"results-oriented approach to the law."

Maybe she thought Obama wrote the Bybee memo.

Does anybody know where I can buy an irony meter that's shielded against Republican radiation? I can't afford to keep replacing the damn things when they explode.

I'd hazard a guess that, as far as elected office goes, the Cheney name is as shitty as the name Bush.

I gotta keep asking Who the fuck is Lynn Cheney and why would anyone on this planet give a rats ass what her opine is on any given subject? If this is the front of the New Republicans those idiots are in deeper than they think.

Looks like the Republicans have found their NEW "Joe the Plumber"

It's cute when five year olds can wheel between completely different justifications for whatever they're doing, but it's considerably less than charming when the apologists for war criminals do so.

Increasingly, I see mainstream journalism as an elaborate form of politeness. As in Japan, where one must sometimes pretend not to hear what one clearly just heard through, a modern American journalist must not embarrass a GOP politician by challenging their reality, no matter how self-serving or implausible.

Lon Chaney???

Seems more appropriate, actually.

That she has no idea how ridiculous this sounds only adds insult to injury.

She doesn't care. She's lying. She'll lie again. At this point, it's pretty apparent that every single Republican who shows up on TV is openly and obviously lying.

"That she has no idea how ridiculous this sounds only adds insult to injury."

That television news outlets continue to give this dimwit national exposure is what REALLY adds insult to injury.

Somebody behind the MSM is grooming Liz Vader for something ...

Not to be the pendantic asshat of the group, but ... well, to be a pendantic asshat, there are quite a few typos in this post, Steve (and obvious ones at that). Just sayin' ...

:-)

Other than that, Liz Cheney lecturing anyone about the rule of law is a bit like Barry Bonds lecturing anyone about how to set aside one's ego.

Good to know the GOP -- despite being voted out of office, proving themselves incapable of basic governance, and offering up nothing in the way of actual solutions to our nation's problems -- still dominates and controls our national discourse.

Although the more they talk, the more ridiculous they sound, and the more people seem to hate them, so there is a bright side, I guess ...

You'd think someone like Lynn Cheney would prefer to not be used for the pleasure of rich white men, but whatever...

That she has no idea how ridiculous this sounds only adds insult to injury.

And I care about this ... why?

/MUTE
/OFFSWITCH

Somebody behind the MSM is grooming Liz Vader for something ...

Maybe Rupert is going to pair her up with Tucker Carlson for a "Talking Meatpuppet Gasbag Hour" of Obama-bashing? Each is too weak to stand alone, and those ads don't sell themselves.

or Liz Cheney, for that matter

I still want to know why she's appearing everywhere as Liz CHENEY. Isn't the lady married and with 5 kids? Where are her Republican family values, if she won't submit to her husband in everything, including the divestment of the maiden name?

I saw Liz Cheney walking with the queen. Doin' the werewolves of London. Aaaaa-oooooooooh!!!

Cheney just wants to smear, but she's a little too lazy to worry about details like facts and accuracy.

Hmmm.. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I guess.

Maybe just maybe, some day the 'liberal media' will call people like her out on her lies.

Hah. Liz Cheney sounding like an idiot? There's a big surprise.

This is a family effort: Dick doesn't want to go to jail. That's all it is. Dick and his family are doing everything they can to limit damage, and keep up their status in the Village. That's all it is.

But Liz might want to be a little more careful. If she starts sounding too idiotic, someone might notice.

As IF Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia were NOT results oriented appointments? I mean, it is to laugh. Results oriented is what a political fight over who gets elevated is all about. Its a question of the results that YOU want or the results that I want. She's wet behind the ears, and if this is the best they've got, it seems the Republicans have had quite a brain drain...

Liz Cheney lecture the Obama administration about the rule of law. This is, of course, the same Liz Cheney who has spent months insisting that no one from the Bush administration be held accountable, in any way, for systematic illegal abuse of detainees, authorized and endorsed by officials at the highest levels.

And Remember, the R in repiglicker stands for "Rank Hypocrite". GOP = Geezers - Obstructionists - Pretenders

Jay B. wrote: "At this point, it's pretty apparent that every single Republican who shows up on TV is openly and obviously lying."

I wish Steve Benen were willing to say that so simply and clearly.

Of course, that would result in a series of very short blog posts, each of them consisting of "Republican so-and-so went on the air and blatantly lied today, and the bought-and-paid-for corporate shills of the corporate-owned media let him or her get away with it, as usual".

And Steve has a lot of blog space to fill.

And the painfully predictable and repetitive righteous outrage, and snark, and suggestions that the Republicans are not simply sleazy liars spouting corporate-scripted lies but are "crazy" or "confused" or "delusional" or "out of touch" or that they "don't know how ridiculous they sound" -- and the studiously oblivious head-scratching about why the corporate-owned media conglomerates broadcast and print such stuff -- all of that helps to fill out the blog space.

ladies, i am sorry, but c-nt.

As the President, you get to appoint a Supreme who matches what YOU think the high court needs. This is part of the value of winning elections, Liz, in case you hadn't noticed. I'm sure you remember 'W'. "W" stated he only wanted only a 'strict constructionist'. He nominated who he wanted. What Liz, you think there are no anticipated 'results' coming from a 'strict constructionist' nominee? Right! C'mon, Get Real.

I wish Steve Benen were willing to say that so simply and clearly.

Better yet, I wish one of the numbskull talking heads on TV were willing to say that simply and clearly.

And as long as I'm wishing, I'd like a pony.

The new Ann Coulter.

I wish Steve Benen were willing to say that so simply and clearly.

Of course, that would result in a series of very short blog posts, each of them consisting of "Republican so-and-so went on the air and blatantly lied today, and the bought-and-paid-for corporate shills of the corporate-owned media let him or her get away with it, as usual"...
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Beautifully put SA.

Fuck her....

SA, you should start a blog. I would read it.

"ladies, i am sorry, but c-nt"

Worlds biggest, c-ntilla!! Where did they dig this retarded Cheney up from? WTF and why is this bitch getting air time? I'm going serial. sureal?

Now, now, she's already a Cheney, an insult that is far greater than any that can otherwise be considered. It is really too bad that she is willing to defend the evil that her father did and that anyone gives her time to tell her lies.

SecularAnimist has it right. And not only are the Republicans bought & paid for, so it appears are many of the Democrats too......As Stevio would say: "Nauseating"

These conservatives do not understand what "interpretation" is. All judges (theoretically) interpret the law in order to effect justice.

What justice is in a particular case may be constrained by the law (including the standards of review and prejudice), but if the law itself determines its own interpretation (as the conservatives believe, or at least want to dupe others into believing), then judging could be done by algorithm. But like the rest of human activity, the law and its application cannot be broken down into binary code. Thus, when judges interpret the law, the important question often is how the judges at issue conceive what counts as justice.

I have little doubt that most Americans would prefer the conception of justice shared by Brennan, Marshall, and hopefully Sotomayor to the authoritarian/elitist conception of Roberts/Scalia/Thomas.

Unfortunately, the people in our American media appear too stupid, shallow, or partisan rightist to understand and explain this.

Cable news has become this century's Hyde Park Corner, where any lunatic with a soap box can draw a crowd. . .

I said this yesterday, and I meant it...

I hereby vow, whenever I see the words "Liz Cheney", that I'll pass along my mother/daughter Cheney YouTube, where they are asked what the proper pronunciation of "Cheney" is, have completely different (ChAYney v. ChEEney) pronunciations, and have different, detailed stories about why it's pronounced that way. That's still "Weirdest Thing Of The Year" for me, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if the phrases "Skull And Bones" or "Opus Dei" are somewhere in the explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkKUHjvLsA

(ps--especially since the vile thing is looking more and more like GOP presidential fodder come 2012...)

"As IF Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia were NOT results oriented appointments?"

That's different.

"ladies, i am sorry, but c-nt."

I think "pussy" is the preferred ReThuglican epithet.

Bush verses Gore was the Mother of all results-oriented court decisions. Nino flushed original intent and federalism right down the toilet out of naked expedience. Don't remember Liz or Dick or any other R objecting at the time, though.

I can't seem to shake the feeling that cable news is basically a giant co-ed greek organization and Liz Cheney keeps getting invited to the house as part of a dog fight. None of this reflects well on anyone.

MSM, bought and paid for by the Rethugs. You could not get this whore airtime if it were not true.

steve benen: Cheney just wants to smear, but she's a little too lazy to worry about details like facts and accuracy.

"You have absolutely no reason, none, to trust our word or our actions at this point."

- RNC Chairman Michael Steele on Fox 2/13/09