Cheney's Palin critique prompts response from his daughter

Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, and former Alaska governor in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.

/ AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

(CBS News) After former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized the choice of Sarah Palin to be John McCain's running mate in 2008, both McCain and the former vice president's daughter, Liz Cheney, publicly came to Palin's defense.

Sunday evening, Liz Cheney - an infrequent Twitter user, wrote on Twitter that Palin is "more qualified" than both President Obama and Vice President Biden.

The family disagreement came after her father, the former vice president, said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week", "I like Gov. Palin. I've met her. I know her. She - an 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."

Cheney's daughter, who has become a fixture on Fox News, is not the only one to push back. McCain defended his choice as running mate Monday morning on "Fox and Friends" saying he's "always glad to get comments four years later," adding that he's "proud of the job she did" and "proud of the job she continues to do."

McCain added that this is not the first time he's disagreed with Cheney. "I respect the vice president. He and I had strong disagreements as to whether we should torture people or not."

Rarely do I disagree with best VP ever but @SarahPalinUSA more qualified than Obama and Biden combined. Huge respect 4 all she's done 4 GOP.

-- Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) July 29, 2012

[varigdc10]

Many of these republicans are clinically unstable.

[JV1970]

Sarah Palin is much more intelligent than Joe Biden and, if given time to prepare, could beat him in a debate any day and any time!

And if she ever does face him in another debate she WILL be prepared!

In fact she now knows what to expect if she's ever in another presidential campaign and many of the things that happened in the last campaign, like the attack on her children, will be stopped short in her next campaign.

[RollotheNorman]

I presume you have peeked at both peoples IQ scores in order to offer this assertion.

I have yet to see much evidence of Palin's purported intelligence.
If you will remember, Palin spent much of the debate with Biden regugitating "we be mustangers" whatever that meant, and how the McCain-Palin team was going to pull in the reigns on Wall Street by regulating them every which way but loose.

Sweet Sarah Airhead came off as well as she did during the debate because Joe handled her with kid gloves. RepubliCONs sure talk a lot of trash.

[RollotheNorman]

Er, "we be Mavericks"

[WeHappyFew]

Palin was an inspired pick right up until the questions started. She could orate, hold a crowd, looked a million dollars and could charm the birds out of the trees....
No one was expecting Kissinger but she knew NOTHING. She was so ignorant it was eye-watering. She may well have had the brain power of Einstein but net zero had uploaded. NOT A THING. Anyone who'd ever watched a current affairs program in their life would have been considerably more knowledge.

"You know, you can see Russia from land here in Alaska" is not foreign policy.

[Xeppo]

Darth Cheney said that they knew where the weapons of Mass destruction were, he said they would be greeted as liberators, That the oil would pay for the cost of the war and burned Valerie plames cover as a CIA agent. Darth Cheney has no credibility

[Xeppo]

The criminal VP of the worst president in history, calling the present administration the worst. Darth Cheney is just upset that haliburton is not getting no bid contracts anymore

[Eco99]

Not that I needed anymore evidence for how clueless Liz Cheney is but her comment that Palin is more qualified than Obama or Biden well that about says it all. I know who Palin is more qualified than ... Liz Cheney.

[Eco99]

Not that I needed anymore evidence for how clueless Liz Cheney is but her comment that Palin is more qualified than Obama or Biden well that about says it all. I know who Palin is more qualified than ... Liz Cheney.

[mjlewis6]

The sad fact is D. Cheney occupied the VP post normally reserved for the next presidential candidate for the party. He did not run to protect his record, albeit war crime smeared. The selection of Palin as VP candidate can hardly be a matter in which he as spoiler, can claim was inappropriate. HIS OWN CANDIDACY for VP should never have come about, given his corporate interests at odds with democratic principles of compromise in Congress. Palin was chosen properly by Senator McCain, period. End of story. Cheney can just go away. He has his day to be the kind of VP he wanted to be. No leadership there and definitely no accountability for his crimes in renditions and torture, which rebound on our observance of the Geneva Conventions for the treatment of POWs and Civilians in a War zone.

[stupa5]

Just when we thought she was gone gone gone..cheney the war criminal bring her back into the picture!

[merlgrey]

mccain is full of it and he knows it. guarantee his bowels clech every time her name comes up. own it john. you made a monumental error and now we all have to listen to the queen of the harpies every time she interjects herself. own it, admit it, and gain a small shred of respect back for worst political gamble ever.