Ben Smith’s Blog: Cheney to GOP: ‘It would be a mistake for us to moderate’ - POLITICO.com
Dick Cheney did an interview today with Scott Hennen, a North Dakota radio host, whose staff sent over a transcript (after the jump), defending the Bush administration and advising the Republican Party to stay with its roots.
“I think it would be a mistake for us to moderate,” Cheney said. “This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas … what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and constitutional principles. You know, when you add all those things up, the idea that we ought to moderate basically means we ought to fundamentally change our philosophy. I for one am not prepared to do that, and I think most of us aren’t. Most Republicans have a pretty good idea of values, and aren’t eager to have someone come along and say, ‘Well, the only way you can win is if you start to act more like a Democrat.’”
It has become increasingly obvious that not only the GOP, but America herself, would be in much better shape today had the positions on the GOP ticket of 2000 been reversed.
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That would have been nice. But you just now that the RNC would have contributed money to Obama to prevent an actual conservative from winning.
In 2000?
Heh. Guess I shouldn’t have read while watching basketball. However, I do believe that Cheney is more conservative than Bush, even though I was thinking specifically of 2008.