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Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsThat image of the vanquished Vader has come to mind as I’ve watched Vice President Dick Cheney attempt to spin his way into the good graces of history during the final hours of President Bush’s empire. And it has come to mind as I’ve read Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency — an engrossing new book by Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post.
“Cheney will be remembered in our lifetimes for steering the U.S. government to the Dark Side,” Gellman said in an e-mail interview. “He often jokes about his Darth Vader reputation, but he was the one who summoned that image on Meet the Press the first Sunday after September 11. Cheney believed in casting aside restraints against cruelty in interrogations and against domestic espionage. He believed the president’s powers are beyond the reach of Congress or courts, and ought to be. Cheney is not an opportunist. He has a dark view of human nature, and he lives in a worst-case world.”
I recently watched Star Wars again for the first time in years, and I thought of Cheney when Vader interrogated Princess Leia.
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I could see him as the guy in the Donner party who was first at eating his companions...after all I think that' was his one regret...that he hadn't actually cannibalized anyone. Keep your friends close (through no bid contracts) and your enemies closer....(can't get much closer than in your belly.....wah wah wah.....)
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