# Cheneys book comes out and he was right, every one else wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857 "2011-09-01T17:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/61 "2011-09-02T13:28:52Z")
> [@Klostertal](#): > > That miserable war criminal piece of shit should be publicly beheaded in a specially-built gallows in the National Mall. Naw - I think they should set up a “Kick Dick in the 'Nads” booth on the Mall, and charge people $5.00 per shot. We’d solve the Deficit problem in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/62 "2011-09-02T14:12:03Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Apparently he praised Blair as being the US’s closest ally. Talk about damning him with praise. Damn, Blair took that prize away from [Barney](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_(dog)). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/63 "2011-09-02T14:23:44Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > I feel the smallest discomfort that Dick C is still being gang pilloried 3 years after leaving office Why? He essentially created the world we live in today. Leaving office doesn’t reboot the universe. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/64 "2011-09-02T16:31:53Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > I feel the smallest discomfort that Dick C is still being gang pilloried 3 years after leaving office, but hey he didn’t have to publish the book. > [@Acsenray](#): > > Why? He essentially created the world we live in today. Leaving office doesn’t reboot the universe. Word. We can always _nil nisi bonum_ his ass when he’s dead. Preferably in whatever prison cell the Hague would send him to. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/65 "2011-09-02T19:56:34Z")
“I was honored to be compared with Darth Vader,” he said. What… the… fuck. Who would be honored to be compared to Darth Vader?? source: [http://www.businessinsider.com/cheney-i-was-honored-to-be-compared-to-darth-vader-2011-9](http://www.businessinsider.com/cheney-i-was-honored-to-be-compared-to-darth-vader-2011-9) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/66 "2011-09-02T20:30:17Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Seeing as how a gallows is normally associated with hanging, it would have to be very specially built. My understanding is that if you misjudge the counterweight or the drop, the person might be beheaded when hanged. Didn’t that happen to Saddam or one of his associates? OK, that’s what I get for posting without having read all the way through the thread. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/67 "2011-09-02T20:36:29Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Where the hell did you find 4 virgins in this day and age ? Probably on this board. I keed, I keed! 😃 > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I always heard it was the other way around. I always heard Condi didn’t get slammed by men at all. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/68 "2011-09-02T22:44:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I always heard Condi didn’t get slammed by men at all. So, Cheney’s daughter then? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/69 "2011-09-02T22:56:51Z")
The one thats marrying Chaz Bono, or the other one? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/70 "2011-09-02T22:59:07Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > “I was honored to be compared with Darth Vader,” he said. > > What… the… fuck. Who would be honored to be compared to Darth Vader?? Bullshit. That dude knew how to dress and emote. Hell, I’d dress and talk like him all the time if I thought I could get away with it (cue dramatic (pre jar jar binks (fucking pussy)) music). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/71 "2011-09-02T23:03:35Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > “I was honored to be compared with Darth Vader,” he said. > > What… the… fuck. Who would be honored to be compared to Darth Vader?? Well, me, of course 🙂 Until the prequels ☹ Now he’s just a whiny bitch ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/72 "2011-09-02T23:06:55Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > …(cue dramatic (pre jar jar binks (fucking pussy)) music). I hate nested stuff like that. So, \*fucking pussy \*must execute first… ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/73 "2011-09-02T23:11:26Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I hate nested stuff like that. > > So, \*fucking pussy \*must execute first… Its the Dope, of course it does..often and strong… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/74 "2011-09-02T23:50:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Probably on this board. Ha, ha, only serious? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/75 "2011-09-03T01:25:37Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Powell not a team player ? This is the guy who put it on paper that nothing happened at My Lay. This is the guy with the vial of anthrax at the UN, selling that shit like it was the Good News. You couldn’t find a yes-man more yessy if you hired a Thai hooker. He failed to give that last full measure of devotion: he would not sell out his country for the sake of its leaders. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/76 "2011-09-03T03:39:54Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > He failed to give that last full measure of devotion: he would not sell out his country for the sake of its leaders. Powell regrets the UN speech. He feels horrible after using up his cred top back up the neocons. Cheney regrets nothing. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/77 "2011-09-04T06:33:47Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Apparently he praised Blair as being the US’s closest ally. Talk about damning him with praise. Are you talking about **this** Blair? [http://www.hizb.org.uk/current-affairs/change-has-come-to-libya](http://www.hizb.org.uk/current-affairs/change-has-come-to-libya) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/78 "2011-09-04T11:10:52Z")
I’m a born-again virgin; I haven’t had sex in as many years as some of you have been alive. Re Cheney’s book: I wouldn’t buy the fucking thing if it was being sold at two for a nickel, even though it might be useful for squashing bugs. I wouldn’t even read the fucking thing except maybe at gun point and I would have to be absolutely convinced the alternative was death. I wouldn’t be surprised if the fucking thing was loaded with curses from the dark side; I would fear that if I did read it, everything I’ve believed in for most of my life would be expunged from my memory. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/79 "2011-09-04T14:15:17Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’m a born-again virgin; I haven’t had sex in as many years as some of you have been alive. > > Re Cheney’s book: I wouldn’t buy the fucking thing if it was being sold at two for a nickel, even though it might be useful for squashing bugs. I wouldn’t even read the fucking thing except maybe at gun point and I would have to be absolutely convinced the alternative was death. I wouldn’t be surprised if the fucking thing was loaded with curses from the dark side; I would fear that if I did read it, everything I’ve believed in for most of my life would be expunged from my memory. While the Cheney/Voldemort comparison is old hat, I hadn’t equated his memoir with Tom Riddle’s diary . . . until now. (And I agree with your assessment, with one exception: the alternative to reading it would have to be my daughters’ deaths. I have a feeling I wouldn’t want to go on living in the state of mind this heap of excrement would undoubtedly put me in.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/80 "2011-09-04T14:53:32Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Powell regrets the UN speech. He feels horrible after using up his cred top back up the neocons. Why do you think he thinks so? He did it, after all, and was an adult at the time too. But that was also true when he led the My Lai coverup that should have taught him a lesson about taking responsibility. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857.md?page=5)