Cheney Plays The Jeremiah Wright Card By Greg Sargent - April 10, 2008, 5:51PM
Dick Cheney, in an interview today, fiddles with his deck of cards and fingers the one with the big "W" on it:
“I've watched what's going on on the Democratic side with great interest, and sort of blowing hot and cold in terms of who is going to win -- whether it is going to be Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama,’’ Cheney noted in a telephone interview with conservative talk show host, Sean Hannity, today. "I thought the controversy over Rev. Wright was remarkable," Cheney said. “I thought some of the things he said were absolutely appalling. And, you know, I haven't gotten into the business of trying to judge how Sen. Obama dealt with it, or didn't deal with it, but I really, I think -- like most Americans -- I was stunned at what the Reverend was preaching in his church and then putting up on his website.’"
Worth noting that Cheney appears to have brought up Wright himself.
It's awfully kind of Cheney to refrain from judging Obama's handling of the Wright affair. But I think I'm on pretty safe ground predicting that Cheney's reticence -- and that of much of the Republican Party, with the "honorable" exception of McCain -- will suddenly vanish should Obama become the nominee.