(CNN) -- Although a fierce critic of Barack Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney does not support calls from some on the far right of his party to impeach him, saying it would simply create a distraction. "I'm not prepared at this point to call for the impeachment of the President," Cheney said in an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper." Cheney believes Obama is "the worst president of my lifetime" and that "Jimmy Carter might have been a better President," but impeaching him is not going to accomplish much. Both Obama and Carter are Democrats, while Cheney is a conservative Republican who served two terms under George W. Bush.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney interviewed on CNN
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Cheney says Obama may be worse president than Jimmy Carter
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Some conservatives like Sarah Palin calling for Obama impeachment
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