Cheney emerges as surprise Trump surrogate

[EricMaundry]

Source: Politico

During the campaign, Donald Trump trashed the hawkish foreign policy of the second Bush White House. But now, he and his team are relying on the man most closely identified with that regime — Dick Cheney — to help ensure that Rex Tillerson is confirmed next year as Trump's secretary of state.

As Republicans have voiced reservations about Tillerson’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Cheney — himself a former oil executive, a longtime Tillerson friend, and perhaps the country’s most famous foreign policy hawk — is serving as a bridge between the Trump team and skeptical Republican senators.

It’s a scenario no one could have possibly foreseen: that one of the key architects of the Iraq War, which Trump slammed on the campaign trail, is now being enlisted as an emissary for a man Trump wants to help steer his ship of state.

The former vice president is also in close contact with senior Trump aides. Cheney speaks frequently with the vice president-elect, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who himself serves as a liaison between the president-elect and Capitol Hill, and who has said he hopes to model his vice presidency on Cheney’s.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/dick-cheney-trump-surrogate-232746

[Kali]

1. ...

[wordpix]

18. really scraping the bottom of the barrel there, aren't you, Donald?

[harun]

49. ditto

[C Moon]

2. Who would be able to resist that kind-hearted smile...

[mpcamb]

7. At every turn Trump surrounds himself with the worst.

[wordpix]

19. yes and their "worst" is actually their best, in their eyes

[Hortensis]

45. Yes. What surprise that a VP who used his position for

unprecedented and intensely corrupt, war profiteering business development would run to join the plundering of the national treasury and national landholdings? Of course Cheney is in. All in, no doubt.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. And when you this thought this couldn't get worse

He's b-a-c-k!

[malthaussen]

4. A marriage made in Heaven...

... well, some place starting with "H," anyway.

-- Mal

[coco22]

5. I said to a friend ..

when will Darth show up? I knew it was time for all of the greedy warmongers to come out of their holes.

[LenaBaby61]

34. I knew it was time for all of the greedy warmongers to come out of their holes.

It's not a question of if but WHEN tRump and his stooges launch us into a war, because cHenEy and the warmongers have to replenish their coffer$. It's been since the early 2000's when they made their last BIG heist, er haul, er war monies.

[0rganism]

6. imagining the conversation in Trump tower now

"isn't there some way to get him into a cabinet spot?"
"sorry sir, you've already picked the crappiest ones you could find for all the slots."
"but just think how he'd annoy the liberals. gotta put him somewhere soft'n'squishy. who do we have lined up for HHS?"

[Mr.Bill]

8. So the slime oozes out from under the rocks

when they smell oil money. Not surprised.

[wordpix]

22. Don's draining the swamp to get at the oil

Down there in the muck. Very clever, Don

[trusty elf]

41. .....

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[Baitball Blogger]

9. Who is surprised? It is always about the oil for that sob.

[lastone]

10. Of course he is

He lied about everything and his "being against the Iraq war" was just another one. The fucking fools that couldn't see this I'll never forgive.

[randr]

11. Like sharks at a ship wreck

Republic operatives know all they have to do is stroke Trump's ego to get what they want.

[wordpix]

23. Putin knows it, too

[Solly Mack]

12. No surprise. Cheney was singing Trump's praises a couple of weeks ago

at an event at the Reagan Center.

And it is seriously no surprise from a man who firmly believes in the unitary executive....especially since Pence has already said he plans to be like Cheney. (just more so)

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. "like Cheney"

[UpInArms]

13. evil sightings are now confirmed

eom

[Grassy Knoll]

14. Dear Mister Dick....

Please Take tRUMP Hunting,
Thanks,
Signed: The USA

[Yonnie3]

27. Darn it, you beat me to it.

[Hekate]

38. Ha!

[Ken Burch]

15. Kissinger, Cheney...Trump's got a whole "Zombie Cabinet" going.

I wonder when we'll see THIS guy show up at the Tower:

[kevink077]

16. oh lord

What rock/hole did this old creep crawl out of? Go back to the crypt. Dick.

[moonscape]

17. Uch, hard to read past "Cheney emerges ..." n/t

[JudyM]

20. No surprise that like Cheney, Pence intends to be Puppetmaster.

[7962]

21. I despise cheney more than the rest of them.

Iraq was all HIS doing. I think thats why you never see W with him anywhere; he knows he got played by cheney

[wordpix]

25. agree and the bastard walks away free and wealthy

R's are solidly behind Trump but let the confirmation hearings begin! Hopefully we won't have to get to that point.

[baldguy]

24. No surprise that Henry Potter is a trumpist.

[chowder66]

26. I'm going to sue Trump for whiplash caused by the insane non-stop hypocrisy. nt

[Hulk]

28. Like the groundhog...

My birthday wish this year was for him to wear out his mechanical heart and leave us the hell alone.

(I realize it isn't a mechanical heart. He's wasted TWO heart transplants that could have gone to a deserving person, possibly.)

[zippythepinhead]

31. Only the god die young

not scum like him. Please God, let there be a hell.

[Ellipsis]

29. The Balrog

Oh great.

[zippythepinhead]

30. cheney, the evilest of the evil ones

May he roast in hell for being responsible for the millions of victims of his cursed war.
Evil, evil, evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil,evil.
curse you cheney.
Birds of a feather flock together

[TheDebbieDee]

32. Cheney - that undead POS is speaking for the President-Elect!

I wonder how many hearts he's eaten just this week...

[YOHABLO]

33. Did someone open his tomb and let him out?

[Sunlei]

35. cheney just helped his daughter get elected, republican is in the inner loop again. welcome to hell

"Cheney for Wyoming
www.cheneyforwyoming.com/
Liz Cheney is a proud constitutional conservative and an advocate for a strong America. As a Fox News contributor, Liz Cheney has been a prominent national voice defending our constitutional rights and standing up against President Obama's devastating policies."

"Liz Cheney wins VP dad's old House seat in Wyoming | Fox News
www.foxnews.com/politics/.../liz-cheney-wins-vp-dads-old-house-seat-in-wyoming.html
Nov 8, 2016 - Republican Liz Cheney, the eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, on Tuesday won her father's old House seat in Wyoming."

[SunSeeker]

36. Oh good grief. I had not heard about that.

Life after November 8, 2016, just keeps getting worse...and worse...

[moonscape]

39. I didn't know that either. How grim. n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

40. He's the Ted Nugent of politics.

Few remember when he last did something worthwhile, no one likes him anymore, and he's too loud for his own good.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

42. Oh yeah, no one could've possibly foreseen this one. Give me a

fucking break. How stupid are these people?

[leftyladyfrommo]

43. Barf. nt

[Danmel]

44. Can somebody make this stop

Every evil piece of shit is crawling out of the drained swamp. This is like every bad dream I've had in 56 years combined and coming true.

[EricMaundry]

50. Trumb did not drain the swamp

He stocked it with Swamp Creatures.

[Danmel]

55. I know

I should have used a sarcastic emoji.

[Vinca]

46. What's the surprising part? It's a match made in heaven . . . or wherever.

[JTFrog]

47. How is it a surprise? Puppet master loves himself a Pinocchio. nt

[Madam45for2923]

48. Trump's moral fluidity gives Cheney wet dreams and mucho hard-ons!

Cheney emerges as surprise Trump surrogate
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Source: Politico

During the campaign, Donald Trump trashed the hawkish foreign policy of the second Bush White House. But now, he and his team are relying on the man most closely identified with that regime — Dick Cheney — to help ensure that Rex Tillerson is confirmed next year as Trump's secretary of state.

As Republicans have voiced reservations about Tillerson’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Cheney — himself a former oil executive, a longtime Tillerson friend, and perhaps the country’s most famous foreign policy hawk — is serving as a bridge between the Trump team and skeptical Republican senators.

It’s a scenario no one could have possibly foreseen: that one of the key architects of the Iraq War, which Trump slammed on the campaign trail, is now being enlisted as an emissary for a man Trump wants to help steer his ship of state.

The former vice president is also in close contact with senior Trump aides. Cheney speaks frequently with the vice president-elect, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who himself serves as a liaison between the president-elect and Capitol Hill, and who has said he hopes to model his vice presidency on Cheney’s.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/dick-cheney-trump-surrogate-232746

[heaven05]

51. he has always

just like rove been slinking around in the background....guaranteed. No surprise here.

[sab390]

52. Definition of Evil

Chaney does evil just for evil's sake. Not even for profit or power, just to do evil. War, torture, oppression are the only ends he seeks.

[yurbud]

53. so Trump either made peace with GOP establishment or he was their boy all along

[JudyM]

54. Ironically, he'll be the most LGBT-friendly of the whole bunch.

[doc03]

56. I wish his f---g batteries would catch fire nt

[EricMaundry]

57. That would give him heartburn.

[agalisgv]

58. Nobody should be surprised by this

He did run on the Republican ticket.

[LandrosT]

59. Ugh, I hate hearing about this scumbag again

It's a real shame Dick isn't sitting in prison for his many crimes. Sickening.

[bullwinkle428]

60. Trump's cabinet choices are EXACTLY what I would have expected from a

"President Dick Cheney".