Political Quotes

“it is always good to have someone in the media with a sense of history. Walter Pincus demonstrates that time and again. His June 19 column in The Washington Post is a prime example and I ask unanimous consent that the article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Washington Post, June 19, 2014] Dick Cheney Wants To Forget History and Write His Own Version (By Walter Pincus) Why should anyone take seriously what Dick Cheney says about President Obama's policy in Iraq? In their Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, Cheney and his daughter Liz began by cherry-picking Obama quotes from over three years about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). That warmed-over technique is what Cheney, President George W. Bush and other top aides cleverly used with intelligence reports in the fall of 2002 as they drummed up public support for their invasion of Iraq. That, of course, set the stage for today's terrible events. ``Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many,'' the Cheneys chortled. ``Too many times to count, Mr. Obama has told us he is ending' the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--as though wishing made it so.'' Let's return to a Dick Cheney speech on Aug.…”