Don't Mess
I'd like to tag onto Paul's most recent observations. Bart, what struck me about your book perhaps most forcefully was the opening. You depict Cheney in the darkest light possible, as edging out any possible competitors for the vice-presidency, mounting and stuffing them (I believe those were the words you used) with the help of David Addington. The bit about Frank Keating being knee-capped by Cheney speaks volumes, I should think. Clearly Cheney set out to ruin Keating's reputation, even after he was no longer a candidate for the slot, so as to warn everyone else: don't even think about messing with Dick. Doesn't that amount to a kind of deep organ tremolo, warning the audience of what's to come?
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Sydney Blumenthal wrote an 05 piece detailing how Cheney (in tandem with Rumsfeld) punked VP Rockefeller and Kissinger . . . in his first WH gig. think we all should have been paying much closer attention 8 years ago
loving Mr Gelman's book
November 20, 2008 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink