“If they get to nominate Hillary Clinton, why don’t we get to nominate Dick Cheney?” — Bill Kristol

[kpete]

“If they get to nominate Hillary Clinton, why don’t we get to nominate Dick Cheney?”

— Bill Kristol, quoted by Crooks and Liars.

STEPHANOPOULOS: One final question for each of you, who is the most promising Republican candidate not in the race yet?

SOLTIS-ANDERSON: Oh, gosh, not in the race yet? Well, almost none of them are in the race yet. I suppose Jeb Bush. He does the best in the polls and hasn't officially announced anything. So I'd give him as my answer.

BRAZILE: You know, I go back to Mitt Romney. I mean, look, you don't like old faces, but you know what he did run a good game last time.

SMILEY: It sound strange, but I still can't figure out why John Thune hasn't looked at this more seriously.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Oh, that's interesting.

KRISTOL: If they get to nominate Hillary Clinton, why don't we get to nominate Dick Cheney/ I mean, he has a much -- he has a much better record...

(CROSSTALK)

KRISTOL: He has a much better record...

SMILEY: God help us all.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Thanks a lot. I'm going to go with John Kasich.

so funny, i forgot to laugh:
More plus video:
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/bill-kristol-if-they-get-nominate-hillary

[Buzz Clik]

1. Sure. Why not?

[DetlefK]

5. Because this would bring up the presidency of The-Bush-who-shall-not-be-named.

Hillary will have Barack Obama and Bill Clinton as examples what a democratic president can do.

Who do the Republicans have? The-Bush-who-shall-not-be-named, the-Bush-who-always-gets-forgotten and that guy who sold weapons to Iran.

[still_one]

2. go for it billy

[libodem]

3. Yeah

Why don't they?

[notadmblnd]

4. Because the Republicans still haven't forgiven you for Sarah Palin

That's why.

Now go home Thurston, Lovey's calling.

[City Lights]

6. Kristol, no one is stopping you from nominating The Dick of Death.

Go for it!

[freshwest]

13. *snort*

[n2doc]

7. Please Proceed.... n/t

[Frustratedlady]

8. He couldn't pass the physical. Why don't you nominate his favorite spawn, Bill?

Then, The Dick could direct her presidency like he supposedly did W's.

All kidding aside, I don't care if Howdy Doody is the Democratic candidate, we must support him. A Republican reign would destroy what is left of the U.S.

[Downtown Hound]

9. Ah, is somebody saying you can't?

By all means, go for it!

[Johonny]

10. Did Bill Kristol smoke crystal meth before the show?

Dick Cheney had 18% approval rating. He is hated. He did a horrible job. He is a horrible human being. No one outside the insulated world of Bill Kristol's high thinks he has a much better record.

[stevenleser]

11. By all means GOP, please nominate one of the most unpopular guys in politics...

... we want back the house and senate. If you could include gift-wrapping that would be great. kthanksbye

[edhopper]

12. Too bad someone

could not ask "what is Cheney's record"

But then Repubs can say whatever shit they want and aren't taken to task on it.

[Justice]

14. I wish they would nominate Dick Cheney - would love for the media to ask him all sorts of questions

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. Like "What was your role in perpetrating the attacks on 9/11 that killed 3,000 people?" nt

[Politicalboi]

32. I'm still waiting for that day

But the obvious doesn't seem to get to the DICK!

[MoonchildCA]

15. Cheney? Ha!

There's a rock star...

[Orsino]

16. Bring it!

But Kristol knows exactly why the GOP won't nominate Cheney--he just won't admit that the Shadow President's approval ratings are lower than a snake's belly.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Actually, Cheney could be an overwhelmingly effective campaigner ...

Once that "Vote for me, I know where you live and I have drones" slogan gets going, it may be impossible to counter.

[JHB]

18. Please proceed

"Had a much better record..."?

Says the man with a decades-long track record of being flatly, demonstrably wrong about nearly everything.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Nearly Everything?

Geez, i can't remember anything he was right about. You're more generous i guess.

[JHB]

37. I will allow that he may have said "the sky is blue" on a clear day...

...not much past that.

[treestar]

19. What a childish way to put it

What stops them from running whoever?

[randome]

20. We welcome your bambooflery.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[dembotoz]

21. i remember something about some countries calling for his arrest as a war criminal

we could mothball air force 1 cause he couldn't go anywhere
think of all the $$$$ we could save

[treestar]

44. Good reminder!

Didn't Cheney cancel a trip to Canada? How can he be President when he can't go to so many countries?

[Iggo]

22. I say go for it!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Vote for Cheney

Because America needs a big Dick in the Whitehouse.

[Bucky]

25. Kasich is an interesting choice. Essentially there are two wings of the Republican party

Those pandering to the insane and the insane. Kasich kind of straddles that line. I think I'd actually trust him in a crisis, but then again I suspect that any Republican president will ensure a full bounty of crises for a decade... kind of like the harvest of Islamic fundamentalists that Bush-Cheney planted in 2003.

Since 1980 Republicans have been nominating pretend loonies hoping they were loonies (like Bob Dole) or nominating loonies hoping they were secretly responsible adults (like Bush Jr with his "bipartisanship" bait-and-switch). McCain is interesting cause he pretended so hard for so long that eventually he became the lunatic all the moderates had convinced themselves he could corral. He's kind of like that shrink from Watchmen, spending so much time trying to ingratiate himself with the extremists that he eventually lost his equilibrium.

Half of my country has been swallowed by crazy. Half of what's left is asleep. God help us.

[Jim Lane]

35. Kasich would be strong but fortunately for us he backed Medicaid expansion in Ohio.

That means that the loonies have written him off. I see very little chance of his winning the nomination.

Kasich might end up on the ticket as VP. For example, if Cruz wins the nomination, he might go full-on Tea Party and pick someone like Brownback, but he might follow a more traditional political calculus and reach out to the other elements in the party. Kasich has executive experience, a more moderate image, and popularity in a crucial swing state.

[MADem]

26. Saw him on TV the other day....kept flipping!! One thing I did notice,

he's had some serious "work" done--face planing, fillers, a little botox...he looked like a deranged Kewpie doll!

[katsy]

27. Yay!

Go for it!

Cheney for prez

Serving murika from Prison

[KamaAina]

28. Because it would be embarrassing to have a sitting President arrested for war crimes

the minute he set foot overseas?

[Warren Stupidity]

29. Bring on the clowns.

Cheney can be the Bad Bozo on the Bus.

[Renew Deal]

30. Nominate him

[Politicalboi]

31. He "was" president already

But go for it Billy. Cheney can drive the clown car. Him or his evil daughter.

[Octafish]

34. PNAC for a true Daily Double, Alex.

Cheney 'n' Kristol are why Iraq is a War Crime Scene.

[WI_DEM]

36. I'd love it--yes do nominated Cheney!

[JHB]

38. Bill doesn't like Rubio? He of the "New American Century" slogan?

[mfcorey1]

39. Bil Krystol should not be able to touch the flag. Deport him on the first

test flight to Mars for human habitation!

[Zorra]

40. Being out of touch with reality is directly proportional to how

far to the right your worldview is.

The farther to the right someone is, the more out of touch with reality they are.

[Initech]

41. And that's how the zombie apocalypse starts.

[arely staircase]

42. bring it on, motherfuckers nt

[Cha]

43. Oh Please Just Do It. Get his ugly demonic face out there. Kristol sounds like the biggest idiot

on the Planet.

[Scuba]

45. Hey Billy, does licking Cheney's anus make your tongue tingle?

[Adrahil]

46. Go for it Kristol. I triple dog dare you. n/t

[Vinca]

47. So nominate him. I'd welcome it.

A year and 7 months to keep his war crimes out in public.