Dick Cheney...?

[myohmy2]

...there is absolutely nothing I have politically in common with Dick Cheney but I saw him at the Capitol today...

" Asked why he came to the Capitol this day, Cheney said, "It's an important historical event," referring to the anniversary of the insurrection. "You can't overestimate how important it is." "

" He added, "I'm deeply disappointed we don't have better leadership in the Republican Party to restore the Constitution." "

" He noted that his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is an exception. She is the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, and has come under heavy fire from fellow Republicans. "

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dick-cheney-capitol-jan-deeply-disappointed-gop-leadership/story?id=82112349

...nothing except maybe patriotism...

...

[malaise]

1. He looks seriously ill

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to me,but that was a good move

[FakeNoose]

4. He's 80 and he got a heart transplant 10 years ago

Not sure how much longer he's got, and at his age he won't get another heart.

[ShazzieB]

15. He's pretty much living on borrowed time at this point.

When he got the transplant almost 10 years ago, the doctor said that "it would not be unreasonable for an otherwise healthy 71-year-old man to expect to live another 10 years" with it. He's almost run out the clock on that.

[LiberalArkie]

19. I have a friend who is healthy and showing no signs of rejection at 15 years.

[Hoyt]

2. Nothing Cheney can do to change my disgust, but he gets a few points today.

[Shermann]

3. So is he officially a RINO now too?

It's a shame the way that party treats their elders. You'd think a party that is rooted in the Constitution and traditional values of yesteryear would see eye-to-eye with their former leaders. The opposite is true.

[dchill]

23. If you are not in utter kneeling fealty to TFG, you're a RINO.

[Skittles]

5. LOL

that bastard started a WAR based on lies, not even Trump did that

Cheney can fuck himself to hell and back

[tableturner]

6. True...but I'm still glad he showed up and supported democracy.

[Skittles]

7. I honestly don't give a fuck what he does

the man makes me sick and always will

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. He and his spawn

are only coincidentally on our side this one time because the tRump nutbag fascists are squeezing him, his rancid little girl, and his criminal cabal out of power. That's their only motive.

[SheltieLover]

11. Yup

Wondering if they are posturing for her to run for higher office.

[Skittles]

27. you get it, FNS

it certainly isn't patriotism that drives these evil fuckers

[babylonsister]

8. Agree, but he didn't have to show up.

I am glad he did and what he said, someone else besides his daughter had to say it.

[CaptainTruth]

21. +1,000,000

Fuck the PNAC & their dreams of an Imperial America that forced "Pax Americana" on the world at gunpoint.

They all should have been convicted of war crimes.

[Skittles]

26. and the ONLY reason he appeared now is because of his daughter

you know, the one who very much enabled Donald Fucking Trump to become exactly what he is

FUCK THEM ALL

[imanamerican63]

9. Says the man who help steal two elections and believes in the constitution?

Right? Horse hockey!

[Maru Kitteh]

12. It is terrible commentary when the state of current events

leave me with any measure of respect for that person - but I respect his appearance today. I do.




Oh god. I just thought of something - the true measure of what it meant could probably be had by looking in on Freeperville.

I'll bet they lost their MINDS.

[rpannier]

13. Take your allies where you can find them

Roosevelt and Churchill, and Stalin

[marie999]

18. Yes, and in the Spring of 1945, Churchill asked the military to plan an invasion of Russia.

[PurgedVoter]

14. Having Dick Cheney speak out against interference in elections is like....

No sorry, I got nothing. Maybe Hitler supporting Jews or Wallace asking you to support BLM. Dick Cheney supporting fair elections is a clear indication that the transplant heart may have finally had an effect.

[marie999]

17. I'll just go with; he loves his daughter.

[Delphinus]

29. Yes.

[Thunderbeast]

16. I thank him for his symbolic demonstration of support TODAY.

For his daughter. For his country.

None of it changes his reprehensible acts as Vice President.

That being said, I am happy that Liz Cheney did not stand alone. The other Republican members should be ashamed.

[Delphinus]

30. I have to say

I was appalled that she (and he) were the only Republicans who attended - that should say something to the people, but probably will not.

[CaptainTruth]

20. Oh FOR FUCKS SAKE! This, from a dedicated member of the PNAC...

...an organization that wanted to destroy our Constitution & wanted an "Imperial President" with an Executive branch that had more power than the Legislative or Judicial branches. You can draw a straight line from his PNAC dreams to Trump defying subpoenas, defying the law, & defying the Constitution.

FFS DICK, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU & YOUR PNAC CABAL WANTED!!!!

To me this is all performative bullshit until he publicly & specifically renounces everything he & the PNAC stood for, not just in general, but specific point by point.

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. "THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU & YOUR PNAC CABAL WANTED!!!! "

Exactly right. It's just that the Cheneys wanted it for themselves. tRumpists are getting too much in the way.

[gldstwmn]

24. He's a war profiteer. I'm not sure how to get around that.

It was nice that he showed up to support his daughter I guess.

[calimary]

25. And I thought he was the worst republi-CON ever to breathe air.

But since Agent Orange, I can’t say that about Dick Cheney anymore.

Even so, things have become pretty doggone bad when Dick Cheney gets pushed off the bottom rung. But Orangeman has done exactly that.

[Martin Eden]

28. This POEM I wrote for GW also applies to Dick Cheney

When they left office, what I'd like to say to their face:

I'd tell you to go fuck yourself
But that is much too kind
If you could perform that feat
You'd take pleasure in your behind

I'd like to say eat shit and die
But you deserve much more
You should suffer all the grief and pain
Of your misbegotten war

Though I can never make you think
Or feel, or understand
I'll take solace when you hear your name
Cursed throughout the land

From inside a lonely prison cell
Dark and bare and cold
Where every day you pay for your crimes
Until you're sick, heartbroken, and old

Then when you finally leave this earth
You fucked over oh so well
If there is a God and afterlife
You're going straight to Hell