Dick Cheney has no shame - what else is new?

"It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again and we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States," Cheney told about 350 supporters at a town-hall meeting in this Iowa city.

More here. Via Josh Marshall and Atrios who both linked to this before I did. I really have nothing not obvious to say about the above statement, yeah, Cheney is a shameless SOB, but I liked this part:

If Kerry were elected, Cheney said the nation risks falling back into a "pre-9/11 mind-set" that terrorist attacks are criminal acts that require a reactive approach. Instead, he said Bush's offensive approach works to root out terrorists where they plan and train, and pressure countries that harbor terrorists.

Ah, nice, a "pre-9/11 mind-set". Would that be like attacking Iraq on a personal agenda rather than focusing on actual terrorist groups? Does that qualify as a "pre-9/11 mind-set"?

Man, Dick Cheney doesn't care what the fuck he says.