Cheney: United States faces threat of terrorists in cities

[Khephra]

Cheney: United States faces threat of terrorists in cities

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Associated Press


CARROLL, Ohio - Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday evoked the threat of terrorists bombing U.S cities with nuclear or other weapons as he began a bus tour through Republican strongholds in Ohio two weeks before the election.

Cheney defended President Bush's response to the Sept. 11 attacks and questioned whether Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was up to the challenge of combating such a threat.

"The biggest threat we face now as a nation is the possibility of terrorists ending up in the middle of one of our cities with deadlier weapons than have ever before been used against us - biological agents or a nuclear weapon or a chemical weapon of some kind to be able to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans," Cheney said.

"That's the ultimate threat. For us to have a strategy that's capable of defeating that threat, you've got to get your mind around that concept."



http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/9958590.htm?1c

[prodigal_green]

1. so why isn't there anything in place

to protect our ports you cheneying douchebag?

[ladybugg33]

57. If we face this "threat" it's while Bush is still President.

Why don't people understand this?

[HughBeaumont]

2. FEAR. . . FEAR . . . FEAR . . . TERR . . . FEAR . . .TERR

GOD is there no floor to which these assholes will stoop . . .

[asjr]

11. No. They still have the cellar to dig through. What astounds

me is the Bushite Cult who still believe all this.

[Zhade]

41. People who support b*sh are either cowards, greedy, or stupid.

Often all three.

I can't believe what yellow-bellies Freepers are. I mean, you have a greater chance of falling out of bed and dying than being killed in a terrorist attack, yet they buy into the fear meme so completely it literally runs their lives.

Sad. And more than a little pathetic.

[Mad_Dem_X]

33. Playing on people's fear

is the only tactic they have. F'ing PATHETIC. What's worse is that some people are falling for it.

[struggle4progress]

54. Bush accuses Kerry of "scare tactics" ...

... on flu, draft

<snip> "With your help on November 2, the people of America will reject the politics of fear and vote for an agenda of hope and opportunity and security for all Americans," said the president. <snip>

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/112496/1/.html


Morally, Shrubya's a bottomless pit ...

[wtmusic]

3. Cheney is a filthy warmongering pig

I feel better now! :)

[saigon68]

24. No he's a DIRTY BASTARD

You are too kind to the slime.

LOL

[wurzel]

4. Then where is the health care system to take care of this?

Either Cheney is a liar or he is incompetant.

[dqueue]

9. WAIT!

He could be an incompetent liar. Now if only he were also convicted and doing time...

*grin*

[aquart]

10. Now, now. Cheney is a liar AND he is incompetent.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

[wurzel]

61. True. Cheney sometimes tells the truth by mistake.

[JPace]

5. The old fear mongerer out ther spreading fear....

he's got nothing else to offer.

"Oh save us Cheney...save us from the big
bad wolf!"

[rsmith6621]

6. Fear Fear and More Fear

I guess the Lesbian Daughter Rehtoric ran out of steam....

Now back to your regular scheduled programing...

[tridim]

7. Right on schedule

Goes hand in hand with the new Madrid subway bombing videos that the fascist cable networks are showing over and over today.

Here comes the October surprise, and it's all based on fear.

[lebkuchen]

15. Honest? They're showing Madrid?

Can the US be saved from these gutter dwellers, Europe asks?

[tridim]

21. Yep

They're showing graphic footage from the security cameras.. Shows two blasts, the second of which actually shows a group of people being killed. The CNN guy was analyzing it in real time and said, "Now watch for this second blast... many people were just killed".

[kayell]

36. Cheneying ghouls

[Zhade]

43. Can Europe save the US from the gutter dwellers, we ask?

What will happen if b*sh stays in power (illegally, he can't win, we know that from 2000)?

Will there be any aid from overseas to help our resistance?

Man, I can't BELIEVE it's bad enough for me to have to ask that. I sure hope I'm worried over nothing...!

[Chico Man]

8. Cheney Vows To Attack U.S. If Kerry Elected

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4041

[darkism]

53. OH EM GEE WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

BETTER HIDE GUYZ WE'RE ALL DEAD

</sarcasm>

[kysrsoze]

63. Looks like the Onion scooped them all! I LOVE the Onion!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Ocelot: United States faces threat of BushCo in cities

and everywhere else. They scare me way more than all those Terra Lerts.

[City Lights]

13. I thought the smirk and sneer team was keeping us safe.

I guess not. Time to boot them in the ass.

[proReality]

14. Is he looking for credit...

for his consistency? Or is he warning us that if Kerry gets in he (Cheney) will make certain it happens?

[bluedog]

16. And they say the Terrorists

are a danger to the U>S>...........that terrorist rein control because of FEAR......this bunch of maggots are constantly doing the same damn thing........FEAR.........yea....well, people better fear bush and cheney....may they rot in hell

[Marymarg]

17. That's sick

Playing on people's fears. They are desperate.

(I guess we now know why there was all that mysterious digging under Cheney's house after 9/11. He can hide while the rest of us are blown to hell!)

I hope he added, "Have A Nice Day"

[wishlist]

18. I just heard a poll about how people in urban centers leaning to Bush

Sounds like Rove & Co heard the same poll I did this morning that showed some trending toward Bush regarding security issues among urban voters.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

38. Sounds like disinformation to me. Just can't see ANY of the major....

...cities like San Fran, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Miami trending anywhere close to the NeoCon side of the ledger.

[Chico Man]

19. Three strikes and you're out Cheney

1. You allowed the worst terrorist attack in the US to happen

2. You completed f'ed up the middle east

3. You have just about bankrupted the United States

Sorry buddy, anything you say now is empty and meaningless.

[olddem43]

20. These people are lower than whale shit at the bottom of the ocean.

And I mean in the Marianas Trench too. Anyone that would subscribe to Cheney's fear-mongering is an idiot.

[Arianrhod]

22. Fear is the only thing they have. n/t

[MrMonk]

23. Cheney clarifies statement

Cheney: United States faces threat of terrorists in polling places in cities on November 2. Everybody in the cities should stay home that day.

[kimpossible]

25. And Shrub has the nerve to accuse Kerry of fearmongering?!? nt

[Tansy_Gold]

29. Exactly.

What fucking hypocrites

[llmart]

26. If the threat is so real.....

then how come the yellow-bellied chickenshit isn't hiding in his bunker like he did for the past couple of years? Oh, that's right, it was safe enough for him to come out to campaign, though. These blokes are so transparent.

[progressivebydesign]

27. I think this is backfiring on Bush and Cheney...

There are some simpletons who would vote for Bush/Cheney because they eat up this fear stuff.. BUT, I still think that they have crossed over the line a few weeks ago, to turning OFF lots of voters who want HOPE not FEAR!

You're at a dinner party. One guy, in one corner, is talking about terrorists bombing the cities, how unsafe we all are, etc. The other corner, a guy is talking about HOW much hope he has for the Country, how Americans have the strength and cooperation to see us through anything. Okay, so where do you take your wine glass, your hors d'oevres, and sit your butt down? Which corner?

The Bush/Cheney fear show has run its course. People will choose hope.

[DrZeeLit]

28. Right now, bombing us with flu...

... would be a catastrophic setback to the terrific job the Homeland Security boys are doing. Let's hear it for 'em right now... ever ready for any eventuality -- wmd's of all sorts -- they're ready. Yep. Reallllly ready. Just in case. Flu not a problem... lots of vac...? Oh... never mind.

[sweetheart]

30. The irony is painful

That a gang of murderous terrorists is flying around the USA at
state expense to spread fear and deception, is exactly right.

They are using biological weapons (bio-psyche) weapons to set the
population against itself that it will kill its own.

Yes indeed, Cheney, "That's the ultimate threat" So him and his
terrorist buddies are there to push that "concept in to your mind."

Oh, oh!! dear! protect us from the heartless mass murderer,
protect us from poverty, and disease... oh!!

The Giant Pumpkin is going to attack!

[JolietDem]

35. YES!

That's just what Cheney reminds me of! (I know, strange, but...) The Peanuts cartoons! Linus always went to see "The Great Pumpkin" come to the pumpkin patch for a mythical event that never happened and only he was convinced that it would...maybe instead of calling it "October Surprise" it should be "It's the Great Pumpkin, Cheney Brown!" Cheney sits in a pumpkin patch with a beagle and says "The terrorists are coming!" Nothing happens. And at the end of the cartoon when Cheney has been voted out of office and imprisoned for corporate fraud, he could just sit in his cell and say "AUGH!"


Good Grief!

[paulk]

31. we faced the same threat on Sept 10, 2001

back when Bush and Cheney were doing absolutely nothing about it.

:dunce:

[Steelangel]

32. 'Cheney' You! sorry, many of us don't believe you.

Fear tactics is getting old.

Also, yesterday, CBS and others gave Bush a low approval rating (44%, I believe). and result is? TERROR ALERT!

how typical.

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

34. Then why

have these bastards wasted everything on Iraq and wasted three years not securing our harbors, chemical factories, nuclear facilities etc. where the real threat may lay? Fuck every last stupid fucking one of them!

[truthisfreedom]

37. fearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfearfear

fear!

[DS1]

39. we shall die on the beaches,

we shall die on the landing grounds, we shall die in the fields and in the streets, we shall die in the hills, etc

[Disturbed]

40. Nuke attack?

Is that why the nuke facilities in Iraq were not guarded but the oil fields were?

[Arianrhod]

66. How do you know about the Machine?? n/t

[natrat]

42. ttttteeeeeeeeerrrrrrraaaaaaaaaa

[smirkymonkey]

44. The ultimate threat is none other than the Bush Administration

And this particular threat is one of Cheney's, not the terrorists.

[AntiFascist]

45. All because of PNAC, I tell you!.....

Project for the New American Century!!!!!!!

[Rose Siding]

46. Then WHY did Montana get more anti-terror $ per capita than NY?

:grr:

[Chicago Democrat]

47. Bush/Cheney are political terrorists against Cities

They have cut and underfunded and allowed our cities to decay as they give massive giveaways to the Ultra Rich!!!

STOP BUSH CHENEY WORLD WAR CRUSADE! Elect KERRY!!

[ima_sinnic]

48. a real slick one-trick dick

when the #%( does his Teddy Ruxpin databank of stock phrases wear down?

[JDPriestly]

49. If the threat of nuke attacks in cities is real,

Bush/Cheney are to blame because they gave the lion's share of the anti-terrorism funds to rural areas -- like Wyoming -- instead of to big cities that needed it. Did Bush/Cheney really think that terrorists would bother to blow up some farm in Idaho?

My mother's small town in Ohio has installed an automatic telephone call system that dials each household in the community in emergencies. And what emergencies trigger calls? How about an Alzheimers patient on the loose in his PJs? Seriously, she got a call from the system advising her of an Alzheimers patient on the loose. A terrible thing, but nothing to do with terrorism. What I would like to know: Where did her town get the money to install the system? My first guess is Homeland Security money. I also wonder how much the system cost, and what friend of what right-wing politician was paid to install it.

Meanwhile, here in a big city in California, our ports are vulnerable. I have no idea how I would know if a terrorist attack was imminent or even under way. Thanks to all the bogus terrorist alerts, our city barely has the money to keep our exhausted policemen on the streets. There certainly is no money for an emergency phone system. Thanks to Bush and Cheney and their warped priorities.

[Chicago Democrat]

50. maybe we should actually do something about it?

Like port security. Inpecting 100% of containers. Radiation detectors EVERYWHERE. Um get those 10,000 nukes in Russia under "control".

The question I have is......

Since the administration has done JACK SQUAT on any of the above, can it be that they actually want a nuke attack?

How whack is that?

[leesa]

51. Of course they are in danger. You haven't done your job.

[insidious]

52. I better go get my duct tape

[nodehopper]

55. Have you seen that Onion article from last week?

The headline read "Cheney vows to attack US if Kerry elected"

[louis-t]

56. Ok, let me guess

So, what 'sneer' is saying is: "if we don't pick da right guy, da terrists are gonna hit us agin, and hard." Get yer teeth fixed Cheney. You're, like, a gazillionaire.

[Misunderestimator]

58. Cities.... Cities.... CITIES... CITIESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Where all you f*cking LIBERALS ARE! AAAARrrrggghhhh

[drdtroit]

59. Cheney is like a mastadon mired in a tar pit

screaming and wailing his last gasps of air.

[Hobarticus]

60. Johnny Terrorseed is spreadin' the love....n/t

[Deja Q]

62. A real man once said 'there's nothing to fear but fear itself'

Pity he isn't President, instead of our neighborhood thug in office.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

64. Is that his best shot?

The timing is about right, but the tune is VERY old...

[maumcc1]

65. How can any sane person still believe the lies?