Cheney won't run for presidency

Agence France Presse | February 6, 2005

[johnnycap]

You are so right. Dick Cheney is living proof of why the really good people in the world are often forgotten by history. In 50 years, you will be hard pressed to find a single person who will remember George Bush's running mate. Yet, his ability to do a job without self agrandizing is so rare in American society today that he is among the great examples of good men left.

A good man who will be forgotten, but not by some of us.

[sd-joe]

Good points.

[television is just wrong]

ditto, he would make a great president. Good man.

[ken21]

few of us understood, apparently!

(/s)

[cubreporter]

And Vice President Cheney deserves to fish all those beautiful rivers where he lives and...to spend time with those darling little girls who marched in the Inaugural Parade with he and Lynne Cheney and their daughters. Plus, he needs to be able to have time to teach that new little grandson how to fish those same beautiful rivers. :) What a beautiful family. God bless VP Cheney. He has done his duty to our country...MORE THAN HIS DUTY and we are so grateful for him. Would LOVE to see him run but...we agree...it's time to have some time for himself and his family. What a guy!

[wattsmag2]

That is a shame. Hopefully another good conservative gets the nod.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Old news and we knew this 4 years ago.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I was hoping he would change his mind. He is the only reason many folks voted for Bush. Cheney was the one who made the Republican ticket palatable at that time.

[Republican Wildcat]

I think we knew this already. Perhaps in France they did not. :-)

[SamAdams76]

After a couple years as Secretary of State, Rice will have the credentials to be a viable VP and thus the frontrunner for GOP nomination in 2008. I'm leaning heavily towards Cheney resigning his VP post early - probably just after the 2006 mid-terms.

Nightmare scenario for the Dems.

[GreenHornet]

Dick Cheney reluctantly accepted the Vice Presidential nod in 2000. He's made it clear from the start that he had no interest in running for President.

Like others on this site, I am hoping that Condi gets the nomination. I think we'll also see John McCain, Bill Frist, and possibly Tom Ridge seeking the nomination.

[ASA Vet]

Now where have I heard that before.

[coffeebreak]

Cheney would not even get nominated because of his support for civil unions and homosexual marriage. Rudi Giuliani would never be nominated for the same reason.

[Theodore R.]

Didn't Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., also claim prior to Aug. 9, 1974, that he too would not run for President. Ford even maintained a "noncandidacy" stance for several months after assuming the presidency, as I recall. Ronald W. Reagan may have never believed Ford's protestation of candidacy.

[lawgirl]

He has always said that- wow a man of his WORD! What a concept!

[snugs]

**Cheney isn't going to run, and he's most certainly going to remain in the position until 2008. **

I totally agree on both points he was adamant that he will not run for President but equally adamant he would remain the full 4 years.


===" I've got my plans laid out. I'm going to serve this president for the next four years, and then I'm out of here."===

[snugs]

**Dick Cheney is living proof of why the really good people in the world are often forgotten by history. In 50 years, you will be hard pressed to find a single person who will remember George Bush's running mate. Yet, his ability to do a job without self agrandizing is so rare in American society today that he is among the great examples of good men left.

A good man who will be forgotten, but not by some of us.**

I disagree Dick Cheney will not be forgotten 9/11 ensured that. In 50 years the real Dick Cheney will be remembered not the hated demonetized Darth Vader image that the RATS portray.

[snugs]

There is nothing I can add to that except God Bless the Cheney family.

[snugs]

**He has always said that- wow a man of his WORD! What a concept!**

A true gentleman and a true statesman above that a true loyal and faithful man to his wife, family, President and his country.