{"id":26418,"date":"2007-08-01T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T05:10:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:10:17","slug":"why_dick_cheney_is_our_hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/08\/01\/why_dick_cheney_is_our_hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dick Cheney Is Our Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: You gotta hear this. We\u2019ve put together a great montage. Dick Cheney, our hero, was on Larry King Alive last night, and Larry asked questions that were written for him, and Cheney answered in the way that only Cheney can. This is a condensed version as a montage, but this is fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>KING: Don\u2019t you ever say, maybe I\u2019m wrong?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: No.<\/p>\n<p>KING: In retrospect, you would still go into Iraq?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>KING: So those 3,000-plus lives have not died in vain?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: No, sir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125107.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"alignright\"\/>KING: Does it pain you when Brent Scowcroft says, &#8216;This is not the Dick Cheney I knew\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Not especially.<\/p>\n<p>KING: Wouldn\u2019t you like to be liked?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Well, up to a point. Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don\u2019t have to have everybody on board.<\/p>\n<p>KING: You said that the Iraqis were well on their way to being able to defend themselves. Why aren\u2019t we gone?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: They\u2019re not there yet because the job is not done yet, Larry.<\/p>\n<p>KING: Does it bother you that the Iraqi parliament is taking August off?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: It\u2019s better than taking two months off.<\/p>\n<p>KING: Is General Petreus the be-all and end-all? <\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: General Petraeus is a very impressive officer.<\/p>\n<p>KING: Alberto Gonzales, do you stand by him? <\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: I do.<\/p>\n<p>KING: You stand by him? <\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n<p>KING: No doubt about that?<\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Correct.<\/p>\n<p>KING: The Scooter Libby trial, did it pain you? <\/p>\n<p>CHENEY: Sure.<\/p>\n<p>KING: General Powell says he\u2019d close Guantanamo yesterday. 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