Chris Matthews: Cheney's wheelchair is a metaphor

[Coexist]

for the low esteem in which he's held in this country. His numbers are pathetically low.

[Pachamama]

1. I think this is the metaphor that it is:

Pinochet in his final days....

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/663140.stm&usg=__JrJBMe2KBDph-6ZfTlWZfhtspX4=&h=180&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=k2J4ijMp58I-AM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpinochet%2Bwheelchair%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

[FraDon]

2. • imho :: it's another petty & petulant, intentional Cheney snub,

not unlike his choice of costume (dressing down, way down) at the Holocaust ceremony.

[LeftyMom]

3. It's a demand for attention.

Otherwise he'd be an afterthought today.