Cheney curls his lip at the public one last time

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This Week: In Memoriam from crooksandliars.com
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passing of FBI Assoc. Director/"Deep Throat" Watergate informant W. Mark Felt, Conservative leader Paul Weyrich and Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh. In addition, the Pentagon has released the name of one soldier confirmed killed in Afghanistan.According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Afghanistan now numbers 1,036. In Iraq, the number is 4,526. During this same week, IBC has confirmed the deaths of 81 Iraqi civilians.
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Download | Play Download | Play [H/t Heather] A lot of the discussion around Dick Cheney's exit interview on Fox News with Chris Wallace yesterday focused -- appropriately enough -- on his war-powers grab and his continuing defense of telling Patrick Leahy "Go f--k yourself" on the floor of the Senate. There was much remarkable in the interview, but this exchange particularly stood out for me, because I think it's telling and symbolic of the conservative approach to governance: WALLACE: According to the latest Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll — and I know how much you like polls — you now have the lowest approval rating of the last eight years. Twenty-nine percent have a favorable opinion, 61 percent unfavorable. I know that you say that politicians shouldn't chase polls. But when people see all that you did as vice president and, in a kind of final report card over your eight years, say they still disapprove, does that bother you? CHENEY: No. We didn't — if — we didn't set out to achieve the highest level of polls that we could during the course of this administration. We set out to do what we thought was necessary and essential for the country. That clearly was the guiding principle with respect to the aftermath of 9/11. I feel very good about a lot of the things we've done in this administration. I think that they will be viewed in a favorable light when it's time to write the history of this era. I think the fact that we were able to protect the nation against further attacks from Al Qaida for 7.5 years is a remarkable achievement. To do that, we had to adopt some unpopular policies that have been widely criticized by our critics. But I think in terms of — is 29 percent good enough for me? Well, we fought a tough reelection battle. We won by an adequate margin in 2004. We've been here for eight years now. Eventually, you wear out your welcome in this business. But I've — I'm very comfortable with where we are and what we achieved sub
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