Ed Schultz On Moring Joe

Joe Scarborough is "stunned" someone might think Dick Cheney has his self-interests ahead of the country's. Ed Schultz ain't buying it and believes Cheney, as CIA chief Leon Panetta pointed out, wants another attack in the US.

In Joe's world, attacking Obama is OK, attacking a chronically-dishonest ex-VP who attacks Obama is "off-base".

Here are some facts about Cheney [and they keep getting worse with each declassified document] that he is implicated with:

1. Ignoring, among others, Richard Clarke, who presented the incoming Bush administration with specific warnings about Al Qaeda.

2. Designating prisoners of war "enemy combatants" in order to hold them offshore and suspend all legal rights, including habeous corpus.

3. Directing the CIA to cherry pick intelligence and create false intelligence in order to support the argument that there were WMDs in Iraq

4. Torturing, in violation of the law, to acquire false evidence in support for an illegal war

5. Directing the preparation of fraudulent legal memos designed to provide cover for expanding and continuing a program of torture.

6. Setting his office outside the executive branch of government, in direct violation of tradition and fundamental constitutional principles, in order to avoid proper record keeping for historical review of his actions.

Still can't see Cheney's flawed character, Joe? Six military deferrals. Told Sen. Leahy to "go fuck himself". Shot his friend in the face.

Joe sits back, scolding his guests opinions, as a true war criminal like Cheney glides by only because there is an "R" after his name. What a smug little toad.



Source: Bob Cesca