Barack Obama Pokes Cheney's Self-Importance

Why does the media still take Dick Cheney seriously? How many times has Cheney said something is true only to be contradicted by the facts? Why are right wingers with such a dark vision like Cheney even taken seriously? Has Dick Cheney gained us any friends in the last six years? No, but he has been the ugly face of America for six years; there is much that is good about America but Cheney is not to be counted among the best that America has to offer.

I haven't made up my mind who to support for the Democratic nomination but I like the way Barack Obama talks. The Washington Post has an Associated Press story by Kelley Shannon:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ridiculed Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday for saying Britain's decision to pull troops from Iraq is a good sign that fits with the strategy for stabilizing the country.

Obama, speaking at a massive outdoor rally in Austin, Texas, said British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision this week to withdraw 1,600 troops is a recognition that Iraq's problems can't be solved militarily.

"Now if Tony Blair can understand that, then why can't George Bush and Dick Cheney understand that?" Obama asked thousands of supporters who gathered in the rain to hear him. "In fact, Dick Cheney said this is all part of the plan (and) it was a good thing that Tony Blair was withdrawing, even as the administration is preparing to put 20,000 more of our young men and women in.

"Now, keep in mind, this is the same guy that said we'd be greeted as liberators, the same guy that said that we're in the last throes. I'm sure he forecast sun today," Obama said to laughter from supporters holding campaign signs over their heads to keep dry. ...

Cheney may know how to wield power behind the presidential curtain but he's been clumsy and paranoid when it comes to foreign policy. Somebody needs to tell Bush he hired the wrong man to be vice president and send him packing before he does more damage.

Now, to be honest, rhetoric isn't enough to qualify someone to be president, but I like Obama. He's a fighter.