Yesterday, Dick Cheney was on FOX, of course, fighting for his legacy -- and firmly establishing himself as one of the top leaders of the new Republican party. Jed watched so we don't have to.
Cheney is everywhere, which is so good for us. Today, he got yet another profile, this one from AP, which included an attempt to understand why he's gone so public -- and why he is so angry:
"This is not the same level of control and discipline Cheney's exercised over the last 40 years," said John Baick, professor of history at Western New England College. "I think it grows out of a deep sense of hurt and betrayal."Cheney just seems like a very angry man. It's our nation that has a deep sense of hurt and betrayal from what Bush and Cheney did to us. But, hey, if Dick Cheney wants to keep that disastrous record front and center, so be it. Keep talking, Dick.
Cheney seemed even more exercised after Obama released memos detailing how "enhanced interrogation" became a tactic used during the Bush administration.
Some contend Cheney has gone public because the Obama White House has cast so much blame on the Bush administration for difficulties "inherited" both at home and abroad. That, the theory goes, gave Cheney the right — in his mind — to fight back very publicly.
