Card: I Have Not Taken ‘Personal Shots’ At Obama
Card: I Have Not Taken ‘Personal Shots’ At Obama
Last night on Fox News, Dick Cheney defended his statements regarding President Obama’s performance to date by claiming that he had never “personally attacked” Obama. Rather, Cheney insisted that all of his criticisms were focused on Obama’s policies. This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former White House chief of staff Andy Card echoed Cheney’s claim saying that the former vice president was right to speak out against Obama’s policies. However, Card said, Cheney should not be “criticizing the president” personally:
CARD: Dick Cheney has very strong opinion on protecting the country and I think its appropriate for him to be out there talking about that. I don’t think its appropriate for him to be criticizing the president.
SCARBOROUGH: He has been criticizing the president though.
CARD: Well, he was criticizing the policy not the president.
Card elaborated by saying that “[t]aking personal shots” at Obama would be out of line. Co-host Mika Brzezinski asked Card for an example of such personal shots:
BRZEZINSKI: Like what? … His choice of dress?
CARD: I’m not going to [give an example] because I don’t want to criticize the president. Barack Obama is my president too.
Watch it:
As ThinkProgress noted earlier today, it is a bit of a stretch for Card to claim that Cheney has not engaged in personal attacks on Obama. More interesting, however, is Card’s insistence that he himself has not and would not take “personal shots” at Obama. In fact, what Brzezinski apparently meant as a hypothetical example of a “personal shot” at Obama — criticizing his “choice of dress” — is exactly what Card did in January.
Indeed, on Michel Medved’s right-wing radio talk show, Card accused Obama of promoting a “locker room” atmosphere in the Oval Office because he and his staff do not not wear suit coats at all times. “I’m disappointed to see the casual, laissez faire, short sleeves, no shirt and tie, no jacket, kind of locker room experience that seems to be taking place in this White House and the Oval Office,” Card said. Card claimed that his former boss, President Bush, would never work without a suit coat on. Card repeated the attack on Obama’s choice of attire again in February. (In reality, Bush did at times work in the Oval Office without a suit coat.)
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Andy, take your man-boobs and just go home.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:41 pmCard: I Have Not Taken ‘Personal Shots’ At Obama
– - Obviously Card DID get Cheney’s memo on talking points. Andy, next time, try and paraphrase, not plagiarize.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:43 pmAndy Card, et al, All fluff, no stuff.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:45 pmCheney needs to just go the hell away! He did no good whatsoever for this country when he was vice-president, even though that ‘vice’ in front never seemed to click for him. Also, who cares what Andy Card is babbling about? He never really has anything to say really.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:46 pmAIO grasshopper Says:
“Andy, take your man-boobs and just go home.”
Is old man Costanza still selling the Mansierre?
April 21st, 2009 at 2:46 pmYOU’LL BE SWINGING BESIDE BUSH SOON ENOUGH ANDY
NO AMOUNT OF ASS KISSING IS GOING TO SAVE YOU NOW.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pmThis is like those movies, where the evil scientists are leaning up against the door loudly saying “It wasn’t our fault! It’s the new guy’s fault!” as the door rattles louder and louder with their evil spawn about to break through.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pmEvery chance Cheeeney gets he takes shots at President Obama. Cheeeeney has no cause for giving these interviews except to criticize the Obama administration and defend his criminal actions. It’s extremely unusual for a former VP to make as many public appearances as Cheney’s made. Wheelchair and all! Card should just STFU since he’s also made petty comments about President Obama. Man-boobs and all!
April 21st, 2009 at 2:51 pmWell, Andy, WE were disappointed to see the casual attitude to upholding the Constitution, no rule of law, no Geneva Convention kind of frat house experience that was taking place in the last White House and Oval Office.
Even if you could dress a chimp up in a suit jacket.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:54 pmIf Bush made all his decisions in the Oval Office wearing a suitcoat, might it be a good idea to BAN them PERMANENTLY from said office?
April 21st, 2009 at 2:55 pmrobbez_92107 ~~ Whoa! I just had this flash of Cheney as the Imperial Organ Grinder! With his little buddy pet dressed up in his cute suit and little cap!
April 21st, 2009 at 2:55 pmCard claimed that his former boss, President Bush, would never work…fixed it…
April 21st, 2009 at 2:56 pmAndy Card:
“Nor would I give out my e-mails from Hurricane Katrina. Congress and the public don’t have a right to know.”
April 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pmRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
Is old man Costanza still selling the Mansierre?
Maybe, LOL, and Kramer probably still has a few in storage.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pmDid the wind change direction or something? I thought criticizing the President was something these guys considered to be fair game. Why now all of the claims of criticizing the policies, not the President?
Is this some pathetic attempt by Republicans to take the high road? And if so — why? Are they recognizing they aren’t too popular with gutter tactics?
OK. Since they are going on record with not making any personal attacks against the President, surely they won’t mind if we keep track.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:58 pmActually Card meant to say:
President Bush, would never work-out with a suit coat on.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:59 pmAndy Card,
Phuck YOU! You are a c0cksucking liar.
I would love to show you a tour of The Hague you criminal bastard!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 3:03 pmThe people who have been constantly and consistently proven wrong over the last eight years can critique all they want. We can guage how well Obama is doing by the critiques. For instance, some old dick says he’s made us less safe, we must be a great deal more safe since they couldn’t make us ’safe’ without the worst attack in US history.
As long as he doesn’t do the things that got us in this mess, the things done by the previous admin, he’s doing great and we are all better off. Obama should listen and be sure not to do anything suggested by the ones that are always wrong.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:03 pmObama got elected because he was going to take the country in the opposite direction from Bush. It’s just one more point in his favor that Cheney doesn’t like his policies.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:05 pmThese guys are all clowns and any news organization that gives them airtime is nothing but a circus.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:06 pmCard claimed that his former boss, President Bush, would never work without a suit coat on.
Of course, Bush was never really in the West Wing working much, spending as much as 487 days at Camp David and 490 days in Crawford… or a full one third of his presidency…
Bush chose to leave the wet work to Dick Cheney, now, didn’t he? Which is why Cheney feels that it is in his right to criticize the current occupant of the White House.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pmBiggest bunch of liars to ever lead this country
April 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pmIt’s always breathtaking to hear the people who gave us witch hunts, enemies lists, dirty tricks, Watergate, Iran Contra, hate radio, Rovean politics, and Swiftboating talking about how clean they fight.
Right Will Eat Itself
April 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pmAndy…suits and ties obviously cut off blood to the brain…
…which is just one excuse for Bush’s moronic tenure.
Fcuk the Republicans
April 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pm*SIGH* I miss that show sometimes.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:17 pmFunny, the same people claimed that Bush vacations were ‘working’ vacations and I do not recall brush clearing with a suit coat on…
April 21st, 2009 at 3:17 pmIt’s worth a reminder here that Card’s whole “suit jacket” thing was a lie to begin with.
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ladybastet Says:
…even though that ‘vice’ in front never seemed to click for him.
I think he mistook it for the other definition of the word, as in “Evil President.”
April 21st, 2009 at 3:18 pm(21) LibertyLover
YOUR RESPONSE HITS THE MARK WITH BULLSEYE
DING!! DING!! YOU ARE THE WINNER !
April 21st, 2009 at 3:18 pmAnd pretzels, dont forget the pretzels!!
April 21st, 2009 at 3:18 pmThe Republican leaders either have some kind of collective co-dependant mental illness, or they’re just very bad people. That’s it. I cannot find another explaination…
April 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pmAndrew Card: The Joker playing without a full deck.
Andrew Card: Man-boobs without the man.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pmCoulter calls them jokes…
April 21st, 2009 at 3:22 pmCoulter calls them jokes…
April 21st, 2009 at 3:22 pmThat’s funny. Whenever we criticized Bush policies, we were called “disloyal” and “traitorous.”
I do not deny that many of us attacked Bush personally, but let’s be truthful here. Bush was never “presidential material.” And his constant demonstrations of that fact were reason enough to criticize him personally. He deserved much of the criticism we gave him. Maybe not all of it, but most of it.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:26 pmHigh Treason committed on nine-nine and nine-ten? Let us put Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush under oath and let them testify in an open public hearing and be required to answer questions from the general public.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:28 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
That is not a personal attack. It is a criticism of office policy.
Does it make any difference to you that Card lied when he made this particular critique? Or do lies not matter to you?
April 21st, 2009 at 3:29 pmMika is quickly morphing into ALAN COLMES . .
She really needs to SPEAK HER MIND and stop letting Cranky Joe stieffle her which is really obvious!!
Nobody likes potted plants anymore and it’s too early in the morning to make women like me nauseaus . .
April 21st, 2009 at 3:34 pmApe-Man Says:
The Republican leaders either have some kind of collective co-dependant mental illness, or they’re just very bad people. That’s it. I cannot find another explaination…
I worried and wondered about this for years. Then I finally had a breakthrough: it doesn’t f’ing matter. It just doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter in the slightest whether they’re a) stupid, b) evil, or c) insane. They simply have to be stopped.
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Xisithrus Says:
Coulter calls them jokes…
Coulter’s about as funny as being tortured.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:34 pmConservativeForProgress Says
April 21st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
39. What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.
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You’ve made this claim before. And we’ve proved you wrong. So unless you have a fresh argument, would it be asking too much for you to give this particular whine a rest? Just repeating something ad nauseum doesn’t make it true, you know.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:44 pmI couldn’t agree more! It’s an interesting little mental game to play as you try to figure out republicans. Indeed I think each one has to be dealt with individually. Some are crazy, others gullible, some stupid, others are just angry and Michael Savage gives them something to be angry about, etc etc, but in the final analysis it makes no difference! As James Carville put it “We’re Right, They’re Wrong,” and we’ve got to keep them from making things worse!
The encouraging thing is to look at how many people showed up at those tea parties – not very many compared to the number that showed up on inauguration day. Polls show that most people in our country hate Rush, Cheney, and Bush! This is good news!
Conservatism is breathing its last breath. The Republicans are lost and without clear vision. The Reagan era is ancient history and its ideas are now fully disproved. The New Dealers of the past are now being looked at with renewed understanding. It’s a good day to be a liberal!
April 21st, 2009 at 3:46 pmPresident Obama can wear whatever he wants as long as the economy keeps getting better.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:47 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
39. What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.
I didn’t ask you about Obama, I asked you about Card. Did it matter to you that Card lied when he said that about the suit jacket policy?
You know, I’m normally polite to people who come here and say things like the stuff you said. Don’t give me a reason to change that. Just answer the question I asked you.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:49 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
“What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.”
That much is obvious.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pmHey Andy, what color suit will you find appropriate to wear to your trial?
April 21st, 2009 at 3:58 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
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32. Now those are personal attacks. Good examples.
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Oh,boo-hoo
So sorry you’re panties are in a bind.
Boo-hoo
Wingnuts are always happy to dish it out, but when it comes to being able to take it:
Oh boo-hoo. woe is me.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:33 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
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39. What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.
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We know, you voted for him and he let you down.
Oh boo-hoo
Try to contain your disappointment and feelings of abandonment.
Boo-hoo, oh, boo-hoo
April 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pmPR @#45
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noseeum@#48
Howza bout bright orange with stainless steel accessories!
April 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
39. What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
No what matters to you is how often you can repeat what Rush TOLD you to believe. Strange how I have seen those EXACT SAME WORDS repeated by a different wingnut. Ah the hivemind. Stupid as brass bubblegum not a triple digit IQ collectively but they KNOW how to repeat what they are programmed with. Of course it is sad and pathetic but thats the Limborg
April 21st, 2009 at 7:25 pmRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
“Howza bout bright orange with stainless steel accessories!”
Excellent.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:40 pmCan’t wait to see him shoot his cuffs!
Put the Criminal Cheney in prison for treason and war crimes!
April 21st, 2009 at 8:20 pmNot only are there photos of Bush not wearing a jacket in the oval office, but there are also at least a couple of photos of him sitting with his FEET up on the oval office desk.
But I guess that doesn’t count?
You can find the pictures here:
http://www.republicansforobama.org/?q=node/5455
and here:
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12931660
(You might have to scroll down the page a little way)
April 21st, 2009 at 9:53 pmIf Cheny really wants to do America some good he should go back to Wyoming and hunt Quail with Rush Limbaugh.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:41 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
39. What matters to me is that Obama lied in most of his campaign promises.
… none of which you even bother to cite. Obviously, it doesn’t matter that much to you. Or was typing that much too hard for your widdow fingers?
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ladybastet Says:
Conservatism is breathing its last breath. The Republicans are lost and without clear vision.
Correct. Consider this: in ages past, Republicans were widely viewed as the party of national security, fiscal responsibility and moral values. Recently, they’ve lost all three mantles to us. They don’t know how to keep us safe, they don’t know how to manage an economy, and they now constantly expose themselves as blatantly evil parodies of humanity. Frankly, they’ve got nothing left, unless it’s perhaps an unhealthy concern over who’s doing what with who’s pooper-hole.
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Pelotonpro 048 Says:
If Cheny really wants to do America some good he should go back to Wyoming and hunt Quail with Rush Limbaugh.
Only one of those two would come back, but I couldn’t lay a bet on which.
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 amCheney is a friggin’ liar, his id really supercedes his super-ego? Cheney is borderline…. “you fill in the blank_____?”
This part of the first 10 years of the 21st Century in US history will not be rewritten!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:47 amEven when they are reminded of one of their own previously made quotes they lie! Super dresser Andrew Card, yes you are indeed a liar and a hypocrite! You and your gang continuosly make it very easy to point out this fact each and every time you open your gobs.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 amI think MSNBC should get rid of Joe Scarborough. He just throws out right wing talking points everyday
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pmHey tonyrich300…Why dump Scarborough, the guy’s harmless and he’s go the hots for Miya Brahoohaa or whatever? Hell, FoxNews has Geraldo. About an even up trade don’t ya think?
The more important question is…Where does it say that some politician can’t criticize some other politician, president or not? WE roasted Georgie-boy Bush for 8 years and still want him prosecuted for war crimes and now we’re whinin’ about dumb old Deferable Dicky C.? What up wit dat?
For the record, I’m new here and retired career Navy. I’m FOR ANYTHING being used against those proved to be terrorists. The Intl Red Cross, Amnesty Intl and the bleeding hearts holier-than-thou righteous advocates were never American POWs and don’t know diddley-squat. Where are they when some commie bastard is pulling out some poor GI’s fingernails one by one. They’re friggin’ AWOL is where the international bleeding hearts are. These islamofundamentalists nuts have no rules. They hate EVERYONE THAT AIN’T THEM! You don’t beat them playing Geneva Convention Crackpot games that have NO PLACE in dealing with terrorists. AS a Democrat I go back to Hit’em again Harder Harry Truman. We could use him about now.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm