Cheney lends a bit of his GOP star power to Romney
Source: AP-Excite
By KASIE HUNT
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney is using his popularity with Republican conservatives to give a boost to Mitt Romney, hosting a fundraiser for the party's likely nominee at a mountain valley resort as well as a private dinner at his Wyoming home.
Romney has avoided appearing in public with Cheney or with former President George W. Bush - both are seen as divisive figures by many of the swing voters he needs to win over if he's going to defeat President Barack Obama. The Cheney-sponsored events Thursday evening at this resort town near Yellowstone National Park represent a welcome endorsement for Romney, who is eager to win over more of the party's base.
Romney doesn't have a close relationship with the former vice president, a veteran of five Republican presidential administrations and a huge draw for GOP donors. While Romney speaks regularly with former President George H.W. Bush, he seldom refers by name to the most recent Bush to occupy the White House. On occasion he goes out of his way not to say Bush's name out loud and simply calls him "the predecessor" to Obama.
Cheney has generally shied away from politicking and he remains controversial, in part because of his hawkish foreign policy stances, including his support for interrogation techniques like waterboarding.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a speech to the NAACP annual convention, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Ah HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAHH!! GiftTastic strikes and keeps striking! This guy's cluelessness exceeds all comedic bounds!! Why don't you just appear with the corpse of Pol Pot!!?!? That trigger happy bloodthirsty voevod Cheney's just as bad!!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Bet on it.
tanyev
(42,556 posts)No, I thought not.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)I hope we see lots and lots of photos from this "event", yet somehow, I doubt we will.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)rurallib
(62,414 posts)than to clamp your lips tightly on Cheney's ass?
Javaman
(62,530 posts)Darth Chaney: Lost mittens you are my son...
Lost mittens: Nnnn...hmmmm...really? okay.
MgtPA
(1,022 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Star power no ...more like a black hole.
Gary 50
(381 posts)Darth Cheney left office with a 13 percent approval rating. I would guess half of that thirteen percent was people not paying attention and the other half hard core fascists.
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)That sounds like a pretty accurate assessment to me.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)were probably taking a hit for the team. His actual approval rating is probably lower than Herpes and nail fungus.
Autumn
(45,082 posts)I don't think we are in Kansas anymore
truthisfreedom
(23,147 posts)It's always best to stand upwind of the undead.
bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)He is responsible to US for what he did to the entire world, a world that is less safe for American citizens while our RIGHTS have been denied by "national security" and the extra judicial privateers/mercenaries. This is what President Obama inherited when we elected him-and effects are still exponentially continuing as we further decline as a nation and world power.
Look at that "I got crimes against humanity charges? HAHAHAHAHAHA!" expression and weep.
Then take action.
Coexist
(24,542 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Mz Pip
(27,443 posts)I hope Rmoney's campaign goes the way of the Death Star. :