Dick Cheney says we need more of the same

Today in Southaven Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a rally for Greg Davis. Cheney either think Mississippians are dumb or he honestly believes the stuff he says. Some of the following is hard to believe that any politician called in to help would be saying. The last thing I would want as a candidate is to be linked with the failed policies of the current administration in Washington.

We have a saying down here about boots, rain, and relieving one's self that fits nicely with this part.

Cheney said Davis would support President Bush on his policies in Iraq, on maintaining tax cuts championed by the president and on programs supported by the national Republican Party.

"Whether the issue is the economy or energy or national security the right answers are coming from Republicans, not from Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reed or the rest of the Democratic leadership in Washington," Cheney said in a 40 minute address to several hundred Davis supporters.

And here is Cheney blaming the Democrats for the current oil crisis. Never mind that he wrote the energy policy in secret, closed door meetings with Exxon-Mobile, and every other major energy corporation standing to gain from the current situation. It is no coincidence that Exxon-Mobile has posted record earnings in quarter after quarter under Dick's energy policy. The people aren't buying that anywhere in the country Dick, and we are no different here in Mississippi.

Cheney blamed Democrats for high gas prices, accusing them of standing in the way of increased energy production in the United States.

"They want to raise taxes on energy produced here at home and put more government mandates on producers," Cheney said. "The plain truth is we can produce a lot more energy here in America and we can do it in an environmentally friendly way."