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Is it just me, or are the Cheneys exploiting this to try to make us forget Dick's crimes? (Original Post) DickKessler Jan 2022 OP
Should she quit the committee? lame54 Jan 2022 #1
No. I bet Dick hates hates hates Trump. Patterson Jan 2022 #2
Smells like teen spirit to me ornotna Jan 2022 #3
Dole's death may have shaken Cheney gratuitous Jan 2022 #4
Cheneys give no fucks about what we think of them. SYFROYH Jan 2022 #5
No, it's to launch Liz's bid for POTUS leftstreet Jan 2022 #6
No... father and daughter really both hate the orange mass PortTack Jan 2022 #7
Well, he's obviously supporting HER, and their family's position as a power. Hortensis Jan 2022 #8
I Don't Think So Me. Jan 2022 #9
No JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #10
I think the whole lovefest with the Cheneys is ridiculous. WarGamer Jan 2022 #11
He doesn't give a damn what we think or anyone else. redstatebluegirl Jan 2022 #12
No one will forget his crimes Deuxcents Jan 2022 #13
We won't forget, and his supporters don't care. johnp3907 Jan 2022 #14
It's to pump up Liz for re-election and/or presidential run JHB Jan 2022 #15
Lynn Cheney is running for President. FalloutShelter Jan 2022 #16
The State that Dick Cheney literally fed well with oil & gas cash, Budi Jan 2022 #17
I do not thinnk it is about ignoring his crimes, he feels just and righteous and LizBeth Jan 2022 #18
I just love the irony of Dick Cheney who did successfully steal an election, stand by his ShazamIam Jan 2022 #19
You mean there are people who have remembered them this long... Effete Snob Jan 2022 #20
No, and it would be counterproductive to alienate anti-trumpers because of Cheney's past. It is JohnSJ Jan 2022 #21
No. What would they gain? Demsrule86 Jan 2022 #22
No I think most have already forgot about Dick nt doc03 Jan 2022 #23
It's just you. We are too insignificant for the Cheney's to care what we think Kaleva Jan 2022 #24
Doubt it Patton French Jan 2022 #25
I'm going with it's just Tickle Jan 2022 #26
The enemy of my enemy is my friend when they are upholding democracy... even if its a calculated JCMach1 Jan 2022 #27
For God's sake, give it a rest Trumpdumper Jan 2022 #28

leftstreet

(36,103 posts)
6. No, it's to launch Liz's bid for POTUS
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:52 PM
Jan 2022

His crimes were forgotten when he wasn't investigated and prosecuted

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Well, he's obviously supporting HER, and their family's position as a power.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:52 PM
Jan 2022

As for what you smell, I'm guessing that's Cheney's own authoritarianism.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
9. I Don't Think So
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:53 PM
Jan 2022

I think he's making a point about those messing his daughter about. I would be concerned if I was one of those as he still has influence.

WarGamer

(12,427 posts)
11. I think the whole lovefest with the Cheneys is ridiculous.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:55 PM
Jan 2022

I can take on my own opponents and don't need my previous opponents bandwagoning on looking for my support.

Fuck Liz Cheney, Fuck her psychopathic father...

Signed:

Millions of dead Iraqis and others from a region destabilized by Darth and Shrub's Great Adventure.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
12. He doesn't give a damn what we think or anyone else.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:55 PM
Jan 2022

I think it is more of a warning to those who are messing with his daughter. She is a daddy clone for sure.

Deuxcents

(16,161 posts)
13. No one will forget his crimes
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:57 PM
Jan 2022

The issue now in January 6. He’s making his stance on that n we’ll remember that, too

JHB

(37,158 posts)
15. It's to pump up Liz for re-election and/or presidential run
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:59 PM
Jan 2022

Politically speaking, his crimes have already been forgotten. At least among republicans, which are the only people who count for him.

And as far as he's concerned, he doesn't think he committed any.

FalloutShelter

(11,845 posts)
16. Lynn Cheney is running for President.
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 04:59 PM
Jan 2022

Darth daddy was a priceless photo op.
She thinks she can inherit what’s left of the GOP after the MAGATS get their comeuppance.

I don’t agree, but I think this is her play.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
17. The State that Dick Cheney literally fed well with oil & gas cash,
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 05:20 PM
Jan 2022

..& those companies & local businesses & the State coffers that flourished & by the Oil business Cheny gave them, has now turned their back to Liz.

In State Politics, that's a big damned betrayal.
He stands in the Chamber with Liz today as a big Fk You to the State he flooded with cash & jobs & laws that made it happen.


Wyoming would be nothing but a sagebrush plains, a pricey Mountain town for the elite & its State budget would have looked pretty thin over the yrs.

Its a beautiful endless expanse to view, but revenue would have looked far different if not for the industry gifted by Dick Cheney.

So Wyoming, rejecting Liz Cheney was a choice that comes with repercussions, because Dick Cheney knows the dirt on every Republican who ever rubbed elbows with him.

This is personal.

Can't wait to see the 1st 5 of the 100 legislators Liz will take part in charging & removing from ever running for their seat again.
Like an old mob boss, Dick Cheney showed up today for a reason. This was to support Liz & deliver a personal message to the Republucan Party in Wyoming

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
18. I do not thinnk it is about ignoring his crimes, he feels just and righteous and
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 05:21 PM
Jan 2022

I am sure he has absolutely no need for absolution.

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)
19. I just love the irony of Dick Cheney who did successfully steal an election, stand by his
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 05:37 PM
Jan 2022

daughter to protest a failed attempt. But Good for him for standing up with his daughter. I don't think DDT wouldn't do that for Ivanka.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
20. You mean there are people who have remembered them this long...
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 05:37 PM
Jan 2022

...who are going to develop amnesia because she is able to see and say that grass is green?

JohnSJ

(92,116 posts)
21. No, and it would be counterproductive to alienate anti-trumpers because of Cheney's past. It is
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 05:40 PM
Jan 2022

a distraction from a common cause

The enemy of my enemy is my temporary allies

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
24. It's just you. We are too insignificant for the Cheney's to care what we think
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:21 PM
Jan 2022

The only people who matter, the Obama and Biden Administration and our leaders in Congress, have pretty much made it clear, by their inaction and silence, they will not move against Cheney.

Tickle

(2,509 posts)
26. I'm going with it's just
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:24 PM
Jan 2022

you. I think this was a beautiful father daughter moment. The picture says it all, A daughter will never stand alone while her father is alive. Then again I'm a hopeless romantic

JCMach1

(27,555 posts)
27. The enemy of my enemy is my friend when they are upholding democracy... even if its a calculated
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:24 PM
Jan 2022

move going all in on anti-Trump...

Trumpdumper

(171 posts)
28. For God's sake, give it a rest
Thu Jan 6, 2022, 06:26 PM
Jan 2022

Even if you consider him fundamentally indecent, today he did what any decent American who loves his/her country would have done. You needn't salute him, but come on, neither do you need to denigrate his action.

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