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The Ed Show Panel Conjures Disturbing Image Of Dick Cheney As Bush’s ‘Security Blanket’

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On a day that has seen a lot of painful (and painfully dull) rehashing of political angst against former Vice President Dick Cheney, pegged to his upcoming autobiography, Ed Schultz’s Cheney panel managed to squeeze out an entertaining wrinkle or two. On Thursday night’s The Ed ShowRing of Fire host Mike Papantonio struggled to keep Cheney’s villainy on par with Dubya’s, while Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead was suitably disturbed by the idea of Cheney as Bush’s binky.

The bulk of Ed’s Cheney segment was devoted to the completely unsurprising idea that the former veep would never apologize for his role in the Iraq War, or his support for torture, or anything else. This is a man who shot his friend in the face, and had the guy apologize to him.

Lizz Winstead said that “peace might be his kryptonite,” and that she thought he wrote the book because “there were still a couple of people still on the fence about hating Dick Cheney, and he just wanted to make sure that he got everybody on board.”

Among the revelations in the book is that Cheney offered his resignation to President Bush several times, but Bush refused. Papantonio tore into Cheney with gusto, but stopped short of positing Cheney as the real power behind President George W. Bush, theorizing that Bush refused to accept Cheney’s resignation because Cheney provided him cover for his own decisions, and that it was “comfortable” for Bush to keep Cheney around.

“Having Dick Cheney as your security blanket,” Winstead laughed, “is one of the most frightening things that I’ve ever heard,” and noted the shooting in context with Cheney’s remark, in an interview that “heads will explode” over this book, wondering, “do you really want to take that to the next level?”

After a day of revisiting the trauma that was the Cheney era, Winstead’s observations were like a comedic sorbet. She got in a few more choice quips before landing the last word, saying, “When you’re a man who has no pulse you are your own ghostwriter.”

Here’s the clip, from MSNBC’s The Ed Show:


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  • Anonymous

    Entertaining and amusing to the extreme left wing…otherwise, not so much.

  • Anonymous

    Dick Cheney – “This is a man who shot his friend in the face, and had the guy apologize to him.”

    Ed Schultz also had a hunting accident one time, but the victim didn’t apologize to him since dogs can’t talk…and the dog was killed.  Where is PETA when you need them?

  • Anonymous

    Tommy – if you are going to use cute words, use them correctly.  

    A “binky” is a soother
    A “blanky” is a security blanket.  

  • Obama – The – Destroyer

    Ed’s head – Spiral cut and honey glazed.

    He’s such an IDIOT, I’m surprised he doesn’t have a tv show on MSNBC.

  • Anonymous

    Conjure is the right word Tommy.  Or contrive.  Or horsesh*t.

  • Texan

    This is where TC and the rest of the 12%’ers go for their “news.” LOL!

  • Anonymous

    Fat Ed and Poppantonio is a Disturbing Image!

  • Darladoon

    dick cheney has the lowest approval rating of any american politician

    so, i think, not exactly amusing only “to the extreme left wing”

    and in terms of global opinion, cheney is about as popular as hitler

  • Darladoon

    cheney’s recent comments on torture only add to his despicable, disgusting, worthless legacy

  • Adam Baum

    Hmmmmm -

    H20-board an Islam-0-Terrorist

    -or-

    SAVE THOUSANDS of American lives

    ??????

    Wack-0-Crats will NEVER come to terms with this “dilemma”.

    =

    -Democrats – Risking the lives of OTHER Americans since…   …well, pretty much, always-

  • Anonymous

    The Democrats are funny little cup cakes.  They’ve got everything they want with Obama yet they keep on obsessing over President Bush.  I love it…he he he.

  • Bob

    and I bet you think Glenn Beck and his nonsensical antichrist prophecies are perfectly mainstream.

  • Anonymous

    Five Deferment Cheney was alway eager to go to war as long as it wasn’t him going to war.  There will be a special place in hell for him.  

  • Bob

    Obama got Osama.
    Bush didn’t even read his PDB warning of Sept. 11th. And then got the U.S. stuck in the wrong country and wasted trillions of dollars and thousands of lives.
    I think I’ll let the Democrats handle the war on terror, thank you very much.

  • Bob

    I think this lame bit is supposed to be the Republicans’ idea of humor.

  • ROTFLMAO

    Mike Papatonio, (who)?, Liz Winstead (ugly as a bucket of shit and who)?
    AND Mr. ED the TALKING HOIRSES ASS on MSNBC at the same time!
    Now someone at MSNBC is obviously a PROGRAMMING GENIUS!!
    TWO minutes into that segment, I would bet the only Viewers left were the cameramen.
    Does COMCAST REALLY  NOT UNDERSTAND WHY MSNBC RATINGS SUCK!
    Good Lord!!!!!

  • ROTFLMAO

    HORSE

  • Mark Colwell

    Of Course, Foot In Mouth Biden is such an improvement

  • Anonymous

    The rage and nastiness of the left is the one thing you can count on them for . Sad , really .

    Dick Cheney is a great man and patriot . Too bad he’s not in charge now .

    One day , Liz Cheney should be in high office somewhere , if we’re lucky .

  • Anonymous

    Dick Cheney was THEY’RE security blanket that kept not only ” real ” Americans safe from harm, but these and all you left wing losers out there.
    See Republicans do the business of ALL the people not just those that might keep them in office. 

    This concept, to this day, is still lost on the degenerate libs in Washington……and beyond.

  • Hugo Daun

    Every single time I hear that dick Cheney’s name…I smile, knowing he will be worm food soon.

    And the world will be a better place.

  • Anonymous

    He does. Where do you think that video was from? Faux news?

  • Anonymous

    Where do right wingnut Texans get there news from? Rush ? Beck? or from their own delusional minds?

  • Anonymous

    Let me finnish your post: SHIT

  • ROTFLMAO

    Something tells me you wife feels the same about you!

  • Rio

    My, my, my, BOOB.  Did you happen to learn everything you know about the PDB…aka….President’s Daily….BRIEFING at the feet of Michael Moore?   Our presidents do not read BRIEFINGS, they are BRIEFED on warnings the powers that be feel are significant enough bring to the attention of the president, hence the title……..President’s Daily Briefing….aka…PDB.  The powers that be would be our national security agencies, they contribute data to the PDB and the CIA does the briefing and, yes, President Bush did receive the 08/06 briefing.

    I’ve noted your habitual spewing of far left talking points that don’t come close to the truth a few times in here and then as you just did, you spin it into nonsense, whatever sticks to the wall is not an admiral goal.

    By the by, the democrats had been handling the “war on terror” as late, did President Bush, given what they all had to work with it was, imho, challenge to stop that attack:

    http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?warning_signs:_specific_cases=complete_911_timeline__strike_in_us__pdb&timeline=complete_911_timeline

    You might also want to understand what the briefing was about and, what it was not about:

    http://www.911myths.com/html/august_6_memo.html

    In case you are allergic to facts, I will give a basic run down.  The August 6th PDB was a compilation of warnings dating through the Clinton years to date, yet did not…….did not……offer anything specific.  It suggested “suspicious activity” relating to hijackings, but nothing specific or imminent and the targets were federal buildings, “or other types of attacks.”  BTW, it was President Bush that requested the research that went into that briefing.

    Per the rest of your spew, you evidently napped throughout the run up to OIF or relied on your….ahem,  “stellar” sources that have not served you well. 

  • ROTFLMAO

    AWWWWWWW !!!
    And you sit up all night for THAT ?????

  • Anonymous

    skyfet is busy today . His village is  conducting a shoe-tying class and he is going to try it again .
    He has requested that I make some of his valuable comments for him .

    About this story :

    skyfet says : i think cheney touched a nerve . Ahhhhhhh

  • Rio

    Actually, Cheney’s last approval rating is in the ballpark of Obama’s:

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22838.html

    What were you saying about….Hitler?

  • Hugo Daun

    Seriously, dude…still not funny.

    Clearly, you’re neglecting your studies: http://www.amazon.com/Humor-Home-Dummies-Malcolm-Kushner/dp/1572813822

    Now..get to it!

    And, as I’ve said…if the big words daunt you, ask for help!

  • Rio

    It was obviously from the Mentally Stunted Nuthouse of Beligerant Clowns aka, MSNBC.

  • Rio

    Hey, Texan!  Ya got a real wild one after ya!  Watch out, he’s got such a ahem, way with words.  lol, snort!

  • Rio

    If there is a wife, she’s probably just like him, this is probably an example of their “pillow talk.”

    Those tol-rant libs, in a class of their own.  Thankfully.

  • Anonymous

    Hugo Daun 1 hour ago Every single time I hear that dick Cheney’s name…I smile, knowing he will be worm food soon.

    And the world will be a better place.

    Stick to your classy death wishes , jackass .

  • Ralph-NY

    Man I love making fun and mocking people. Makes me so much better about myself and where I stand on the issues.

  • Hugo Daun

    Stick to your classy death wishes , jackass .

    It’s more a fantasy than a wish, dude.

    But, I suppose the whole “worm food” thing was a bit over the top.

    Besides…he might be cremated.

    It would smell much like a boar roast on the bayou, I imagine.

  • Anonymous

    But Jon Stewart says The Daily Show has no political agenda???

  • Dflojak

    This is Darlaloon you’re talking to, so don’t waste your breath. Total Moron. Yesterday she couldn’t figure out why rich people that bought yachts manufactured in the u.s. was good for the workers that built them.

  • Anonymous

    now these three people are what is called a hate group

  • ObamaSux

    It is a tough competition between those 3 as to who is the dumbest and who is the ugliest.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Dick Cheney – Self-Proclaimed War Criminal!!

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    I would agree, they all HATE Dick Cheney… just like most of the country!!

  • Anonymous

    they hate more then that

  • Rio

    Dregsdog, Cheney is not a war criminal, saying it doesn’t make it so, deal with it.

  • Guest

    Hey Einstein, have you bothered to look at Pelosi’s approval rating lately?

  • Guest

    Yeah, and maybe then the DNC can put him on the voter rolls in the much coveted “dead voter block”

  • Guest

    Rio,

    Please allow Leedog to remain in his own private reality where is declarations are unquestioned truths.

  • Anonymous

    If you think Edd is ugly…………you ain’t seen nothing until you see his wife.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Thanks for the reminder why the country is steam rolling it’s way right. Oh I missed those eight years of Bush hate. Thanks again.  Good luck this weekend east coast

  • ObamaSux

    Are you referring to the way she looked before he beat her or after he beat her?

  • Texan

    Drudge.

  • Anonymous

    Cheney is a true American patriot…no wonder why liberals hate him soo much.

    Speaking of patriotism, I’m wondering why Tommy boy isn’t doing a story about our incompetent community organizers hypocrisy when he said Bush was unpatriotic for increasing the debt 4 trillion in 8 yrs yet he increased it 4 trillion in 2 1/2 yrs?

    Tommy, there is a reason why you have ZERO credibility!!!
    Isn’t it about time for you to comment on another Palin non-story?

  • Irish189

    Umm

    1. I’m pretty sure shes no longer working for that program, therefore

    2. How does this relate to Jon Stewart at all?

    3. So the creator and former writer of a program can’t express their own opinion and then go to a program and be a professional? Are you familiar with the expression “emotional intelligence”?

  • Anonymous

    Did Ed call anyone a slut today?

  • Anonymous

    I think he still needs a few more Christine O’Donnell nonstory’s first before he can get back to the Palin nonstory’s. However I could be wrong and have it backwards. LOL. 

  • Anonymous

    Maybe he called her a slut too? Although your question would still stand. Was it before or after he beat her? Maybe he was just a mean drunk and she had it coming in his mind? /sarc. Big Ed is a pig of grandiose (in so many ways) proportions.

  • Anonymous

    What is with Libs and always wishing death on people? You guys are creepy.

  • Anonymous

    This woman is supposed to be a comedian right? I ask this in all sincerity because with left-wing comics I am never quite certain what they are. She is so unfunny to me that my first thought is that she can’t possibly be a comedian. Maybe it’s over my head but who besides Colonel Klink Schultz would book her so how can she possibly earn a living?

  • Anonymous

    Cheney & BushDrunk.  2 Republican atrocities.

  • LADYLADY

    been a while since I went hunting,then for woodchucks,now I might consider the ed’s,fatter,uglier and dumber!

  • LADYLADY

    been a while since I went hunting,then for woodchucks,now I might consider the ed’s,fatter,uglier and dumber!

  • Anonymous

    You must of liked it, you responded.  

  • Anonymous

    You wish.   Cheney’s approval rating at one point was in the low 20′s.  I think that must have been Liz Cheney’s kids and a few friends. 

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure Ed really felt bad.  the facts are clear:  Cheney didn’t as much as apologize to this guy who he shot in the face.  That man has said that he never even has talked to Cheney and Cheney has never contacted him about the continuing physical problems he has had after Cheney carelessly shot him in the face.  Accidents do happen, but you don’t ignore the person and not care which was exactly what Cheney did.  It was more his uncaring attitude that makes this a story.

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