Dick Cheney: “Bush not a good enough puppet
August 13, 2009 by William K. Wolfrum
George W. Bush was a good puppet early on, but apparently left Vice-President Dick Cheney wanting more:
Cheney’s disappointment with the former president surfaced recently in one of the informal conversations he is holding to discuss the book with authors, diplomats, policy experts and past colleagues. By habit, he listens more than he talks, but Cheney broke form when asked about his regrets.
“In the second term, he felt Bush was moving away from him,” said a participant in the recent gathering, describing Cheney’s reply. “He said Bush was shackled by the public reaction and the criticism he took. Bush was more malleable to that. The implication was that Bush had gone soft on him, or rather Bush had hardened against Cheney’s advice. He’d showed an independence that Cheney didn’t see coming. It was clear that Cheney’s doctrine was cast-iron strength at all times — never apologize, never explain — and Bush moved toward the conciliatory.”
In other news, Cheney saw his shadow while venturing out to hurl blame on everyone but himself. This unfortunately means we’ll have at least six more months of recession and failed wars.
–WKW
I just thought of another euthanasia provision we could sneak into the health care reform bill.
I can’t completely recall, but did Dan Quayle talk this much after he left office? I could have sworn he just retired and sat in his house. Am I wrong?
Considering nobody wanted to listen to Cheney while he was in office, why does everyone want him to talk now that he’s out? I’m confused. If he spent half as much time talking to the grand juries and special prosecutors as the does talking to media outlets, it might be a little less frustrating for the rest of us who are trying to figure out what the hell went on in the White House for eight years.
This is all well, & good, but the important question is, what does Cheney’s daughter think about all this?
Hugh, I think she thinks whatever Dick thinks. She just thinks it after he says it. I’m fairly certain she’ll be on Fox News at some point within the next few days to talk about her non-involvement with Dick and George’s working relationship.
Michael, I appreciate your guess, but this is too important for us to rely on what we think Liz thinks about what her dad thinks about what Bush thought.
I just don’t feel I can make an informed opinion about this topic ’til I’ve heard what Liz Cheney, Joe the Plumber, Glenn Beck & at least three screaming mobs of angry old white people have to say about it.
Obama has the exact but opposite problem Nixon had, oddly enough with the same bunch of folks.
“Like, make love not war, man!”
40 years later
“Like, get off my lawn, man!”
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Bonus points to the person who can like guess who my model is for like the typical hippie, man. Hint: he and his talking dog will stop in kitchens to make and consume huge sandwiches, even when being chased by monsters and ghosts.
dgun, I’d like to guess Shaggy.
Did I win? How many Internets do I get?
Yes. And you get 10 Internets.