Can Liz Cheney really escape the shadow of her father?

American Thinker ^ | 7 Jul, 2022 | Francis P. Sempa

[MtnClimber]

Wyoming congresswoman Elizabeth Cheney has become the darling of Democrats and their anti-Trump media allies. The Economist portrays her as the Gary Cooper character in the film High Noon, as if she were a lone, principled marshal battling the evil Frank Miller (substitute Donald Trump) and his evil associates.

In May of this year, Cheney was given a John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage" award and praised by CNN's Chris Cillizza.

Liberal, pro-Democrat media outlets like The Guardian, NPR, Politico, Axios, Mediaite, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, the New York Times, and many others portray Cheney as an American hero attempting to save the republic from the evil designs of Trump and his supporters.

Cheney has won the praise of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson, Steny Hoyer, and Jim McGovern, along with other Democrats. She basks in the praise of those who once demonized her father as the evil architect of George W. Bush's wars.

Some liberals aren't buying it, however. The New Republic doesn't trust Dick Cheney or his daughter. Dick Cheney, Jacob Silverman wrote last year, is a "war criminal who helped make torture, black sites, and other illegal acts a routine part of American foreign policy." As for Liz Cheney, her interests may align with Democrats for now, he wrote, but the Cheney family, Liz included, has "done tremendous damage to human rights." Meanwhile, over at The Intercept, Ryan Grim called Liz a "leading booster of her father's war" who "has shown no remorse or reflection over the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan."

Liz Cheney must have a short memory or a forgiving heart, for she glows in the praise of the same Democrat-media establishment that condemned her father, Dick Cheney, as a warmonger (Rolling Stone), "a self-aggrandizing criminal"

[Paal Gulli]

The better question is can Dick Cheney escape the stench of his daughter?

[Boogieman]

“Liz Cheney must have a short memory or a forgiving heart, for she glows in the praise of the same Democrat-media establishment that condemned her father, Dick Cheney, as a warmonger...”

This is nothing unique to Liz Cheney. It’s a common ailment of all RINOs... the Bushes, Cheneys, McConnell, McCain, Romney, they all instantly forget how much the left hated and slandered them as soon as the left decides to embrace them for reasons of expediency.

[Billthedrill]

It's all one big happy, very corrupt family inside the Beltway - note the story that more of her funding came from northern Virginia than Wyoming - and they do look out for their own. As Carlin said, it's a big club and you ain't in it.

What happens when you're tossed from the boat is that you do your best to get back in it, whether it's through a media sinecure or an appointed position in government or a cushy consulting gig. But she'll miss the power the most.

[Pennsyltucky Boy]

Dick Cheney was a much smoother, smarter and more patient operator operator than Liz. She obviously felt she had something to prove, and she proved it. She ain’t got the smarts or the moves or any kind of notion what it takes to make people actually want to help you.

[Chickensoup]

Now didn’t he also have a lesbian daughter?