but dick cheney -- >> any time dick cheney rises out of his latest undisclosed location and gets any air time, it's probably a good thing for the democrats. his approval rating is probably lower than george bush's and you know, he doesn't engender a lot of popular support. >> i think you're missing -- >> this is twice i keep missing something. >> but i'm saying seriously here, i think the republicans are going for a guy who has testicular fortitude. they're trying to say here's a guy, no matter what his publicity was bad about, he stood for his principles, stood up and was seen as the darth vader of his particular era. i think that's a signal they're sending to other republicans, especially mitt romney, stand up. stand up. >> they do have mitt on the defensive stuff because he's been out there calling for -- >> he's going to spend 61% more than the current president is spending on defense if elected into office. i do think the optics here, if we're talking about a time when the republican party is arguing against cutting food stamp -- funding for food stamps and then on the same hand

karen, mitt romney is having a fund-raiser with dick cheney tonight. all jokes aside here, but the vp getting all the love today is joe biden after his naacp speech. he was booed for ending his speech contrasting of course to mitt romney, who was booed for using a phrase, obama care. how would you rate biden's speech today? >> i thought it was like a ten plus plus plus plus. he was awesome. i was on twitter. it was blowing up. people were so excited to see joe biden there particularly because he did what mitt romney failed to do and that is he spoke from the heart and talked about vision, right? he said this is the vision that president obama and i have. i also think you cannot underestimate and underscore given joe biden's personal relationship with the naacp in his own work, lifetime, having

what is dick cheney doing on the hill today? >> it's interesting. first and foremost he's going to meet with the gop leadership as you mentioned but then he will meet with gop whip mccarthy's whip team which is essentially about 35 or so house republicans that are in charge of counting votes and getting members on board with a plan. now, republicans in the past have been able to sort of say all right, we're not going to have this sequestration go in effect, let's create more spending cuts in programs that liberals hold near and dear. what dick cheney is going to do is apparently go to these authorize whip team and tell them just how dreadful these cuts would be to dod. i asked the same question you posed to the gop leadership and they said quote, the former vice president and secretary of defense obviously has a valuable perspective on the devastating impact of obama's defense sequester that they feel will be invaluable to their members. so the idea here is here's dick cheney, a guy that you all know, love and trust from his eight years as vice pres

mike emanuel on capitol hill with former vice president dick cheney warning to lawmakers about massive defense cuts. leland vittert live in jerusalem with speculation that syria's president may be using chemical weapons against rebels. we start off with the national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon on the latest u.s. move concerning iran. good evening. >> good evening. today, defense department announced unprecedented 20 nation demining military exercise slated for september. it will take place near but not in the strait of hormuz. according to u.s. central command. >> this is not an exercise that is aimed to deliver a message to iran. this is exercise designed to within this multinational forum, increase our capabilities and cooperation. >> not only is the pentagon deploying the uss john c. stennis aircraft carrier four months early to the persian gulf denying it's moving to three-carrier policy this summer, it's also deploying an ex-banned radar site and sad antimissile defense shield to the gulf to monitor iranian ballistic missiles, a a all of this after stat

. >>> candid comments from dick cheney, calling sarah palin's pick a mistake. >>> elation and agony for team usa. a flop for phelps and company. >>> and stuck. roller coaster riders stranded for hours, 150 feet up. >>> and good monday morning, everyone. the suspected colorado gunman is back in court this morning. >> james holmes is expected to hear the long list of charges against him with all eyes, again, on his appearance, though shocking in the first court appearance next week. >> brandi hitt joins us from colorado with more. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning. in a few heres, we'll hear about the charges of james holmes. >> monday july 30th. >> reporter: the prosecution is expected to lay down the hammer on 24-year-old james holmes ten theater massacre. he could face hundreds of charges, including 12 counts of first degree murder, 58 counts of attempted murder. >> i don't care what his motive is. he knew what he was doing. i said, i want to see him. i want to see justice. >> reporter: ashley moser's stepmother says she'll be in the courtroom. not only did ashley lose he

. >>> candid comments from dick cheney, calling sarah palin's pick a mistake. >>> elation and agony for team usa. a flop for phelps and company. >>> and stuck. roller coaster riders stranded for hours, 150 feet up. >>> and good monday morning, everyone. the suspected colorado gunman is back in court this morning. >> james holmes is expected to hear the long list of charges against him with all eyes, again, on his appearance, though shocking in the first court appearance next week. >> brandi hitt joins us from colorado with more. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning. in a few heres, we'll hear about the charges of james holmes. >> monday july 30th. >> reporter: the prosecution is expected to lay down the hammer on 24-year-old james holmes ten days after colorado's movie theater massacre. he could face hundreds of charges, including 12 counts of first degree murder, 58 counts of attempted murder. >> i don't care what his motive is. he knew what he was doing. i said, i want to see him. i want to see justice. >> reporter: ashley moser's stepmother says she'll be in the courtroom.

walsh does. >>> up next, dick cheney says getting sarah palin was a big mistake. and he wants credit for getting bin laden. he's unbelievable. cheney's back. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> held lee, everyone, i'm lynn barry and her's what's happening. gefing prosecutors different options to potentially pursue the death penalty. >>> president obama arrived in new york earlier for a high dollar fundraiser. it's the event that went for $40,000 each. u.s. corn and soybean crops are in the worst shape in 20 years. now we'll send you back to "hardball." >>> governor palin. i met her, i know her. but based on her background, she's only been governor for two years. i don't think she passed that test of being ready to take over. >> welcome back to hardball. cheney is wading right back in the thick of republican politics today. let's listen to it. >> well, i'm always glad to get comments four years later. >> what is cheney up to right now in his own right? it's no accident he turned up on tv for his first interview since his transplant. but what doe

. >>> coming up, dick cheney and his daughter liz disagree over sarah palin's qualifications. jonathan alter will weigh in, next. former president bill clinton will get a prime spot at the national democratic convention but republicans are not willing to embrace the bush years. we'll have the details. a prominent black journalist tweets his run-in with the police. he says he was pulled over while driving because he is black. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we'll be right back. >>> if you're wondering if the gop is still enthralled to the tea party and other fringe elements, look no further than dick cheney's interview with abc news. the former vice president was asked about the vp selection process and noted that the john mccain selection of sarah palin was not well handled. >> i like governor palin. i've met her. i know her. she's an attractive candidate but based on her background -- she had only been governor for, what, two years. i don't think she passed that test. >> being ready? >> being ready to take over. and i think that was a mis

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. >> you've been hunting with dick cheney, haven't you? >> i have, indeed. >> dick cheney is a very good wink shot. >> humans or animals? >> ducks. >> you got into trouble over that. they said it was a potential conflict. how carefully do you think -- before you accept an invitation to go hunting with dick cheney, how hard do you think about that as a potential conflict. >> in that case, i had accepted the invitation long before the case was the alleged soursz of the conflict was before the court. and that was nothing. if cheney was not personally the defendant, he was named because the head of the ajsen si was the defendant. justices have never recused themselves because they are friends with the named head of an agency. in fact, justices are friendly with a lot of heads of agencies and cabinet officers and whatnot. if we had to recuse ourselves every time one of our friends was named, even though his personal fortune was not at stake, we would not sit in a lot of cases. >> when people say you are ov t overtly political with some of your

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some surprisingly blunt comments from former vice president dick cheney. >> indeed. in an exclusive interview with abc news, cheney said john mccain's selection of sarah palin as his vp candidate was a mistake. abc's john karl sat down with cheney and asked him about the vice presidential process for mitt romney. >> how important is it for him to do this in a way different than the way john mccain handled his vice presidential search? >> pretty important. that one i don't think was well handled. i sort of think of it as -- there are two lists. there is the big list, that's got a lot of folks on it. i actually when i was doing it for, well i did it for ford in '76, but then again for george w. bush in 2000. i had a couple calls from prominent politicians who would say it would help me in my race back home if i was on the list. you are on the list. then somebody could leak the fact that they were on the list. but that was the big list. it was easy to get on the big list. the tough part is the small list. the one that is really under active consideration. and the test t

>> which one. >> would you campaign with dick cheney? >> he doesn't work with that, what he does work well with is fund-raising. you want it to be a closed event. >> great to have you with us. thank you. >>> coming up, tea party bigotry, well, it's on full display in tennessee. local governments are slamming the governor for employing gay people, muslims. hey, there's more to the story. i'm calling them out next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. >>> coming up, tea party bigotry is on display in tennessee, and they're republicans. find out who they're targeting and who is behind it next. >>> and in the big finish, eric cantor has been the face of

i think dick cheney doesn't think rubio is as good of a candidate as others are saying. that is what he is saying. portman or fuentes is not as exciting but it doesn't matter. it's a safety package. that's what cheney is saying. >> eric: it struck me, obama and clinton burying the hatchet. and obama getting clinton to speak at the dnc. on the right, and his daughter. look at liz cheney's tweet after that. she says rarely do i disagree with the best v.p. ever, but sarah palin is more qualified than biden and obama combined. huge respect for all she has done for the g.o.p. interesting. >> kimberly: i'm glad she came out and said what she has to say. it's controversial to get it going against her dad. >> dana: kudos to him for raising somebody who has grown up and can speak her mind. the amazing thing is tweeting about your dad. that would be a different experience. >> eric: very good. >> dana: that's a first. >> eric: leave it there. we're going to leave it there. coming up, conservative supreme court justice antonin scalia is one interesting dude. did you hear him yesterd

. >> bill: dick cheney saying sarah palin should not have been the republic vice presidential candidate in 2008. we'll debate that. and look ahead to who should be mitt romney's running mate this time around. ♪ stupid girl. ♪ stupid girl. >> bill: cnn uses a song called stupid girls to promote a story about sarah palin and chick-fil-a. bernie goldberg has some thoughts. >> what did they die for? >> they died to remove a brutal dictator who had killed hundreds of thousands of people. >> yeah. >> that's what they died for. >> bill: also tonight we begin a special week long series the most intense, strangest moments in factor history. >> you are dodging, you are dancing. you are supposed to be a straight-up guy. >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. dick cheney shaking things up in republic circles, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as everybody knows, sarah palin has become a very controversial figure in america. but 4 years ago few new her. she wa

the former vice president, dick cheney, is hosting mr. romney tonight in wyoming at an event that is closed to tv cameras. as you see here. there will be no video evidence of mitt romney standing next to dick cheney tonight. let me offer one possible reason for that. that right there, you see it? very small. dick cheney's approval rating when he left office in 2009, a very impressive 13%. impressive in the sense you have to try to get an approval rating that low. george bush despite his best efforts almost managed to get an approval rating that low. even he could not -- territory. and at that joint appearance, no cameras. it is awkward. the bush years were bad years for the country. no one wants to remind the country of what it was like the last time a republican was in the white house. in one political way it is awkward. there is some stuff about the bush-cheney years that was pretty good compared to what romney is offering right now. they did some significant outreach to minority voters. you may recall mr. bush's 2004 cam main manager g

. >> as mitt romney prepares to make his choice for a running mate, former vice president dick cheney is weighing in on the process by reflecting on the last presidential race. speaking with abc news, cheney suggested it was a misstep for senator john mccain to pick sarah palin who, in his words, had to, quote, pass that test of readiness to serve in the country's highest office. >> i like governor palin. i've met her. i know her. she's an attractive candidate. but based on her background, she had only been governor for, what, two years. i don't think she passed that test. >> being ready? >> of being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. >> according to abc news, former vice president cheney has offered advice to the top aide leading the search for mitt romney's running mate. interesting, vice president dick cheney still very much in the gop mix. >>> "the new york times" reporting bill clinton will have a major role at the democratic national convention in charlotte. according to the report, clinton will take the stage for a coveted primetime speech to formally nominate

what do you make of the dick cheney connection at this point? >> for sure, i'm sure his home is where you can say sport. you might have to duck. there is no single bush/cheney group. i don't just mean that in sort of legalistic terms. there was a falling out between these two camps in the second bush term and some of the cheney circle is most definitely present and very active in the romney circle especially on foreign policy. when you have someone like john bolten as a serious voice and dan seanor, you're plugging into a neocon, for want of a better term, a neocon view, which the bush folks themselves backed off of in the second term. there's a resurgence there. there are people like ed gillespie and karl rove looking for redemption, vindication. there's part of that happening, too. but, you know, when it comes down to this stage and these kinds of events, mitt romney is in his comfort zone. he's happy with these people. he loves the raising money. he's good at it. and that's a long way from what most of us and certainly most people watching th

obviously, dick cheney is happy to play a public role. he was on capitol hill today. karl rove has his own role as a republican king maker. i wonder what your take is on what karl rove may have to say about important decisions in the romney campaign, both concerning george w. bush and also about a vice presidential candidate. it's pawlenty, ryan, jindal, and portman. we have karl rove's pick is marco rubio. how much influence does he have? >> rove has zero influence on these folks except, of course, he heads up the super pac that's going to spend a lot of money, and that's a good thing for the romney point of view. but rove and the bushies are personas non grata, whatever the right latin is to make sure these people should stay away. rove can articulate a strong republican message, but he is not the person that romney is listening to. bush is not the person that the romney campaign wants everyone reminded of. the bush years are over. >> wayne slater, senior political writer for the dallas morning news. it's great to have you here. >> great to be leer. >> all right, ne

cheney right before ruling on a case in which dick cheney was a defendant and then rule in favor of cheney he also went on a hunting trip with the dean of the kansas law school and then agreed to hear two cases in which that very dean was the lead it bernie but i'll let scalia try to explain himself too if we had to recuse ourselves every time one of our friends was named even though his personal fortune was not at stake we would not sit in a lot of cases so that was a tempest in a teapot tempest in a teapot accusations that the highest court in the land has been compromised or that the justices particularly justice scalia can't be trusted to rule on on an objective basis of the constitution is a tempest in the teapot according to federal law any justice must recuse himself or herself from a case where his or her impartiality might be a question but justice scalia and the rest of the kings on the court have exempted themselves from the judicial code of ethics that the only judges in our entire nation who don't abide by it which is why scalia still has a job on the bench instead of a

. >> they invited dick cheney to capitol hill to fire up lawmakers about the massive defense cut known as sequestration. he says when cheney talks the lawmakers listen to the way the cuts will affect the national security. >> there is no thought. it's just go down every item in the budget. and take off eight to 12 or higher percentage. everything, no thought, no discretion, no planning. just whack everything. >> sources say mr. cheney reflected on the years as defense secretary and noted strategic decisions get made in the job with an impact ten years down the road. they should deal with the reduction but not in this way. after the former vice president had lunch with the senate republicans, mitch mcconnell said there is time to fix failures of the past. >> we'll figure out a way to intelligently deal with the sequester not cutting a penny less. but by making decisions that the joint select committee was unable to make next year. >> they are not going to allow just defense portion to be replaced without addressing the other half of the $1.2 trillion sequester they argue would be painfu

i saw dick cheney on television again. >> oh! >> oh, my goodness, if i hadn't have seen the strings i would think that he was still alive. the final thing with him is he obviously didn't sit through the eight years that he was with george bush, because there has been a new low established, and he was part of that new low. thank you. >> oh, thank you. nobody is taking further questions this morning. they are just making statements there is something magical happening with black men and lesbians, because of me and rachel. [ applause ] >> i got up last night -- i got a little reach around from macaroni saturday night. >> he was a little handsy. he is awesome and handsome and romantic. 45 minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: join the party, 1-800-steph-1-2. ♪ fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and m

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what you get from the romney campaign and dick cheney is that whenever there's a problem that we need to step in militarily. we have heard the rhetoric as romney has been critical of the president "not doing enough in syria." he has been much more belligerent in iran. you have to wonder if you have a number -- and other republican administration that how many more wars will be have to go through? it's a legitimate question. they are too willing to use military action instead of looking at the other tools in our national security arsenal. that is the main concern i'm trying to express. >> you think mitt romney would be a carryover of bush and cheney? >> there is a risk. he does not have a foreign- policy background. that much is clear. that is just a function of where he has served and what he has done. he has relied on the bush- cheney the administration leadership so it's a worthy concern. we ought to hear more specifically from governor romney what he plans to do on afghanistan. he has said things leading you to believe that he's in favor of leaving much more u.s. troops in afghanis

what you get from the romney campaign and dick cheney is that whenever there's a problem that we need to step in militarily. we have heard the rhetoric as romney has been critical of the president "not doing enough in syria." he has been much more belligerent in iran. you have to wonder if you have a number -- and other republican administration that how many more wars will be have to go through? it's a legitimate question. they are too willing to use military action instead of looking at the other tools in our national security arsenal. that is the main concern i'm trying to express. >> you think mitt romney would be a carryover of bush and cheney? >> there is a risk. he does not have a foreign- policy background. that much is clear. that is just a function of where he has served and what he has done. he has relied on the bush-cheney the administration leadership so it's a worthy concern. we ought to hear more specifically from governor romney what he plans to do on afghanistan. he has said things leading you to believe that he's in favor of leaving much more u.s. troops in afghanist

some surprisingly blunt comments from former vice president dick cheney. >> indeed. in an exclusive interview with abc news, cheney said john mccain's selection of sarah palin as his vp candidate was a mistake. abc's john karl sat down with cheney and asked him about the vice presidential process for mitt romney. >> reporter: how important is it for him to do this in a way different than the way john mccain handled his vice presidential search? >> pretty important. that one i don't think was well handled. i sort of think of it as -- there are two lists. there is the big list, that's got a lot of folks on it. i actually when i was doing it for, well i did it for ford in '76, but then again for george w. bush in 2000. i had a couple calls from prominent politicians who would say it would help me in my race back home if i was on the list. done, you are on the list. then somebody could leak the fact that they were on the list. but that was the big list. it was easy to get on the big list. the tough part is the small list. the one that is really under active consideration

and why are they slamming dick cheney for his trip to capitol hill? some are calling him partisan and confrontation natural. >> when he is no longer in public service but it willing to give up his time to come over here and help and takes a cheap shot like that, just does not make sense to me. >> the committee chair met with the former vice president dick cheney. he's here to tell you what went on behind closed doors. but first gov. romney is striking back and hitting hard. blasting president obama for making this now infamous comment. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. >> and today in the campaign trail gov. mitt romney hammering the president for his attacks on success. >> we appreciate the work they have done but they did not build this business. the idea to say that steve jobs didn't build apple, that henry ford didn't build ford motor, that papa john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock didn't b

and why are they slamming dick cheney for his trip to capitol hill? some are calling him partisan and confrontation natural. >> when he is no longer in public service but it willing to give up his time to come over here and help and takes a cheap shot like that, just does not make sense to me. >> the committee chair met with the former vice president dick cheney. he's here to tell you what went on behind closed doors. but first gov. romney is striking back and hitting hard. blasting president obama for making this now infamous comment. >> if you've got a business, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen. >> and today in the campaign trail gov. mitt romney hammering the president for his attacks on success. >> we appreciate the work they have done but they did not build this business. the idea to say that steve jobs didn't build apple, that henry ford didn't build ford motor, that papa john didn't build papa john pizza, that ray crock dn

goes duck hunting with dick cheney when dick cheney is going to be a defendant before the court in a couple of weeks and then rules and cheney's favor scalia is still defending his vote in bush v gore where george w. bush in two thousand argued that if they didn't stop the count in florida that the bush would be irreparably harmed yes that's actually the phrase that they used in bush v gore irreparably harmed if they were allowed in florida were to continue doing what the florida supreme court said and count all the votes so you know there's a long list i would say of the crimes of scalia that's it for your take my take tonight if you like your comments and questions heard on this segment the big picture listen up. we want to know your to send us your comments by visiting the thom hartmann facebook page via twitter at tom underscore her or in the chat room on the message boards or through the blog at thom hartmann dot com you can also leave a message on our rant line at two a two by three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound off it's all welcome but remember that your commen

. >> the big winner in this is going to be dick cheney. >> he's back. >> he's back. he's absolutely back. you know, poor george bush, we don't see much of him. he endorsed romney and then the elevator closed in front of his face. he's gone. >> i think he's embarrassed how she was used. >> i hope so. cheney is not. he was the user. and cheney is, you know, holding fund raisers for mitt romney. mitt called him a person of judgment and wisdom. so you're going to see dick cheney playing a role. john bolton is going to have a huge role. he gets floated as national security adviser or even secretary of state which i think is preposterous. and that whole phrase, the american century, goes back to the project for a new american century. which was the blueprint for the bush foreign policy and for the war with iraq. so we've got those same people again. it's something like 70% of his named foreign policy advisers come from the bush/cheney regime. >> the smartest in that crowd intellectually is bill kristol and he's been holding back. maybe there's a bit of a fear if you show t

let's talk about dick cheney for a second. we know about the fundraiser out in wyoming, $30,000 a head. some folks who have been saying that mitt romney is not richer, not as aggressive as perhaps he should be at this particular point in the campaign. what does this do? mitt romney hanging out with dick cheney, what type of message does this send to t base? >> sten craig, i hope this fundraiser has a v.i.p. line because the one in the hamptons didn't. what it says to the base is simple. he's a real true and tried conservative. we'll give us eight more years of george bush/dick cheney policies. the truth of the matter is everybody wants to know who the real mitt romney is and him to stay tuned. every time he's changing who he was first. first he was for romney care then against it then he said he created jobs as governor of massachusetts. 37th in job creation. nobody knows who the real mitt romney is and he has to define himself. he can't depend on his staff or pundits or depend on articles to define himself. e himself and the