The criticism is 'merited because of performance—or lack of performance , because of incompetence . It hasn ’ t got anything to do with race , ' he said . Holder has conjectured numerous times that conservatives hostility to the president and his policies are based , at least partly , on Obama 's race . The former vice president addressed the subject during a 10-hour long interview with journalist James Rosen - a portion appeared on Playboy . Cheney also took Obama to task over foreign policy decisions he 's made in Iraq and elsewhere since taking the baton from George W. Bush in 2009 .
The criticism is 'merited because of performance—or lack of performance , because of incompetence . It hasn ’ t got anything to do with race , ' he said . Holder has conjectured numerous times that Republican hostility to the president and his policies are based , at least partly , on Obama 's race . The former vice president addressed the subject during a 10-hour long interview with journalist James Rosen - a portion appeared on Playboy . Cheney also took Obama to task over foreign policy decisions he 's made in Iraq and elsewhere since taking the baton from George W. Bush in 2009 .