# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**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 12, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/102 "2011-09-12T20:01:40Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > If anyone is interested, Dick and Lynne Cheney will be on The View on Sep. 13th. Just FYI. So, he’s really putting these new opinions up to some serious scrutiny, then? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/103 "2011-09-12T20:14:26Z")
I’ve seen it speculated that Bush was so pissed about the whole Valerie Plame affair, and how bad it made him look to the intelligence community (longtime Bush allies), that he wouldn’t pardon Libby as payback to Cheney (though he did get his prison sentence commuted). Cheney really seems to have believed that he could enact his own agenda while letting Bush take all the political fire, and it seems like he had a degree of freedom to do so up until the Plame thing happened. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/104 "2011-09-12T21:39:05Z")
Der Trihs: > [@](#): > > His phylactery. Funny, he doesn’t look Jewish. ---
**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 16, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/105 "2011-09-16T05:08:21Z")
And now Mitt Romney says that he would like to have a VP that is like Dick Cheney. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/mitt-romney-dick-cheney-vice-president\_n\_964644.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/mitt-romney-dick-cheney-vice-president_n_964644.html) Really, WTF are these people and what are they thinking? Really, Cheney was nothing better than a Nazi war criminal and the guy that will probably be the candidate for President in the 2012 election wants someone like that as as his VP. We saw what happened the first time. Don’t the guys learn anything from history? These guys are determined to repeat disaster. Romney was at least suppose to be sane, unlike the others. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/106 "2011-09-16T05:54:26Z")
I think Huntsman and Thaddeus McCotter are sane. Calling Cheney a “Nazi war criminal” is really over-the-top silly. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/107 "2011-09-16T12:57:12Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I think Huntsman and Thaddeus McCotter are sane. > > Calling Cheney a “Nazi war criminal” is really over-the-top silly. Correct. Cheney was never a Nazi. ---
**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 16, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/108 "2011-09-16T13:17:04Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I think Huntsman and Thaddeus McCotter are sane. > > Calling Cheney a “Nazi war criminal” is really over-the-top silly. Yeah - It’s not like he won’t leave the country for fear that he’d be arrested and extradited to The Hague. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/109 "2011-09-16T15:11:08Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Yeah - It’s not like he won’t leave the country for fear that he’d be arrested and extradited to The Hague. He won’t leave the country because his heart’s barely beating. He’s cowering on death’s door. That makes travel a bit tricky. It’s ridiculously unlikely to think that any country would seriously consider arresting a former vice president of the United States. The diplomatic ramifications would be horrifying. Dammit you guys, stop coercing me into defending that asshat! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/110 "2011-09-16T15:53:48Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > He won’t leave the country because his heart’s barely beating. He’s cowering on death’s door. The things you see when you don’t have a microwave. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/111 "2011-09-16T17:11:54Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > He won’t leave the country because his heart’s barely beating. He’s cowering on death’s door. That makes travel a bit tricky. > > It’s ridiculously unlikely to think that any country would seriously consider arresting a former vice president of the United States. The diplomatic ramifications would be horrifying. > > Dammit you guys, stop coercing me into defending that asshat! [http://www.dailypaul.com/176921/us-aide-dick-cheney-fears-arrest-for-war-crimes](http://www.dailypaul.com/176921/us-aide-dick-cheney-fears-arrest-for-war-crimes) Not correct however. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/112 "2011-09-16T20:28:16Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.dailypaul.com/176921/us-aide-dick-cheney-fears-arrest-for-war-crimes](http://www.dailypaul.com/176921/us-aide-dick-cheney-fears-arrest-for-war-crimes) > Not correct however. I don’t buy it. I didn’t then, and I don’t now. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/113 "2011-09-17T20:46:14Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I don’t buy it. I didn’t then, and I don’t now. Well then it must be wrong. What does Powell know when compared to you? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/114 "2011-09-17T21:39:50Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Well then it must be wrong. What does Powell know when compared to you? About some things, a lot more; about other things, a lot less. What’s your point? I don’t find his statement particularly believable. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/115 "2011-09-18T00:18:17Z")
I do. > **[Bush Allegedly Cancels Visit To Switzerland Due To Threat Of Torture Prosecution](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bush-switzerland-torture_n_819175)** > > Bush Allegedly Cancels Visit To Switzerland Due To Threat Of Torture Prosecution ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857/116 "2011-09-18T00:25:52Z")
> **[Nigeria: Cheney To Be Charged Over Alleged Bribery Case](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nigeria-dick-cheney-to-be_n_790917)** > > Nigeria: Cheney To Be Charged Over Alleged Bribery Case Here is another. This one for bribery in Nigeria. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheneys-book-comes-out-and-he-was-right-every-one-else-wrong/594857.md?page=5)