Frist Won't Criticize Cheney for Cursing

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Majority Leader Bill Frist refused on Sunday to criticize Vice President Dick Cheney for cursing on the floor of the Senate in a confrontation with a Democratic senator.

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"It's a political season right now, where partisan feelings and emotions have come to the surface itself," Frist said when asked on CNN's "Late Edition" about the comment.

Despite that, he said, the Senate is doing its work well, avoiding gridlock that could result from a lineup of 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats and an independent. "We're delivering for the American people," Frist said.

"With regard to the vice president's comments, I did not hear the comments, did not witness the comments, but clearly they reflect a lot of that emotion," he said. "Without taking one side or the other, a lot of personal feelings are being expressed, and that emotion came out by the vice president, and I'll let the American people judge as to whether or not it was warranted."

Pressed whether he condones the use of such language in the Senate, Frist pointed out that the chamber was not in session at the time, "so I am not going to condone, I am not going to overly criticize the language that people in the -- the language that people use to express themselves."

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http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-cheney-frist,0,2505742.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[bullimiami]

1. well frist can go

fuck himself then....


:)

[Khephra]

2. Fucking Right!

:evilgrin:

[indepat]

16. Side-ways

[RetroLounge]

25. Exactly. Fuck Frist

Fuck Cheney.

Fuck 'em all.

RL

[wish_I_could_vote]

26. we can only hope their hypocrisy is becoming apparent to the faithful.

[Kagemusha]

3. By accepting it now, it will become permanent.

Accepting something wrong for political convenience makes it a rule.

Sad.

[Piperay]

27. I agree and then

these same people will be complaining before long about the 'poisonious atmosphere' and won't be able to figure out what caused it. :-(

[Ernesto]

4. Gee, what great leadership

for the GOP (party of family values)

[supernova]

5. Well, you knew that was(n't) coming

:eyes:

[lovedems]

6. I watched Capitol Gang on CNN last night and it was a disgusting sight.

The Douche bag for Liberty, Novakula and his whore counterpart O'Biern were actually defending Cheney because, "Leahy is the meanest, most vile, most partisan member of the senate." (Words along those lines. It was so stupid and so desperate it was hilarious!). To even remotely suggest that Leahy deserved it was despicable but what more do you expect about those 2 partisan whores?

BTW, after seeing F911, the Bush apologists and supporters now more then ever look like absolute idiots.

[Frances]

7. Leahy's crime is that he is questioning

Halliburton and its no-bid contracts in Iraq

Journalists who shill for this rip-off of the American people are not journalists

The headlines should be

Vice President attacks Senator for questioning Halliburton's practices

[jbfam4]

8. Kerry's not presidential material

when he uses the F word, but cheney is vice presidential material when he uses it.........That's the way this works.

Poor Cheney is under lots of pressure with the 9=11 report coming out, the one from the Senate intel, and someone from his office committing treason. That's a lot of pressure for a man with a heart problem.

[leftist.]

33. boy no kidding!

remember how hard they came down on kerry for dropping that word a few months back? his "campaign was imploding" then, just because of that one little word.

how times change :)

... paris

[bluedeminredstate]

9. Yeah right...

"I am not going to overly criticize the language that people in the -- the language that people use to express themselves."

Hey kittykiller, how about applying that to Richard Clark?

Maybe we can hope that Sen. Inofe will think about this when people express "outrage" over inhumane treatment in the name of America?

Hopefully, next time a Democrat crticizes Bush, Frist's troops will refrain from saying they hate America or that they're unpatriotic.

And maybe, just maybe, his deputy, Rick "man-on-dog" Santorum, will apply this general principle to people's expression of their sexual identity and realize that the language he uses to bash gays is ignorant and hurtful.

[Just Me]

10. Sweeet. You GO Frist!!! Enable these evil-doers! Their "true colors",..

,...will continue to shine through to the American people!!!

:bounce:

As for the rest of us who REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE, let us forge forward in pushing those greedy, power-grabbing, back-stabbing evil-doers buttons every chance we get!!!

:bounce:

We have every reason to take a stand against these bullying, stingy, butt-wipes (in our incredibly diplomatic way *snicker*)!!!! If they can't handle what they dish out,...well, that is their personal problem,...and they will just have to GET OVER IT!!!

[emulatorloo]

11. Well, Thank Goodness Cheney didn't Flash His Boob!

Just proves that the Republicans are the party of False Outrage. . .outraged when it suits their agenda/

[wtmusic]

13. Now that would have been truly obscene

and would have had me writing letters!

[stepnw1f]

12. Awww.... now that's love

[Cocoa]

14. will Rummy return Dick's favor?

will we hear him tell us to "get off Cheney's case."

[Fxmur]

17. Sweet Irony

I want a full commision investigating this atrocity, STAT!

Oh wait, thats when a democrat swears, my bad.

[radfringe]

15. you didn't expect him to criticize Cheney, did you?

after all, criticizing someone is difficult to do when your lips are glued to their butt

[shanti]

18. cat-killer wouldn't criticize

the big dick for ANYTHING, so what else is new?

[2cents]

19. Fruitcakes of a feather...n/t

[GoldenOldie]

21. Frist, Hassert, Georgie??????

What do these have in common???? They are all dumb and easily controlled.

[jpak]

20. The fundies were apoplectic when Bono dropped the F bomb on TV

But what is their reaction when their Great Christian War Patriot Vice President (and two time DUI convict) uses the same language in the sacred halls of Congress????

<crickets chirping>

[struggle4progress]

22. Everybody should "quote the Veep" to Frist. eom

[anarchy1999]

23. Insanity running Amok!

n/t

[truthisfreedom]

24. why do thugs' sentences fragment when they answer reporter's questions?

why can't they just answer?

[wildwww2]

28. Frist kills cats. Cheney kills civility in the Senate chamber. It is no

big deal with these war criminals. Dead Iraqi children. Numbers mounting everyday. Along with our dead and wounded troops. And the court appointed VP has to tell a Senator "Go F**k Yourself". Because he does not like being reminded of the huge profits he and his cronies are making off of this war crime. These people have no business leading America.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[Lisa]

29. If Cheney said he felt good after he did it -- he undermines Bush!

Dubya's spoken umpteen times about Clinton symbolizing the corrupt "if it feels good, do it" culture.

[Kinkistyle]

30. "Watch your Fucking Language!"

Frist would probably issue this apology "We are very sorry that Dick Cheney used that kind of language against that asshole Leahy."

[jdj]

31. and a great rejoicing was heard throughout the land

for the Lord spake
whislt thou hast labored in silence
muttering thy curses under thy breath
Rejoice now, O children of Frist-re-ill
for now thy curses shall be spoken out loud,
and shall be heard in all corners of the land
as the true voice of thy God Cheney spaketh
so shall thee speak, in my Fathers' tongue,
proclaimeth to all,
Fucketh thyself!!

[Ivan Zero]

32. This is not a time for pessimism and rage

unless you're not starring in our current ad with Adolf Hitler.

Go Frist yourself, Bill.

[Rose Siding]

34. Imagine for a moment, had it been VP Al Gore

The repubs would have invented new retroactive laws. But I can hear the dems now: "I can understand it, but I'll bet he's kicking himself for losing it", "that certainly isn't the image/tone we want to project; I'll bet he's kicking himself". -Reason rather than blind hypocricy. I'd bet money on it.