Nora Ephron: (Dick Cheney) Addicted to Love

[Demeter]

Dick Cheney won't go away. It's hard to adjust to life out of the spotlight, and apparently he can't. "If I don't speak out, then where do we find ourselves?" he says. This guy is not going to lick his wounds and slink off to his kennel, no way. It's just like the old days: George Bush was busy relaxing, so somebody had to do the job.

Cheney is speaking up to remind us:

* what things were like after 9/11
* that waterboarding works
* that the Republican Party is not really in trouble

He's here, he says, lest we forget.

To which I say, amen.

In some fabulous way, Cheney's ubiquity is an ongoing reminder of the eight years he was the key man in the administration; given the short attention span of most Americans, we must salute him for sticking around. He's a living memorial to the Bush years. He gives new meaning to the words "Never Again."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nora-ephron/addicted-to-love_b_201544.html?view=screen

[Demeter]

1. kick

[Demeter]

2. rekick

[katty]

3. K&R - too bad we see more of the - dick - now!

[Miss Authoritiva]

4. Is this a "yes" or a "no"?

(Cheney) was asked if George Bush knew what Cheney knew about the decision to authorize torture, and he answered, "Um, I certainly, um, yeah, I have every reason to believe he knew, uh, he knew a great deal about the program. He basically authorized it. This was a presidential-level decision and the decision went to the President and he signed off on it."

The use of "basically" -- He basically authorized it. -- is unsettling. It's such a weasel word.