Checked but couldn’t find a thread on this. I waited to watch the inauguration, then checked again.
Personally, I believe that this 69-year-old multimillionaire executive-cum-cardiac patient/vice-president hasn’t been packing and moving his own stuff for a long, long time now. Which leads me to the conclusion, based on the fact that the man is an established fucking creep, that this story is a planted lie designed to excuse said creep from standing up for the President of the United States, giving the final lie to the notion that he had any respect for the office in the first place.
Your thoughts? In the case of Cheney supporters, I’ll accept almost-thoughts.
I think that it makes Cheney look like a petty, spiteful child. He looks like a sore loser. And frankly, I’m kind of happy that he’s trying to pull such a stunt, it makes him look even worse.
However, it’s possible that he has been packing up a few cherished possessions. I very much doubt that he’s been doing heavy lifting, though.
Doesn’t qualify as a thought, but thanks for keeping the thread up top. To answer your question, we’ll find out soon (not three minutes soon, but soon enough).
For example, there’s KSO to offer abuse without reason nor rhyme nor any actual or almost-thought, which merely serves to establish character without advancing the plot, but keeps things going all the same.
And Lynn Bodoni and Diogenes, for recognizing that Cheney’s efforts are far more likely to be employed destroying documents than moving/hiding them.
When I saw the pictures, the first thought that came to mind was: I wonder if that chair was Cheney’s secret project in the basement, like Clooney’s character in Burn After Reading. Maybe that explains the uncharacteristically goofy grin on his face.
Then, with that image in my brain, I had an aneurysm and died.
Oh, please. My assessment of a single creep’s actions based on long observation of his character may be wrong but it ain’t nohow the product of conspiracy theory. It ain’t party-based, either: I doubt the man ever stood up for his own party’s occupant-in-chief if he thought he had a choice or there was a camera in the room. As Mr. and Mrs. Bush floated away on Getaway One, or whatever it was called, Dick reported only partial success to his corporate masters, tempered by the symbolic victory of one last lie triumphing over not only respect for the presidency and American democracy but over natural human courtesy – underscoring the last eight years.
My personal opinion is that, once he found out that he wasn’t going to get that blanket pardon he thought he was entitled to, looking like a crippled weakling might stave off calls for further investigations into his misdeeds.
Og knows I have essentially zero sympathy for Cheney and wouldn’t put it past him to stoop to almost any level of petty nastiness or churlishness, but to be honest, my first thought on learning about this situation was “Oh, the poor old man, that’s too bad.”
Pick on the physically fragile poor old man for all the stuff he richly deserves to be picked on for, not for this. If it helps, you can consider how galling it must have been for him to appear in public on his last day in office looking like a Franklin D. Roosevelt impersonator.
I agree. You’re an idiot. Of course I may be wrong, I didn’t bother to go back and look at any of your other posts. Going by the evidence in this thread and the OP I can reach no other conclusion than you are an idiot. Unless this is just a whoosh, then you are just so cute and clever.
Likewise. The OP is ever-the-top nonsense, on a par with fears that Bush would take over the military and declare himself President-For-Life. :rolleyes:
I feel bad about it. Not that he’s in a wheelchair, but that I can’t even work up enough interest in Cheney to spark some Schadenfreude. He’s gone and the sooner I can forget him the better.
