Rock On, Dick Cheney

Hear that? That’s the sucking sound generated by the enormous, gigantic (or gijantic, as my brother used to say as a kid), massive, colossal, stupendous, and ever more cavernous vacuum created by the lack of leadership in the Republican Party. Quick, who’s the front-runner for the Republicans for 2012 Presidential election? (I’ll be syncing my iPod while I wait). Ok. No answer? Yeah, me neither. And who of all people has stepped in to be the voice of opposition to the oligarchy, otherwise known as the Federal Government? None other than former VP Dick Cheney.

 

Follow me on this: who, perhaps, is more hated in this country than George Bush? Dick Cheney. Who has nothing to gain by putting himself in the political arena? Dick Cheney. Who has served (and been beat up for it) his country for nearly 40 years, and is entitled to (and should) retirement? Dick Cheney. So why in the world would he enter the political fray at this moment in time?

 

The answer is that he simply could not be silent. Now he could rally behind his party and use his influence and power behind the scenes to strengthen the opposing voice. Wait, there’s that sucking sound again…

 

Things must really be bad to bring VP Cheney out of retirement to soundly thump the current President’s policies. Usually, previous administrations are silent on their successors policy. Of course, Al Gore and Bill Clinton are the exception that prove the rule. And Obama’s policies, particularly on national defense, are abominable. He has made a political issue out of our nation’s defense, all the while accusing Republicans and the previous administration of the same. How else can you explain closing the Guantanamo detention facility two days after taking office with no plans of how or what to do with the detainees? Pure political pandering. Obama is systematically dismantling the measures put in place after 9/11 that have kept us safe from attack since. This is fact; thwarted terrorist attempt after thwarted terrorist attempt proves it. He is doing so, he says, to make us stronger. Huh? That’s like saying we’re going let prisoners go and expect the crime rate to drop. Or firing detectives on police forces everywhere because they’re existence only encourages more crime. Ridiculous.

 

It’s unsettling to even think about but we’re headed for another terrorist attack. The waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed produced intelligence that stopped a plot to carry out a terror attack on Los Angeles (article link). While Obama is giddy to release documents on alleged abuse of detainees, he has refused to tell the American people that enhance interrogation techniques have worked. This can’t be anything but playing politics with our own security. Wow. All this serves him politically but puts us at greater risk.

 

Keep up the good work, Mr. Cheney; it’s getting results. And nobody else in the Republican Party is going to stand up to President Obama.

 

BQP