When faced with facts, Cheney cries foul!

Vice President Dick Cheney seems to be the only one still in denial over the situation in Iraq.  While President Bush may not be making the wisest strategic decisions, at least he is finally admitting that things aren't going well. VP Dick Cheney however, in an interview earlier today with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, said that America has accomplished it's objectives so far in Iraq.

Here's some excerpts from the interview:

Blitzer: But there is a terrible situation......

THE VICE PRESIDENT: No, there is not. There is not. There's problems, ongoing problems, but we have, in fact, accomplished our objectives of getting rid of the old regime, and there is a new regime in place that's been there for less than a year, far too soon for you guys to write them off.

However, that wasn't nearly as amusing as when Cheney said he "doesn't accept the premise" that fellow Republicans are starting to break ranks with the Bush administration, and called it "hogwash."

Blitzer: Here's what Jim Webb, senator from Virginia, said in his Democratic response last night. He said:

"The President took us into the war recklessly. We are now, as a nation, held hostage to the predictable and predicted disarray that has followed."

And it's not just Jim Webb, it's some of your good Republican friends in the Senate and the House, are now seriously questioning your credibility because of the blunders, of the failures. All right, Gordon Smith --

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Wolf, Wolf, I simply don't accept the premise of your question. I just think it's hogwash.

Cheney also went on to attack the media as "biased," and concluded that Senators coming out against the troop "surge" are "anti-troops."

TPM Muckraker, and CNN both have the full transcripts posted, and CNN has a clip of the interview up. Hopefully the full interview will show up on YouTube though, because it's certainly one worth watching if you missed it!