Cheney's legacy

If Cheney is to expect or to be argued to have been a good VP, then he would have had the actual courage to make a case to change our laws to support what he felt was necessary. This goes for Bush as well. These men decided that they could address the most serious crisis since WWII (in their opinion) by off the budget wars, exaggerated intelligence, secretly drafted re-interpretations of well-understood rules and what did they expect? That all future presidents would simply continue with off-the-books measures?

Rick @ 12:29 PM PDT, Sep 8, 2008

Mr Edwards misintreprets Mr. Cheney's conservatism as the issue, when the fundamental problem is Mr. Cheney's wholesale disrespect for the Constitution and the rule of Law - we have tolerated more BS from this man than any executive in US government history and I for one hopes that somehow, someday he pays in FULL - conservative philosophy is not intrinsically harmful, until it is applied by a myopic fear-monger that has manipulated himself into a position of authority over a complete mental incompetent. Wake up Mr. Edwards!

Jeff RI @ 12:21 PM PDT, Sep 4, 2008

Cheney will go down in history as one of the worst enemies of American liberties. For him, the Constitution is merely a scrap of paper that applies only to little people. Like the Roman republic, we won't be destroyed by external enemies. No, we'll be destroyed by internal enemies like Cheney, who seek to remove all the hard won liberties and freedoms that our forefather died for.

kristin @ 11:56 AM PDT, Sep 4, 2008

"There is no denying that there have been no terrorist attacks on our soil in the seven years since Sept. 11, 2001" , wrote the AHI hack, which is a plain old lie. Anthrax, Anthreax Anthrax. Can we get smarter press? These GOP fellows are too laughable and corrupt to be believed.

Jon Chinn @ 9:03 AM PDT, Sep 4, 2008

These are not two historians. they are one historian and one AHI GOP hack.

Jon Chinn @ 9:01 AM PDT, Sep 4, 2008

I have long been of the opinion that the past 8 years have been the Cheney-Bush Administration. This has been a long-term project of the neoconservatives. It takes a log attention span and unwavering concentration to undermine an existing system as thoroughly as the neocons have undermined the US Constitution and rule of law. I am well satisfied that Dubya has neither the intellect nor the attention span to have accomplished the task. RL

R. Lamb @ 5:40 AM PDT, Sep 4, 2008

Cheney is a "Unitary Executive" proponent, which is a kind way to say he's a totalitarian. Any other description would be as Orwellian as his normal utterances.

Robin Russin @ 11:49 PM PDT, Sep 3, 2008

from Edwards: "Allan, you told CNN in 2000 that you expected Bush to follow Eisenhower's management style of surrounding himself with a "very strong team," which is why, you said, Bush “chose Dick Cheney as vice president.” So clearly what bothers you is not Cheney's deep experience and strength of character but his political philosophy -- that is, his conservatism.” What kind of twisted logic is that? Did Edwards forget the last eight years happened? Cheney is indeed a strong man. He overlorded a weak president. Cheney didn't serve, he ruled.

Kevin Wilcoxon @ 10:34 PM PDT, Sep 3, 2008

Download "Frontline, Bush's War" and you'll find out the real truth about the evil Cheney, this administration and how we got duped into the Iraq war,

Mel @ 10:30 PM PDT, Sep 3, 2008

President Bush and Vice President Cheney will be seen as one of the poorest administrations in the history. Here is the list: 1. War in Iraq. 2. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. 3. Lost American prestige worldwide. 4. War profiteering. 5. Secret oil company-based energy strategy. 6. Defiance of Congress and the Courts regarding executive power. 7. Shooting a man in a hunting incident (NOT an 'accident') and having the injured man apologize. We could go on...

EForte @ 9:17 PM PDT, Sep 3, 2008

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