former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Liz Cheney. Cheney’s partners are Debra Burlingame and Bill Kristol — whose other new venture, the Foreign Policy Initiative, is only seven months old. And so far, with a snarky video that attacks the president for playing golf too much, the 501(c)4 looks like an activist extension of the Weekly Standard’s smash-mouthing blog, which on Fr [...]
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
Liz and Bill money grubbing anti human anti-american assholes
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Liz is a true American, unlike our new socialist President! Obama has accomplished nothing so far in his tenure and I expect he will go down in history as the worst President ever, next to Carter and Clinton of couse. that is if America survives his presidency!
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
My 1st thought was how can America be protected from them.
21st century America has heard enough from both of these two.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
Spoken like a true socialist, ignorant of the distruction of America!
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
The Cheney-Bush administration nearly destroyed US. And, ALL citizens are true Americans, even when we disagree on how to solve our problems.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
More toxic waste. When has Bill Kristol ever been right about anything? With his track record on Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin, Liz Cheney shouldn't quit her day job. It's clowns like these that are destroying America.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
Well Cheney is already on record with her pro crime, anti human rights policies. She has already parroted the line that her fathers war crimes don't count because it would just be too difficult to follow the constitution. She is definitely a chip off the sociopathic block.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
Just what America wants and needs: More Cheney.
More lies, more torture, more secrecy, more innocent prisoners screaming in agony.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
What was Liz's qualifications when she was nominated by her father and George Bush as PDAS at the State Department. Her experience was about the same Sarah Palin had when she became McCain's VP nominee. If her appointment was not a clear case of nepotism, I am not sure what would qualify as nepotism!!
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
If it's Cheney it's GOT to be WRONG!
Bush and Cheney did more to harm this country than any other administration in American history…why can't their brood leave the nation alone rather than trying to screw us further?
No more TeaBaggers, no more Birthers/Deathers, no more Republicans (Party of No), no more Ultra-Right Religious Fanatics!!!!
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 2:54 pm
Is the way of America. Agree with them or not, they are as necessary to us all as the anti-war groups that sprung up during GW's time or the many different POVs on HC, because they speak for a section of our population that wouldn't be heard as individuals otherwise. So I'll sit and complain to the TV about the ones I disagree with, and be comforted to know my opinion is being publicly aired through the ones I do agree with.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Spoken like a true fringe conservative. It's amazing you don't hit some kind of critical mass, what with all the hyperbole, fear mongering, ignorance, and spelling errors all jammed together into one small sentence. If ignorance is bliss, I bet you have the biggest smile in the whole trailer park. Protip: the red dotted line under a word means that it's spelled wrong.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Liz should go to New York and help fill the hole her dad and the other ONE left.Eight years of perverted freedom,yellow light green light policy,yellow ribbons. Where are they now?The vet's need care ,but the GOP votes no on every bill.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
donald doesn't sound like a “fringe” conservative, he sounds more like a fascist in conservative clothing….
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
What a thought! A Palin Quale ticket next!
Panskeptic….the heartbeat of America!
Look at the last 49 years in this country….and they had the nerve to criticize Prs Eisenhower, which by the way, should have been spelled Eisenhauer, auf Deutsch. All the Presidents after Eisenhower look like corrupt fools.
44 Guy
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
Your right Donald, true Americans ignore the Geneva Convention, the Constitution and wage illegal wars. Way to show your ignorance in front of everybody. How can a person be anti American by disagreeing with you and your beliefs? That persons opinion and belief is protected under the Constitution of the United States of America, which people like you want to take away. Bush and his foreign policy sprouted and fertilized a major anti America sentiment all over the world and anybody that supports an administration that does such a thing should be ashamed. Whether we like it or not this is one world where everybody has to get along and work together. When you start saying Socialists are destroying America I want you to look in the mirror and remember that it was Bush and his admin that destroyed the moral fabric and pro America sentiment that was once held across the world not socialist or liberals. It was folks like you. As for Obama being the worst president ever, it will never happen. Bush has the copyright on that title.
Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
Don't just sit in front of the tv, get out there. Speak peacefully and intelligently in your beliefs, without insult or intimidation.
Pingback posted October 13, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
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Comment posted October 13, 2009 @ 8:45 pm
donald- GWB has gone down as the worst president ever all ready. Google “worst president ever” and you will find all of the results to support my statement.
You need to get an education, sir.
Comment posted October 14, 2009 @ 2:03 am
Anne Coulter look out, Liz is loose. She no doubt will save the Right.
GO LIz!
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