Let’s be honest. We had never, ever, not for a second mistaken President Obama for former Vice President Dick Cheney. But now that Obama has reportedly claimed in an interview with Charlie Rose that he’s not Dick Cheney, we’re beginning to have our suspicions. Maybe the Huffington Post wasn’t that far off with its mock-up of George W. Obama.
Pres Obama denies he's Dick Cheney. I love it! He's fighting with one of his straw men. Pretty funny actually.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 17, 2013
What’s the occasion? In a taped interview set to air tonight, the president was anxious to clarify some of the misunderstandings surrounding the administration’s surveillance efforts. With all of the misinformation floating around about the government spying on U.S. citizens, the president is anxious to confirm that while he’s pro-surveillance, he’s not, you know, evil, like Cheney.
Fear not: citizens say there was never any danger of mixing up the two leaders.
Obama: "I'm not Dick Cheney." True enough. We know for a fact Cheney's actually fired a shotgun.
— Mattphilbin (@Mattphilbin) June 17, 2013
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Funny how people still think Obama is nicer than Bush or Cheney. He's done the EXACT same thing just with genius marketing.
— bétè (@beetlechocolate) June 17, 2013
Obama is not Dick Cheney; Cheney respects the constitution.
— Razor (@hale_razor) June 17, 2013
@MurderBryan At this point being Dick Cheney would be an improvement for Obama.
— Antifa Spiritual Advisor ⎈ Ⓥ Ⓐ ? ACAB (@RoninSohei) June 17, 2013
Obama in last 3 months: "I'm not a dictator. I'm not Nixon. I'm not Cheney." Pretty soon he'll frisk an intern and say he aint Clinton
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) June 17, 2013
Barack Obama changes his Twitter name to Not Dick Cheney and we get a thousand stories on how "web savvy" he is.
— Bяyan (@MurderBryan) June 17, 2013
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In all seriousness, though, if Obama pulled off a mask & it WAS Dick Cheney, I wouldn't be at all surprised. Also, would laugh @ Obamabots.
— ☭ ?? (@RealFoodChoice) June 17, 2013
Another key difference: while Cheney has said without equivocation that NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a traitor and possibly a spy for China, Obama had no comment, saying only that he’d referred the case to the Justice Department. “I will leave it up to them to answer those questions,” Obama told Rose.
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