Excellent Suck Skewering of Dick Cheney
September 1, 2000 12:00 PM Subscribe
Excellent Suck Skewering of Dick Cheney makes it clear that this is not a person we should let anywhere near our "national security" (again).
It's no secret Gore is a hypocrite, but I hadn't realized that Cheney was such a dunderhead. Gore is no better and no worse than any compromised career politician, but Cheney and Bush want to get rid of the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. WTF?
posted by wiremommy at 4:25 PM on September 1, 2000
posted by wiremommy at 4:25 PM on September 1, 2000
Wiremommy, everyone knows the anti-ballistic missle treaty is halting progress!
we need a good arms race to kick our defense sector back in gear. make the world safe for our children.
or something like that. I'm joking actually.
posted by mathowie at 5:05 PM on September 1, 2000
we need a good arms race to kick our defense sector back in gear. make the world safe for our children.
or something like that. I'm joking actually.
posted by mathowie at 5:05 PM on September 1, 2000
That was a well-executed skewering (and well-deserved). With Cheney, you've got it all: the drug war, the Gulf War, pro-apartheid, anti-ABM, oil money, CIA, corporate welfare -- and now throw in: personal cowardice and ersatz gravitas.
Cheney would make a perfect James Bond villain: wicked, irredeemably corrupt -- and he even looks the part!
posted by johnb at 5:16 PM on September 1, 2000
Cheney would make a perfect James Bond villain: wicked, irredeemably corrupt -- and he even looks the part!
posted by johnb at 5:16 PM on September 1, 2000
it's really easy to skewer the straw man, isn't it?
it's a lot harder to do it to the real thing. cheney's a whole hell of a lot better man than clinton ever was or will be, and despite gross misrepresentations by folks like johnb, he's about as close to a "real" person and american as you can hope for after a lifetime in politics. he's loved in his home state, and widely respected among bi-partisan circles.
say what you will about his record or current stances, but he's NOT a coward, nor is he "wicked, irredeemably corrupt".
posted by mmanning at 9:18 PM on September 1, 2000
it's a lot harder to do it to the real thing. cheney's a whole hell of a lot better man than clinton ever was or will be, and despite gross misrepresentations by folks like johnb, he's about as close to a "real" person and american as you can hope for after a lifetime in politics. he's loved in his home state, and widely respected among bi-partisan circles.
say what you will about his record or current stances, but he's NOT a coward, nor is he "wicked, irredeemably corrupt".
posted by mmanning at 9:18 PM on September 1, 2000
Mmanning, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I don't think Cheney cares that you rush to his defense with tears in your eyes, but it is sweet.
posted by dhartung at 9:24 PM on September 1, 2000
posted by dhartung at 9:24 PM on September 1, 2000
sorry, didn't realize we were in the kitchen, dhartung. i thought we were airing opinions. and i'm just airing mine, which happens to be based on personal experience.
and for what it's worth, i don't really think that dick or any other public figure cares what anyone on metafilter says positively or negatively about him/her or anyone/thing else for that matter.
thanks for your concern for my well-being, though, it's sweet.
posted by mmanning at 12:23 AM on September 2, 2000
and for what it's worth, i don't really think that dick or any other public figure cares what anyone on metafilter says positively or negatively about him/her or anyone/thing else for that matter.
thanks for your concern for my well-being, though, it's sweet.
posted by mmanning at 12:23 AM on September 2, 2000
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