Posts in "Liz Cheney"

By Matt Cockerill at 6:17AM

Mar 19, 2010

Top Cheney Aide Opposes Rand Paul, Says He's "Not one of us on the Global War on Terror."

The aide, Cesar Conda, is forwarding his concerns to Liz Cheney, Bill Kristol, and other "nation security conservatives." Reports The Politico:

Senior Republicans in Kentucky and Washington D.C. are deeply concerned about Senate candidate Trey Grayson’s campaign as he struggles to narrow the gap against GOP primary rival Rand Paul.

Two months before the election, the libertarian-leaning Paul, son of the Texas congressman and quixotic presidential contender, has tapped into anti-Washington grass-roots fervor on the right and staked out an advantage over Grayson, Kentucky’s secretary of state and establishment favorite....

Recognizing the threat, a well-connected former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney convened a conference call last week between Grayson and a group of leading national security conservatives to sound the alarm about Paul.

Conservatives Split On "Keep America Safe" Video

liz The new video that was recently released by Keep America Safe has been met with nothing but controversy. Perhaps what was most controversial was how the ad questions the patriotism of Justice Department lawyers and Attorney General Eric Holder.

Many from the right have overtly criticized Liz Cheney for her tactics used in the video, including members of the Federalist Society and even her former law Professor Richard Epstein. “There’s something truly bizarre about this,” Epstein said.“Liz Cheney is a former student of mine — I don’t know what moves her on this thing."

The Brooking Institute's Benjamine Wittes issued a joint letter last Sunday criticizing the video and even went further calling it a “shameful series of attacks” which were "unjust to the individuals in question and destructive of any attempt to build lasting mechanisms for counterterrorism adjudications.” The letter mentioned how John Adams once defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. I guess perhaps this would mean that the Cheneys would question John Adams' patriotism?