This guy just won't go away

By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press Writer – Fri May 22, 4:40 am ET

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama fought Thursday to retake command of the emotional debate over closing Guantanamo, denouncing "fear-mongering" by political opponents and insisting that maximum-security prisons in the U.S. can safely house dangerous terror suspects transferred from Cuba. In a unique bit of Washington theater, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivered his own address just one minute later, defending the Bush administration's creation of the prison camp as vigorously as Obama denounced it.

Obama, appearing at the National Archives with its immensely symbolic backdrop of the nation's founding documents, said shutting down Guantanamo would "enlist our values" to make America safer. Speaking a day after an overwhelming congressional rebuke to his pledge to close the prison, he forcefully declared the camp a hindrance — not a help — to preventing future terrorist attacks. He contends that the prison, which has held hundreds of detainees for years without charges or trials, motivates U.S. enemies overseas.

The president promised to work with lawmakers to develop "an appropriate legal regime" for those who can't be tried and are too dangerous to be released. Still, he did not provide the level of detail about his plans that lawmakers, including Democrats, demanded in a 90-6 Senate vote denying money for the shutdown on Wednesday.

Cheney, in his own speech, denounced some of Obama's actions since taking office as "unwise in the extreme" and "recklessness cloaked in righteousness," repeating his contention from a series of headline-grabbing appearances recently that the new president is endangering the country by turning aside Bush-era policies. The former vice president, a primary architect of the Bush approach, accused Obama of looking for "a political strategy, not a national security strategy."

I REALLY WAS AGAINST TRYING TO PROSECUTE DICK CHENEY FOR HIS OBVIOUS DISREGARD OF THE CONSTITUTION DURING HIS TERM AS VICE-PRESIDENT

BUT

IF HE WON'T GO AWAY THEN MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PUT THE PEDDLE TO THE METAL AND SHUT HIM UP ONCE AND FOR ALL

HE REALLY BELIEVES EVERYTHING HE SAYS AND HE TRULY BELIEVES HE IS THE SPOKES PERSON FOR REPUBLICAN RIGHT WING

.....and most of us thought it was Rush while all the time it's still the REAL DICK

Even if he is partially correct on his opinion of the situation it's just a bad moment when he starts jabbering.

I've just never liked the guy and the fact that he's still making noise seems staggering to me.

Can't someone call Dan Quayle and let him teach the Real Dick how to be a nice quiet ex-Vice-President?

Does anybody have Dan's cell phone number?

Michael Timothy McAlevey