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Dick Cheney Fires Up Crowd at CPAC
Vice President Dick Cheney fired up the GOP throngs Thursday night at the Conservative Political Action Conference with an opening salvo, "Greetings from the greatest vote-getter in history, George W. Bush!” The second-in-command followed up with a mention of President Ronald Reagan, noting that the late president would have identified with the sitting president’s emphasis of "hope and faith instead of defeatism and despair.” Cheney added, "He would be proud of the man in the White House!” The vice president gave his boss credit "for four years of uninterrupted economic growth.”
Story Continues Below He argued that in light of that accomplishment, "Congress needs to make the Bush tax cut permanent!” Stressing that the Bush tax cuts have translated to higher tax revenues, Cheney said, "and that is the true impact of the tax cuts on the American economy.” Cheney gave himself some personal credit, saying that his vote in the Senate broke the tie on the new Deficit Reduction Act. "Every time I get to vote, our side wins!” Switching to the keen topic of energy, Cheney said, "Congress needs to send us a bill to explore ANWAR.” Changing gears to national security, the vice president hailed his boss as someone who "never loses sight of the fundamental duty to protect our people.”
Emphasizing the president’s steadfastness, Cheney chided the nation’s enemies as naïve to think that they "could ever kill enough Americans to change American policy.” "We are in the fight to win and we are winning,” Cheney said in response to those going soft on the war in Iraq. To aid that victory, he noted that "Congress needs to reauthorize the Patriot Act.” Congress voted to do so moments after Cheney made the comment at CPAC. Adding his voice to the president’s own on the subject, Cheney said that the president’s authorization of some limited domestic surveillance fit snugly in the category of ensuring the safety of the U.S.
"We will not simply sit back until we are hit again,” he said to standing applause. "He knows what his job is,” Cheney said about the chief executive. "We are still at risk of attack of attack,” the vice president emphasized – despite those who would "downplay the chances.” "As long as George Bush is president, we shall not let down our guard,” Cheney concluded to a standing ovation in the Regency Ballroom. After dinner, the first notable on the long front table, the fifties singer and teen heart-throb, Pat Boone took to the stage to sing his new signature song, "Under God,” part of a medley of patriotic songs that the entertainer has been reprising. Before belting out "Under God,” Boone admitted to the crowd that he was well aware of his unique status of being a singular celebrity of Tinsel town: "I am the only embedded conservative in La La Land,” the singer noted.
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