According to Dick Cheney, this is why President Obama is the worst president in his lifetime
theGRIO REPORT - Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an interview released on Tuesday with Playboy, said that President Obama tried to excuse criticism of his presidency by "playing the race card" and called him "the worst president of his lifetime."
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an interview released on Tuesday with Playboy, said that President Obama tried to excuse criticism of his presidency by “playing the race card” and called him “the worst president of his lifetime.”
“I look at Barack Obama and I see the worst president in my lifetime, without question—and that’s saying something. I used to have significant criticism of Jimmy Carter, but compared to Barack Obama and the damage he is doing to the nation—it’s a tragedy, a real tragedy, and we are going to pay a hell of a price just trying to dig out from under his presidency,” he said.
He also accused the president of undoing the legacy of his predecessor, especially in Iraq. “[H]is precipitous withdrawal and refusal to leave any stay-behind forces, to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqis, was a huge mistake; we are paying a price for it now. He’s having to go back in now, and the guy who campaigned on the basis of bring the boys home and get out of Iraq is now redeploying forces to Iraq,” he said.
Cheney noted that many people throw out his criticism of the president and other elected officials because they are “playing the race card.”
“I think they’re playing the race card, in my view. Certainly we haven’t given up—nor should we give up—the right to criticize an administration and public officials. To say that we criticize, or that I criticize, Barack Obama or Eric Holder because of race, I just think it’s obviously not true,” Cheney said. “My view of it is the criticism is merited because of performance—or lack of performance, because of incompetence. It hasn’t got anything to do with race.”
