Cheney Calls Osama bin Laden “Obama”

By Jeremy Scahill

In his speech today at the National Press Club, former vice president Dick Cheney referred to Osama bin Laden as “Obama:”

“The important thing is, I don’t think he can have much impact now in terms of managing the organization, because that link between Obama and the people under him is pretty fragile,” Cheney said. “I don’t think he has the capacity to do as much harm as he did at one point, but we ought to still continue to chase him.”

On a different note, what terrible journalists would actually accept a journalism award from Dick Cheney? That was the event he spoke at today: the Gerald R. Ford Foundation’s journalism awards. According to the announcement, Cheney was there to “present the foundation’s annual awards for outstanding coverage of the presidency and national defense.”