The Unraveling of Dick Cheney [BARF alert]

washington post ^ | 1/29/07 | Dan Froomkin

[mathprof]

While Dick Cheney undoubtedly remains the most powerful vice president this nation has ever seen, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether anyone outside the White House believes a word he says.

Inside the West Wing, Cheney's influence remains considerable. In fact, nothing better explains Bush's perplexing plan to send more troops to Iraq than Cheney's neoconservative conviction that showing the world that we have the "stomach for the fight" is the most important thing -- even if it isn't accomplishing the things we're supposed to be fighting for. Even if it's backfiring horribly.

But as his astonishing interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer laid bare last week, Cheney is increasingly out of touch with reality. He seems to think that by asserting things that are simply untrue, he can make others believe they are so.

Maybe that works within the White House. But for the rest of us, it's becoming a better bet to assume that everything -- or almost everything -- Cheney says is flat wrong.

Meanwhile, the trial of Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby is exposing to public view the vice president's role as master-manipulator of misinformation and vindictive retaliator-in-chief -- once again, indifferent to the truth. (For example, Cheney ordered his staff to lie to reporters about the contents of a highly classified National Intelligence Estimate.)

And former aide Cathie Martin's testimony on Friday validated the most cynical conspiracy theories about how Cheney manipulates the press.

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So perhaps it's not a surprise that Cheney is losing support even from fellow Republicans who, looking ahead to the 2008 elections, do not relish carrying the burden of defending his increasingly indefensible world-view.

[Izzy Dunne]

Cheney ordered his staff to lie to reporters about the contents of a highly classified National Intelligence Estimate.

Somebody 'splain to me what exactly is wrong with that.

[xcamel]

How does a guy neamed "Dan Froomkin" not end up night janitor at the sunshine school?

[pissant]

Whose ass did the Wash Post pull this little bitchy punk out of?

[NorthEastRepublican]

God bless Vice President Cheney

[My2Cents]

I dare say, Cheney's credibility is much higher than the Washington Post's.

[xcamel]

er "named" even.

[SIDENET]

So perhaps it's not a surprise that Cheney is losing support even from fellow Republicans who, looking ahead to the 2008 elections, do not relish carrying the burden of defending his increasingly indefensible world-view.

Hell, I wish he was the President.

[Gay State Conservative]

Whose ass did the Wash Post pull this little bitchy punk out of?

I've seen his picture.He looks an awful lot like he's the product of a union between Dennis Kusinich and one of the Ditzy Chicks.

[Tarpon]

ummm, maybe victory explains Bush's perplexing plan to send more troops to Iraq. Probably never dawned on the WaPo losers.

[mkjessup]

Who is this idiot 'Froomkin'?

Sounds like he should be writing for the 'Onion'

Vice President Cheney has one helluva lot more credibility than the Washington ComPost, and especially more credibility than the author of this poorly written article.

It's Monday. Guess the farm league is still manning the word processors in the Post newsroom.

[saganite]

it's becoming increasingly unclear whether anyone outside the White House believes a word he says.


I guess I can set the writer straight. I for one have more confidence in Dick Cheney than anyone else in the administration and believe what he says. There. Now the writer of this article can rest assured he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Meanwhile, the trial of Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby is exposing to public view the vice president's role as master-manipulator of misinformation and vindictive retaliator-in-chief -- once again, indifferent to the truth. (For example, Cheney ordered his staff to lie to reporters about the contents of a highly classified National Intelligence Estimate.)"

None of this is true.

[Political Junkie Too]

If you print it, they will believe?

-PJ

[Clara Lou]

Unraveling of Cheney
In Froomkin's personal universe, I guess.

[Rennes Templar]

Sounds like his name should rather be "Fran Doomkin".

[Amalie]

And who the h*ll is this writer, Dick Cheney's brain!?....

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dan, you ignorant slut.

[BenLurkin]

The mean man didn't knuckle under to the blowhard reporter.

Waaaaa!

[padre35]

It never fails to amaze me at just how much liberals project things onto people.

"Cheney is unraveling"

I doubt it, more than likely he doesn't sip drinks with people who spill this bilge all day long, to the point that they begin to believe it..

More proof that if you let a few hundred Monkey's into the WaPo press room, they will come out with articles....