Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:10 PM

grantcart (38,759 posts)

Cheney: Picking Palin Was A 'Mistake'

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Source: ABC news via NPR

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is calling Sen. John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 a "mistake."

In an excerpted interview with ABC News' This Week on Sunday, Cheney said it's important that Romney not repeat the fumble. The list of potential VP picks is a big one, he says, but there's a shorter list, too:

"'The test to get on that small list has to be, "Is this person capable of being president of the United States?"'

"Cheney believes Sarah Palin failed that test.

"'I like Governor Palin. I've met her. I know her. She – attractive candidate. But based on her background, she'd only been governor for, what, two years. I don't think she passed that test...of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake.'"

The former vice president has experience selecting running mates for presidential candidates. As USA Today notes, Cheney helped President Gerald Ford pick Bob Dole as his running mate in 1976. In 2000, Cheney was tasked with finding a running mate for George W. Bush. The name that topped that list, of course, was his own.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/07/29/157561370/cheney-picking-palin-was-a-mistake?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Cheney: Picking Palin Was A 'Mistake' (Original post)	grantcart	Jul 2012	OP
no shit, Sherlock. --	Tuesday Afternoon	Jul 2012	#1
He's right	Bluzmann57	Jul 2012	#2
So it wasn't a mistake to pick Cheney?	Kingofalldems	Jul 2012	#3
Don't forget - darth picked himself. nt	Mnemosyne	Jul 2012	#5
My thought exactly!	Zyzafyx	Jul 2012	#9
Quite an insight nearly 4 years out and nearly 4 years since the rest of use reached that conclusion	TroglodyteScholar	Jul 2012	#4
Well, if there is one thing that Dick knows	Dakota Flint	Jul 2012	#6
Cheney	Vietnameravet	Jul 2012	#7
actually	DonCoquixote	Jul 2012	#8
World: Picking Cheney was a mistake.	Atman	Jul 2012	#10
I found Agnew, Cheney, and Quayle as cringe-inducing as Palin	struggle4progress	Jul 2012	#11
I don't want to hear anything from Cheney unless	nichomachus	Jul 2012	#12
Locking, sorry, this is a duplicate. Please continue discussion here:	Rhiannon12866	Jul 2012	#13

Response to grantcart (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:12 PM

Tuesday Afternoon (43,946 posts)

1. no shit, Sherlock. --

dumbass Cheney

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:13 PM

Bluzmann57 (11,578 posts)

2. He's right

He's still evil personified, but in this case, he's right. And I'd say that he should look in the mirror for the wrong man for the job, but I don't think his reflection shows up in a mirror.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:17 PM

Kingofalldems (11,088 posts)

3. So it wasn't a mistake to pick Cheney?

I guess he forgot he actually shot someone while VP.

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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:19 PM

Mnemosyne (16,191 posts)

5. Don't forget - darth picked himself. nt

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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:34 PM

Zyzafyx (124 posts)

9. My thought exactly!

Sarah Youbetcha would be too dumb to do the damage Lord Vader did.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:18 PM

TroglodyteScholar (4,543 posts)

4. Quite an insight nearly 4 years out and nearly 4 years since the rest of use reached that conclusion

Where the hell has Cheney been?

Hell, his party's current candidate for president doesn't pass the "Cheney test."

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:31 PM

Dakota Flint (68 posts)

6. Well, if there is one thing that Dick knows

it's how to pick a mistake. He wrote the book.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:32 PM

Vietnameravet (624 posts)

7. Cheney

You really have to go to Free Republic site to see the trashing of Bush and Cheney that is going on...from the very same folks that so vehemently defended him not so many years ago..

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:33 PM

DonCoquixote (5,633 posts)

8. actually

From the GOP viewpoint, that was the strongest decision made, one meant to fire up the base. Let's face it, many GOP did not vote for McCain, but voted for Sarah. It would not surprise me if Mitt tries a similar trick.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:15 PM

Atman (26,084 posts)