Last Call

Greg Sargent catches Liz Cheney doing naughty things to the truth again, but really, that's her job.  Bees gotta be, birds gotta bird, Cheney's gotta lie.

Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney’s national security group want her to know that they’re not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town.

Cheney’s group, Keep America Safe, has released a short documentary starring several residents of little Standish, Michigan, slamming the Obama administration over a proposal to transfer some Guantanamo detainees to the town’s maximum security facility, one of several facilities being discussed.

Now, keep in mind that Michigan has, oh, about a 15%+ unemployment rate right now.  Maybe the actual people in Standish would want the detainees rather than being jobless?

But Standish’s City Manager tells us that local leaders and residents want the facility, and dismissed Cheney’s efforts as “fearmongering.”

Cheney is “certainly not representing the views of our community,” the City Manager, Michael Moran, told our reporter, Amanda Erickson.

While some local residents do appear to have expressed mixed feelings or opposition to the plan, Moran says that they’re an isolated minority that Ms. Cheney’s video elevates out of proportion in a way that’s “off base.”

What’s more, the Standish city council recently passed a unanimous resolution expressing support for bringing Gitmo detainees, citing job losses in the wake of the closing of the facility.

Unanimous.  Yeah, seems like the people of Standish are just terrified...of being out of work, that is.  Maybe Liz Cheney should talk to them as well.

Oh wait...that wouldn't be pushing her agenda.  She's got a job to do, after all.  Scare the crap out of you.