The Vice-President Goes Crazy
Posted on December 13th, 2007 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Did Dick Cheney really mock Democratic congressmen John Dingell and John Murtha for their fealty to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?
He did.
The House’s senior Democrats “march to the tune of Nancy Pelosi to an extent I had not seen, frankly, with any previous speaker,” Cheney said. “I’m trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion, but [in] the Congress I served in, that wouldn’t have happened.”
Asked if these men had lost their spines, he responded, “They are not carrying the big sticks I would have expected.”
Ohdeargod.
But waitâthere’s more, from the full interview in the Politico.
But throughout the interview, Cheney left no doubt that he takes pride even in some of the most-criticized policies of the Bush administration, including the wiretapping of suspected terrorists, and the long-term imprisonment and aggressive interrogation of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
It really is time for Dick Cheney to depart this world and leave it to those of us who are trying to save it from the mess that he and his cronies, such as the president, have created.
Secret Service, I am not suggesting that anyone kill Dick Cheney, nor am I thinking of it myself. Unlike the vice-president, I do not believe that anyone should play God other than God.
I just think there’s a serious case to make that the world would be a better place without Dick Cheney in it.
3 Responses
12/13/2007 2:51 pm
Breaking News: Petite will be named in Mitchell report. I guess Mr. Old School is going to be doing some praying on this one….
12/13/2007 4:41 pm
Leaving aside your rather ill-advised metaphorical “threat”, I think the implication that Cheney’s remarks were fundamentally sexist — one the Globe columnist you cite to drums on — is ill-placed. Lets be honest - men think women can’t run things (and vice versa) and that hasn’t changed and isn’t going to anytime soon. Cheney’s main point was that these two guys are kowtowing to the Speaker. He then goes on to emphasize this point with the remark about “big sticks” that, while clearly sexist in tone, is simply intended to make the same basic point (i.e., they’re acting spineless). Cheney doesn’t live in a different world than you do. Trust me, I could go through the archives of this blog and point out “sexist” elements. We all partake of who we are — and men and women really are different beings. And guess what: that’s OK! In short, relax. Cheney may be a troglodyte — most especially, perhaps, on energy policy — but attacking his remarks here as sexist is kind of trivial.
12/13/2007 7:02 pm
Saying someone doesn’t “carry a big stick” seems an incredibly *tame* criticism to me. Especially these days. Geez, Rich.