Cheney running in 2012?

cheneypress1Maybe Dick Cheney is everywhere because he wants to be president after all. As a GOP leader, wrote Roger Simon of Politico, the 68-year-old former vice president “has many pluses. He is very, very good on TV. (People who don’t like what he says overlook how good he is at saying it.) He is calm, articulate and often courageous.” And, Simon added, “the Republicans need a person who knows how to attack. John McCain never seemed comfortable in that role.” He concluded: “Dick Cheney is the voice, the face, the spirit and the guts of the Republican Party today. He’s tanned, he’s rested and his approval ratings can only go up. The Republicans could do worse in 2012. And probably will.”

14 Comments

  1. Maggotpunk
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 6:03 am | Permalink

    I don’t know if Cheney’s efforts at damage control to justify his human rights abuses and war crimes is an indication he’s going to run for office. After all, he can’t pardon himself.

  2. JWink
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 6:15 am | Permalink

    What happened to Cheney’s bad heart that we heard so much about when he ran for V.P. on the Bush/Cheney ticket?

  3. BlueJay
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 6:55 am | Permalink

    Cheney!

    For angry mob scene casualty.

  4. writerdog
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:13 am | Permalink

    Give me a break! What is the next suggestion a porn with Cheney and Pelosi?

  5. American_Way
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:20 am | Permalink

    JWink is correct. Cheney’s heart won’t last long enough to complete a two year campaign and certainly not long enough to serve four years.

    This is a thread to get the libs riled up and promote more posting which will increase the MCclatchy advertising revenue.

    I predict to that end, another successful thread.

  6. lindainks55
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:41 am | Permalink

    Isn’t Jeb in the lineup for this office on the Republican ticket?

    Maybe it will be a Bush / Cheney ticket again!

    Now there’s two names American voters would recognize and remember. ;-)

  7. Chas
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 10:42 am | Permalink

    Shoot… Cheney couldnt get out of his undisclosed location long enough to run for President, let alone BE President!!

    Nuff said on this thread… It’s a non-issue….

  8. bth
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 10:51 am | Permalink

    I’d love it – Cheney in 2012. Maybe he could team up with Rush as the all-pure all-GOP ticket.

  9. brian_nuevo
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 12:26 pm | Permalink

    “Cheney running in 2012?”

    Yeah – running to a country that does not extradite…

  10. Monkeyhawk
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

    Wow.

    The CONs sure scurried away from this thread, didn’t they?

    Guess they didn’t like having their noses pressed into the mess Cheney/Shrub left this country in.

  11. BlueJay
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    “his approval ratings can only go up”

    Well THAT’S true. Mathematically anyway.

  12. Political_mama
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:34 pm | Permalink

    I find it hysterical that cons aren’t touching this one with a ten foot pole.

  13. ANTI
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

    I find it hysterical that cons aren’t touching this one with a ten foot pole.
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    I find it hysterical that the WE would even suggest such a thing.

  14. StevenEDavis
    Posted May 27, 2009 at 12:28 am | Permalink

    My 2010 primary vote is for the Big DICK Cheney. Hopefully, he will die soon, and the Pubs will get their act[s] together.