With regard to Dick Cheney's
frothing at the mouth speech yesterday, I have nothing more to add to
this, by "libertarian conservative" Andrew Sullivan:
A simple note having now read the former vice-president's despicable and disgraceful speech. It confirms the very worst of him, and reveals just how callow, just how arrogant, and just how reckless and unrepentant this man is and has long been. There was not a whisper of regret or reflection; there was a series of lies and distortions, a reckless attack on a graceful successor, inheriting a world of intractable problems, and a reminder that while serious men and women will indeed move on, Cheney never will. He remains a threat to this country's constitution as he remains a stain on its honor and moral standing. I never believed I would hear a vice-president of the United States not simply defend torture but insist on pride in it, insist on its honor. But that is what he said, with that sly grin insisting that fear always beats reason, that violence always beats dialogue, and that torture is always an American value.
Dick Cheney, plain and simple, does not share core American values. More disturbingly, this Dr. Evil doppelganger is now, by default, the leader of the Republican Party. No wonder the Republicans now only claim 21 percent of the American people, and dropping. "Disgraceful" and "despicable" might have something to do with that.
