Cheney enters the twilight of his career

[ckramer]

One by one, the hardline conservatives like Donald H. Rumsfeld and John Bolton who stood shoulder to shoulder with Vice President Dick Cheney in pushing President Bush's decision to invade Iraq have left the administration.

Yet while Cheney himself is in the twilight days of his political career, he's still there, with little evidence that his influence with Bush has waned.

Bush's decision to boost troops in Iraq and to continue to challenge Iran and Syria runs counter to recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, the new Democratic majority in Congress and many Republicans — yet reflects Cheney's long-held hawkish views.

The vice president, who generally has kept a low public profile since the midterm elections, is about to get some unwanted exposure in another area. He's expected to be a witness in the perjury and obstruction trial of his former top aide, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, in the CIA leak case.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_s_twilight

[WindRavenX]

1. I was wishing "career" = "life"

NT

[54anickel]

3. I wish him a long life, assuming he'll end up in prison. If not here's hoping

to a long life in the courts spending his ill-gotten gains in legal fees and protective services.

[VegasWolf]

2. Bad! His real vampire powers should be really awakening now, especially with all the new blood

on his hands from Iraq. His pathetic heart only pumps black tar oil now.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Twilight? I wish him

a Night of the Living Dead.

[ShockediSay]

5. the second he keels, is time to relieve his boss nt

[gulliver]

6. Twilight is so lyrical.

Any approach to Cheney that doesn't depict him as a swirling brown mass refusing to flush completely away doesn't do him justice.