dick cheney, of course, went on to become dick cheney. but his whole history in politics, his whole rise to power is filled with amazing stuff like this. when he was in congress, dick cheney voted against asking the south african government to let nelson mandela out of prison. he voted against a federal holiday to recognize martin luther king jr. when dick cheney was in the defense department, he let out a little few million-dollar contract for a study, to see if it would be possible for a private company to handle all the logistics for a u.s. military operation abroad. so not just like a fuel contract here and a maintenance contract there, like we'd done before, but one big overarching sweetheart guaranteed profit deal to handle all of the logistics. one company handling it all, building the barracks, feeding the troops, doing everything else the u.s. military used to do for itself, but doing it for profit instead. dick cheney paid a company to study whether or not that could be done. it was a company that we now call halliburton. hallib

the event is going to be held at dick cheney's home in wyoming. she has been mostly out -- he has been mostly out of the spotlight, but he is doing well. the obama campaign will have the second time the president's will appear in the campaign season. last month they were together. good >> new at 11:00, president obama speaking to night to mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornado in joplin missouri. the tornado destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed 161 people. the president spoke of the high school graduation ceremony, and he praised the students. >> no matter what life throws at you, you will be ready. you will not be defined by the difficulties you face, but by how you respond. >> joplin high school was destroyed by the tornado. students spend this year taking classes in a converted apartment store. good>> we have a photo gallery going up tomorrow morning. it was incredible to see the devastation from space. >> you forget how many lives were lost. 161 people. >> nothing like that happening so far. >> it is a gloom

. >> dick cheney picked himself. >> that whole dance was orchestrateded. >> by cheney and row. >> you saw how he shot himself down to get the job. >> look, they will face a couple of big decisions, and you won't know the shape of it until july. for example, virginia is a key state both for governor and for the senate. bob mcdonald is a terrific governor and do you use him and seal off the south? >> does it hurt if he is catholi catholic? >> oh, no, if anything, it helps given the current struggle between obama and the catholic hierarchy, mcdonald would be an asset everywhere and across the whole country as a catholic. if you want a guy who helps you in the industrial midwest, portman has the advantage. >> does it hurt that he was in the bush administration? >> well, he is more complicated that he was a trade representative, but on the other hand, portman is really smart, so i suspect that he can handle being the trade representative. >> would you get with a colorful guy like rubio or governor kr christie? >> i would look at rubio seriously and they will, but also a longer shot like su

and then dick cheney continued to do that through the obama presidency.o if they want to talk about terrorism, if they want to talk about what is best to be done, in the bush years, people talked about al-qaeda and said the problem is saddam hussein. so they have been trying to cover up that past. >> just to pounce on the grave of this insanity, please watch this picture right now. this reminds us all of never using politics, never using war, never using the guts and sacrifice of our military men for gain. we did not catch him in the flight suit, that was an earlier portrait that day. and there he is using our tailers. thank you for joining us, and making it clear that both sides take credit for victory. there he is in his costume. i mean, unbelievable. there is the costume. he would never play politics. thank you both. on this wednesday, a special edition of rock center in nbc. coming up, the obama-clinton alliance. this is what i love about politics, getting together for common goals, bury the hatchet, do the right thing and win elections. why this rela

. >> dick cheney pick himself, though. me on. >> that whole dance was orchestrated. >> by cheney. >> of course. >> he was in charge of picking and he pick himself. tom ridge is a good guy, of course he's not good on the values questions. of course he was against the -- you can see how he shot everybody down seeing that he'd get the job himself. >> i think they will face a couple big decisions and you own won't know the shape of it until probably july. for example, virginia is a keystone for both tthe senate. >> does it hurt if he's catholic. >> i think it helps. given the current struggle by obama and the catholic hikarchy. if you want a guy who helps you in the industrial midwest, portman has the advantage across the whole region. >> does it hurt he was in the bush administration. >> it makes it more complicated that he was a trade representative. on the other hand, portman's really smart. i suspect he can handle being the trade representative. >> would you you go with a colorful guy like christie or rubio? >> i would look

with individuals like dick cheney like paul wolfowitz like richard perle dealing with iraq when shallit be. became enamored of this fellow who dressed like a westerner talked with a british accent and appeared to be upper crust and therefore was quite believable and everyone in washington was believing them and i thought people had really somehow checked out of reality in order to go to war that it was a war fever that had taken over these people wanted to get back into a into baghdad they couldn't defeat saddam hussein but they knew that u.s. military power could so the worst of these offenders who would be much shalabi. who has been exiled from his own country for twenty to thirty years and is clearly not a hero under any definition of heroism to his own people sold the pentagon on the idea that saddam hussein did have weapons of mass destruction and he must be stopped but they were bringing forward end of vigils who they claimed rather high level military or scientists with access they were looking for money first of all because child b. was paying money senior members of the depar

rather go there or attend the romney event at the jackson hole wyoming home of former vice president dick cheneywn. so this is literally at his evil mountain hideout the before you make out your mind i figureheard he is giving out shirtstion saying "i survived the cheney fundraiser." i am done talking now. >> all right, brett. thank you, all

as you know, dick cheney is a close friend of mine, i think he has the toughest job in government and i would never want to do anything simply for the purpose of making his job tougher. that sent the message that only had no value but was a career dangerous move in this administration. and that hasn't always been the case in administrations. in fact, the record of friction both between the nsc and state and state and defense is legion throughout the research i'm sure you've done. but that group at the top, again, the fact they had known each other for decades by the time we came in i thought was quite important. it was also important that those of us at the next level down in the deputy's committee had grown up bureaucratically, since we were sort of young guys going back to the reagan years. paul wolfowitz, myself and others, a committee led expertly by bob gates. we long since figured out whether we liked each other, what we thought of each other. we really got down to work. we knew we were working for a group of people who were just striving for the right answer, not some shallow,

bush-dick cheney years offered or is it the same ideas? >> i think clearly it is. i don't think we want to relive it. that's what romney is suggesting. his big economic idea is to go back to the same theory. if we cut taxes for the to and cut wall street to write its own rules then the entire economy will roar and everyone will prosper. we know that's not the case. mitt romney has the foreign policy of the 1980s and the social policy of the 1950s and the economic policy of the 1920s, which we re-visited a decade ago. we want to build a economy that's durable and people who work hard can have a chance. that's not the policy that mitt romney's offering. >> in terms of your ability to compete with the counter narrative that's being presented not just been the romney campaign but by karl rove super pac and the other super pacs that's pushing similar messages, is the arms race ramping up father than you thought it would. did you expect there to be a $10 million ad at this stage and is your fund raising on pace? >> this is a big concern. it's not a concern for our campai

in my memory for dick cheney to say in 2004, if you elect john kerry, we will be attacked again, presumably because john kerry's judgment on national security was so horrible. for republicans to be playing this game of outrage today at the president's campaign simply saying, look, this is what he actually did as an amaze turn-around from where dick cheney was in 2004. >> not only where he was in 2004 but right before president obama was elected and even after he was elected where esdz the same thing. that he felt that president obama's policies would make us less safe from a terrorist attack, and now suddenly republicans have decided now that they're on the losing end of foreign policy really frankly for the first time in quite a long time. suddenly they don't want to talk about this. this is too political w. it's an unbelievable turn of disgusting hip pock see that does not pass the laugh test. they ran on the war on terror. they ran on 9/11. the event with rudy guiliani tomorrow just calls up all of this once again, so i think it's obvious that republicans, when it's on their side and whe

. >> this past november when former vice president dick cheney was lobbying in maryland for maryland to passage same-sex marriage rights, the current candidate mitt romney campaigning against the gays. >> we fought hard and prevented massachusetts from becoming the las vegas of gay marriage. >> when a federal court in california ruled in favor of marriage for same-sex couples on the prop 8 case earlier this year, mitt romney jumped in to make clear he was on the anti-gay side of that. he declared himself a combatant on the war on gay rights. he said, "today unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of california who voted to protect traditional marriage. this decision does not end this fight." see, it's a fight and he's a combatant in that fight against gay rights. even when he's not making public statements and he's just doing something like doling out money, this year's republican nominee has been giving money fighting against gay rights. including groups who say they know how to cure you from being gay. mitt romney's campaign has been funding those groups. this is what it

time enough to talk about dick cheney's new heart. >> he had one in the first place. [ buzzer soundsr he was too old. >> it turns out that sometimes the rich and powerful in this country get an extra break. [ dramatic music ] >> it's really weird. i know. >> you tweeted about government health care, but i mean -- >> you know people have been tweeting, you know, to our account saying, can you imagine now that there -- they want to do like an exemption -- you know how your driver's license says organ donor, they want say organ donor asterisk but not to dick cheney. >> yeah. >> david said mitt romney is the godfather of our health care plan. mitt romney will cut taxes for people like him. huge tax cuts i think will help the country and add more to the deficit, he doesn't believe in the energy of the future, those things will not be released. >> i don't know how he runs away from romney care. do you? >> i'm of the opinion that president obama is not quite as tough of campaigner as a lot of people think. i hope i'm wrong about that -- >> it may not be necessary by the time it gets to us,

interesting. >> dick cheney expressed his support for gay marriage.. >> or having to pander to voters without second-guessing himself. and yet you drip balls treat him like he is human. >> that's because he is a war criminal. >> he can't believe the country for fear of being arrested and put on trial. so there is that. >> yeah, and he allowed himself to be reelected based on this gay-bashing campaign while he had a gay daughter. that took a lot of courage -- >> don't ever read the comment section of brightbart again. >> hi jean. >> good morning, stephanie. i am thrilled that the right-wing has opened the discussion about mormonism as well as the president's christian beliefs. because i think we need to have mormon education time every day now. and i'm going to kick us off. >> good here is jean with mormon fun facts. >> first of all the mormon church believes in multiple gods. they believe every manufacture is going to be a god in the after life and rule over his own planet with at least a hundred wives. >> that's better than a hundred virgins. >> newt

now that joe biden is caught up to dick cheney, the world can take a deep breath. >> that's right. back in the 90s you played a gay franken stein author. why is obama not coming out now for gay marriage? >> i will answer that only blackjack dealer who can't see over the table? look, everybody is playing politics. but they are politicians. that's what they do. if you interviewed a baseball coach and he was like, -- it would be like, why aren't you committing to this answer? there is about to be an election. you can change more once you are on the inside. that's why they are hedging their bets. >> bill, is this simple math in in -- math? people are not voting than the smaller percentage of those that are. >> it is politicians being politicians. he can him and haw. he can remind people he blocked the relationship and it should be about a guy and a girl. as for cheney, it is great he came out for gay marriage. a little less great than the possible second term. and furthermore, for all of you gays out there, just know this. to quote the monkeys, you can't always get what you want. wait

he said of his mouth that dick cheney could be president of the united states.i know how foolish this is when we know -- we do not have to guess what he did when he was and. guest: i don't recall when mitt romney said that. i do not think he said it this year. because he was to be present of the united states and i cannot imagine him suggesting dick cheney becomes president because he wants the job himself. but on the strength of what i know about his campaigning, i think dick cheney is non-issue. romney's foreign policy will be much more vigorous. will be the kind of foreign policy that george w. bush pursued. bring it on and we'll take care of it. that kind of foreign policy is not what we have seen for the last three years from this administration. but you can expect with a run the administration going to be a much more aggressive foreign policy with postures of john wayne. host: you have created a lot of debate, discussion on our twitter page. cnn, fox and msnbc are infotainment. journalists have traded their craft for entertainment television. citizens are

he felt it was a matter of equal rights -- >> does anyone believe that dick cheney would have done this on his own? >> probably not, but it will be a hard question for a lot of republicans. >> that's what i want to know, gene, this is tough for people who are gay. they have discrimination, and now a candidate with them 100% today, an issue so important to them, and another candidate that saysly not evolve on this, didn't lift a if i think tore help this man decide to stay in my office, he would not lift a stinger for that guy. it seems like an emotional choice to say i have to either be with someone who embraces me or someone who won't. >> it will be difficult for many gay republicans, perhaps not all, but for many because there is such a stark difference, and both mitt romney and, i suspect, the general view of today's republican party is so anti-gay marriage to the point of seeking a constitutional amendment across the whole country for all time. you know, that's got to make people think. and again, they will have to weigh that against their commitment to other issues. >> here is mitt

dick cheney has been mostly out of the public eye since undergoing a heart transplant in march. say that is doing well. >> former president bill clinton plans to campaign with president obama next month. he will red line a fundraiser in new york city. obama campaign is raffling tickets to the june 4 event. it will be the second time the two will appear together this campaign season. smud they made a joint appearance in mclean virginia -- last month they made a joint appearance. >> "maxim" magazine is breaking ground with the top 100 list. >> a woman has filed a complaint against her former employer for being sexy. >> you had some shakeups in the "maxim" magazine list, including the first man ever to be put on the list. >> stephen colbert. >> he was close to the bottom, but still made the list. some others on the list included sophia vergara. miley cyrus beat her out. >> mila kunis is on the air katie perry -- mila kunis is on the list. >> you can check out the list if you have a few extra minutes at work today. and you mentioned a woman fired for being too exit. the 29-of gold h

guy was brought to justice. >> yes, thank you. >> hey here is a message from dick cheney.didn't sound good. >> i think we had an f bomb. >> yeah, we did. >> hi, ron in cincinnati. >> hi, you were talking about bin laden's being brought to justice. years prior to that when george w. bush was in office there was a sniper that had bin laden in his cross hairs at one time and was awaiting the order to engage the target -- >> yeah let me guess. bush was bicycling? >> i don't know. he was probably down in texas, i don't know. >> somebody made the decision they needed him alive. it would have been a better propaganda tool. >> here is my point. if we were trying to get this man, and we had somebody who actually had him in his cross hairs, we could have taken him out a long time ago. >> yes, but then you wouldn't have been able to start the unnecessary war in iraq. >> he was our guy, bin laden was. he was going on tour to -- >> yeah, i'm going to guess that he was coloring on ruggy and eating a grape sucker. i'm just guessing. >> yeah. >> hi, deb. >> good morning. i saw you up in k

so are our viewers and listeners and one of our viewers saying mitt romney on dick cheney.this is a man of wisdom and judgment. he could have been president of the united states." guest: could have been. but the caller before said he should be president of the united states. that's why i said i don't think that's what he said. and he didn't say that. he said he could have been. and i don't argue with that point of view but that's not what the caller asked before, as i remember. host: and the two have been and will continue to appear at some closed door fundraisers during this campaign. let's go to clayton on the phone from arkansas. republican line with colbe i. king of "the washington post." good morning, clayton. caller: good morning. my question has to do with energy policy. i was surprised on what mr. king indicates that one of the things that president obama should run on for his re-election campaign would be the turn around in the oil and gas area. do you think that within areas like coal, oil and gas that president obama has strong industry support for his role in hi

perkins, it's dick cheney's fault that his daughter was a lesbian. first of all, i don't think there's anything wrong with it, and secondly, the notion that cheney parnented in nan inferio way to mr. perkins is an absurdity. i don't think mr. cheney taught his daughter to act improperly and she became a lesbian. i know of no such evidence that the parents have an effect one way or another. i don't know anybody for whom their sexual orientation wasn't involuntary, whether people are straight or gay, but there are a lot of conservative people who have had gay and lesbian children, and for mr. perkins to be blaming the parents, the cheney cheneys, for example, for having a lesbian daughter is another absurdity. >> i never blamed anyone or accused anyone -- >> but you said the way you parent determines your child. >> i said the parents can control a lot of those environmental factors. barney is the one who said it was a problem. >> he's just backing up what he said. he said he taught his children how to interact properly. he's the one that said it's impro

unlike dick cheney. he is actually as we were saying here he is actually not as progressive as dick cheney on the issue of gay marriage. >> let's play the clip you're talking about. i think i know where you're headed. we'll bring in jim from down in washington. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is joe biden yesterday with david gregory. >> i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual partners, are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights and all the civil liberties. and i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> the white house said that the vice president was saying what the president had said previously, that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans. we oppose any efforts to roll back those rights, et cetera, et cetera. was this calculated, jim? did vice president biden know what