Cheney: McCain's choice of Palin was "a mistake"

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(CBS/AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said it was a mistake for Republican Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee.

"The test to get on that small list has to be, 'Is this person capable of being president of the United States?," Cheney said on ABC's "This Week."

"I like Gov. Palin. I've met her. I know her. She - attractive candidate. But based on her background, she'd only been governor for, what, two years. I don't think she passed that test ... of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake," he said.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney is expected to announce a running mate in August. He is widely expected to choose someone perceived as competent but safe.

Cheney, who oversaw candidate George W. Bush's search for a running mate and whose own unpopularity became a flashpoint for the Bush administration, said there are two lists that candidates maintain. The bigger list includes politicians who want to be viewed as "under consideration" to boost their standing.

Cheney said a second, much shorter list contains those who are actually being considered.

[fredisalive]

Cheyney himself was not ready to be President! GOD FORBID!

[KPeters_from_UK]

by legalbutnotjust July 29, 2012 10:18 PM EDT

Wow. You're reading way too far into what I posted. Hate everyone?
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As soon as I read 'towel head', by legalbutnotjust July 29, 2012 9:19 PM EDT, I stopped reading. It is a extremely racist word. And you lack of understanding speaks volumns about your ignornace and lack of respect for anyone not Anglo. It is disgusting.
That term is racist.

Common term down in the South is the N word...guess since it is a rather common phrase it is okay to use.


I had words yesterday about another racist comment from a different Tea Party supporter. He too had no clue. He thought it was okay to assume that a 90 year old black woman must be on government assistance her entire life since due to the color of her skin.

Each time, everyday there is a different Tea Party supporter who just has to make racist statements. And here we go again. SO let me ask a generalization: Are all tbaggers racist like you?

[tmittelstaed]

He could have said this 3.8 years ago and saved us years and years of reading and listening to Palin Bimbo in the news.

[PascalWoo]

Good old Dick is truly insightful. Amazing powers of deduction

[redbeachvn]

I was hoping McCain and Palin would have won the last election. If they had got in, we would not be in this mess economically and politically. We should stay in Iraq in for the next 50 yrs and drop the tax rate to 0%. We would be in 3 Wars, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, and as everyone knows, wars are good for economy.

[KPeters_from_UK]

There should be a sarcastic keyboard button available. My youngest son came up with full stop topped with a X.

[Taloowah]

I think the real reason Cheney has spoken up is to send a subtle message to Mrs. Pretend Politician Quitty Pants TV Celebrity. Don't forget Mitt met with Cheney behind closed doors. Mitt was wetting his pants worrying about how to handle Sarah because she has been planning since early April to crash the clown show & suck up ALL the oxygen so Mittens had to ask Big Lord Daddy Darth what to do and to protect him. Makes you wonder what kinda deal they worked out - what did Mitt promise to Cheney (and friends) if he becomes president? As for Sarah, she will just have to settle for her own side-show clown act in the kiddie tent at the strip-mall space she rented for grifting.

[ultraskygod]

McCain's choice of Palin a mistake?

I wonder if Dickie knows the meaning of "duh"

[WiseAsOwl]

All I have to say is that she was a heck of a lot more qualified than Obama was... She still is..

[gardentiller]

WiseAsOwl, are you taking drugs? Crack, LDS or something? And to think, you can actually vote.

[notreich]

@norcalruss: How about couldn't point to Germany on a map? Doesn't believe (like fellow Tea Party darling, Michele Bachmann) in global warming but does believe the earth is only 6,000 years old. The hits just keep on coming. The Republican Party itself has to periodically slap these dolts down so as not to let their ideological and theological fantasies (end of days anyone?) bring the world to disaster.

[Scimajor]

Gee, do ya think the village idiot was a bad choice for V.P.?

[calif7]

McCain recently said that he chose Palin instead of Romney because she was a better candidate. What does that tell us about Mitt.