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I just listened to the Imus clip with Mary Matalin again and I also saw her this morning on Russert. It was, as usual, scary, and made more so by whoever her stylist is and the poor choice of lipstick and shiny flower pin that gives her a certain Day of the Dead Catrina sort of look. I cant, for the life of me, figure out why we should consider that, as Imus says over and over, Cheney is a real nice guy with a good vibe, or that Cheney has been through so much this week that we should take pity on him. Every time I see him I think of all of the soldiers and innocent Iraqi citizens who have died in this war, not to mention in every other covert, democracy spreading, strongman supporting, weapons supplying, law breaking thing that he's been involved with.
Cheney has shown nothing but contempt for the regular people of America and the press. He certainly doesn't think that we have the same rights as those in his class of power and prestige. And the right to know what's going on with our elected officials seems laughable when he sneers that he just doesn't understand why anyone would want to know. Certainly if we are to believe the Washington Post as linked to by HuffPo then we are paying for these hunting trips with our tax dollars, which I suppose could be OK if that's what he does to unwind, though I'm trying to think of any other job where the taxpayers legally pay for your upper-crusty relaxation pastimes. Doesnt the VP get to use Camp David too?
I guess that the sticking point for me is his dripping contempt, and even if I could imagine him kneeling next to a lifeless body crying "Whit, Whit, speak to me, Whit!," it just somehow doesn't fit with Cheney repairing to the ranch for a stiff cocktail rather than following the ambulance to the hospital or at least starting the spin machine. There are so many things that are so not right with this story.
So, I'm not buying any of it. I can only figure from everything thats happened and what he's said, that he was probably drunk. He will never escape that stigma in this society or in the world. Once its out there, as Chris Matthews said last week to Ron Reagan when young Ron suggested that perhaps there was bad blood between Whit and Cheney, its out there.
So, enjoy your medicine Mr Cheney. If it was good enough for Clinton's blow job then its good enough for you.