CHENEY, A LIABILITY TO THE GOP???

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Mr. Blonde

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I got the following from a friend. Any truth to this matter???

I just heard a rumor from a good source. The Republican party is feeling
that Cheney is a liability on the ticket. There's a rumor that a few weeks
prior to the election in a desperate attempt to win, Cheney will resign because
of a trumped-up heart problem or potential "threat to his health." Then
either John McCain or Colin Powell will be asked to come on the ticket and save
the party. This move is afoot in top party circles and they have been trying to squelch it. PLEASE send this letter to as many people as you can. If we get the rumor out on the Internet, they won't be able to do their calculated move without
repercussions.[b/]

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"Firearms make you feel as if the whole world is in a bubble of glass and you are rubbing up against it like a bad windshield wiper"

[This message has been edited by Mr. Blonde (edited September 30, 2000).]
 
Sounds like a Democratic party wet dream. Why would Cheney be a liability? Because he's pro-gun? Because his daughter is gay?
Use the Internet to spread truth, not rumors. There are enough rumors out there already.
 
Rumors aside, the larger question still looms.

Cheney is an asset to the Repubs in the same way that Reagan was. He believes what he says and the sincerity comes through. He has principles he doesn't waiver from. He's a solid conservative and fwiw, I think that the Repub ticket is exactly backwards (Cheney-Bush in 2004!!!)
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tcsd1236:
Use the Internet to spread truth, not rumors.[/quote]

I don't recall anybody spreading anything. A question does not define a statement bearing truth or it would not be a question.

Let me ask again.

Has anybody heard anything about the above mentioned?
 
Cheney isn't going anywhere, but he was not the best choice. He's a mediocre campaigner, at best. His voting record and oil industry connections are easy targets for the liberal press, and he has to spend too much time defending them. Most important, he delivers zero electoral votes. Tom Ridge is much more dynamic and would have delivered Pennsylvania. Lieberman is helping Gore a lot more than Cheney is helping Bush.
 
Byron: But Ridge, unlike Cheney, is pro-choice. Whatever your views on that subject, pissing off the right to life movement is NOT high on the agenda of most Republican candidates for President. Not the ones who mean to win, anyway... They move almost as many votes as we do.

Personally, I think Cheney was a good pick; Certainly the best from our perspective, unquestionably qualified to take over if Bush were incapacitated in office. And he solved Bush's biggest political problem at the time; Securing the conservative base of his party while campaigning on a "compassionate conservatism" which is more compassionate than conservative. Frankly, I think it's the Cheney pick that killed off Buchannan as a serious threat.

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Sic semper tyrannis!

[This message has been edited by Brett Bellmore (edited October 01, 2000).]
 
Dump Cheney? Not likely. Cheney may not be a real tub-thumper on the stump, but he does know how to use and manage power. You will always find repubs who want to cut and run when everything at all times is going right. Cheney is clearly a man of intellect and willing to base his decisions on facts not emotion. He stood up against "cop killer" bullets (they didn't exist) and "plastic guns" (same here).

I got an idea we will see Cheney's strength during his debate with Libermann. One is rock solid in his beliefs and one changes his beliefs just as soon as a pretty face walks by (Gore).
 
Can't speak for others, but I got enthusiastic about GOP when the local radio station panned Cheney for being a baaaad boy. I realized then that he's just what we need, short of a libertarian :-)
 
It's amazing that Richard Cheney is being considered by many to be a liability to the GOP ticket. Mr. Cheney is, and always has been, rock solid in his beliefs, it doesn't matter if they are popular or not. Mr. Cheney was instrumental in our victory over Iraq in the Gulf War. Mr. Cheney has led a large private corporation to profitability. Richard Cheney has walked the talk!

Yet because Mr. Cheney isn't some smarmy, slap you on the back kind of polititian, he is considered a liability.

Let's take a look at Sen. Lieberman on the other hand. He has been widely proclaimed as a man of integrity, the "conscience of the Senate". Yet when he is nominated to be the Democrats V.P. candidate, all of his past "principled" positions are thrown out like a two day old bagel. He changes his positions on school choice, on quotas and on violence in the entertainment industry. His latest example of "integrity" is to meet privately with the anti-semite and hate monger Louis Farrakan. Yet this is just "smart politics" aimed at securing the black vote. Would anyone proclaim it "smart politics" if Richard Cheney were to meet with David Duke in order to secure the white supremicist vote?

Richard Cheney stands firm for what he believes and is labeled a liability. Joseph Lieberman change his beliefs faster than a stripper changes clothes and is labeled "a man of integrity".

Seem to me to be a bastardization of the English language!
 
And all this time I just thought the GOP was
a liabillity to the GOP.
Mostly the leader like Statesman Tretn Lott,
House speaker Dennis Hasser,Hatch and Mccain.
News to me.
Cheney was standing up at times when the other republicrats were putting out a straight right arm.
I know Bush will compromise but I dont see as many abuses coming from his as from Algore.
www.ccops.org
 
Why is Powell always seen as the savior of the GOP? I'm certain they begged him to run this time and he refused. Isn't it clear that he doesn't want to?

Forget him and he isn't an RKBA type anyway.
 
I listened to Cheney speak one morning on TV. Although he would not inspire a nation to march off to war, he is definately a thinking man's candidate.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mr. Blonde:
I got the following from a friend. Any truth to this matter???
PLEASE send this letter to as many people as you can. If we get the rumor out on the Internet, they won't be able to do their calculated move without
repercussions.[b/]
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Mr Blonde,

I think the key to this "rumor" is in the portion above. Anytime I see this phrase in an email, usually talking about some controversial subject, I am reminded of that old food stand-bye...SPAM!

Cheney may not have been the best choice as a candidate, but he is certainly one of the best choices as a V-P.

Frosty
 
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