While I'm using my little corner of the internet, I want to go out of my way to say what a vile person Richard Bruce Cheney is. Normally I try to stay cool about these kinds of things, but this time it's gone too far and I've got to speak up. It's no secret that for six years now the guy has done whatever he's wanted with the US government and constitution, playing up the need to spread democracy in the Middle East and mentioning how the terrorists hate our freedoms, while cracking down on our privacy and rights at home and being the most secretive administration in US history. The guy's shot more holes in the constitution than one of his unlucky hunting partners. No really, for a while no one even knew who worked for the guy. Check it out.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/012162.php
His latest interview with Wolf Blitzer of CNN may be his masterpiece. Note the detached worldview, refusal to admit obvious blunders, the faux outrage when asked about his lesbian daughter's relationships. (Never mind his political party has made open targets out of gays and lesbians for years). And he dares to mention that others don't have "stomach" for the fight. If only it were that simple. Ask yourself what he's sacrficed, what he's given up, and think if he has the right to tell others about "stomach" and toughing it out.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/25/cheney/index.html
But he can be a real joker from time to time. Did you hear the one about anyone who disagrees with him wants the USA to lose in Iraq? About all the enormous successes? Oh wait. Seriously, there used to be a joke about how he would eat bats for breakfast, and somehow, seeing his self-satisfied mug, it doesn't seem that far off from the truth.
If you needed more proof the guy isn't human, both The Daily Show and Gregg Easterbrook of TMQ have pointed out another weird trait about the guy- he never, ever blinks. No, I'm serious. Watch any clip of the State of the Union address, and compare his blinks to that of say, more probable humanoid Nancy Pelosi. While Pelosi blinks incessantly, Cheney does, at most, once or twice a minute. The conclusion? What a creep. I'll let Easterbrook sum up my thoughts here:
"Finally, it's normal to blink like crazy on television. Watch even professional newscasters and sportscasters, as they face the camera they blink constantly -- viewers zone the blinking out. Last night during the State of the Union address, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi and Dick Cheney were facing the camera. Speaker Pelosi blinked non-stop. The president blinked frequently. Cheney never blinked. Check a video. Increasingly I fear that "Richard Cheney" is the host of a slug-like alien symbiot creature that has been implanted in his body and controls his brain."
That's all. I'm done.