“When they capture American soldiers, they cut off their heads.”
And, honestly? She didn’t even break a sweat.
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This is how you do it, by the way. You don’t let them define the agenda; you certainly don’t let them define the terms; you concede nothing (you can always agree, but you do not concede); you keep going back to a disputed point over and over again until they get tired of trying to sneak one past you; you never lose your cool; when you catch them trying a stupid tactic like read a headline and pretend that it’s established truth, you call them on it without a hint of self-consciousness; and in this case, you don’t accept the other side’s presumptuous bluff that they speak for the American people. Because they don’t.
And you don’t give a tinker’s dam if they like you afterward. To quote Truman: if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.
Moe Lane
PS: Good job, Ms. Cheney. Just in case my reaction wasn’t already clear.
Crossposted to RedState.
What was the point of that interview? I don’t follow politics but I know that anyone in the Bush administration would stick to there guns.
Matt, in this case it’s a matter of looking at the technical skills of both participants. O’Donnell came in looking for something to splash all over the networks for the next few days, and instead got her head handed to her by Cheney. More of that, and 2010’s going to be *fun*.