Cheney was, in effect, the chief operating officer of the younger Bush’s presidency. He had a hand, often a commanding one, in implementing decisions most important to the president and some of surpassing interest to himself — all while living with decades of heart disease and, post-administration, a heart transplant. Cheney consistently defended the extraordinary tools of surveillance, detention and inquisition employed in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Years after leaving office, he became a target of President Donald Trump, especially after his daughter Liz Cheney became the leading Republican critic and examiner of Trump’s desperate attempts to stay in power after his election defeat and his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in a television ad for his daughter. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward.”

In a twist the Democrats of his era could never have imagined, Dick Cheney said last year he was voting for their candidate, Kamala Harris, for president against Trump.

A survivor of five heart attacks, Cheney long thought he was living on borrowed time and declared in 2013 he now awoke each morning “with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day,” an odd image for a figure who always seemed to be manning the ramparts.

His vice presidency defined by the age of terrorism, Cheney disclosed that he had had the wireless function of his defibrillator turned off years earlier out of fear terrorists would remotely send his heart a fatal shock.

In his time in office, no longer was the vice presidency merely a ceremonial afterthought. Instead, Cheney made it a network of back channels from which to influence policy on Iraq, terrorism, presidential powers, energy and other cornerstones of a conservative agenda.

Fixed with a seemingly permanent half-smile -- detractors called it a smirk -- Cheney joked about his outsize reputation as a stealthy manipulator.

“Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?” he asked. “It’s a nice way to operate, actually.”


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>In a twist the Democrats of his era could never have imagined, Dick Cheney said last year he was voting for their candidate, Kamala Harris, for president against Trump.

The Trump curse strikes again!

Remember, celebrating people's deaths is bad and Dick Cheney practiced politics the right way.

By which I mean fuck that dude in particular, I'm glad he's dead, and don't get so distracted calling out civility politics liberals defending him just cause he finally fucking died that you forget to call out right wingers celebrating his death because he was anti-Trump

>>1454631
Hypocrisy is good but only when you do it. Not, you're going to hell too. Ha ha.

Inb4 flags raised to one and a half staff and Trump cronies start getting people fired for not properly mocking his death.

>>1454634
How am I a hypocrite?

>>1454624
S
>>1454635
That would be so based that I know Trump would never do it

I wonder if the MAGA mongoloids who got upset at people gravedancing Charlie Kirk are now gravedancing Cheney because he didn't like Dear Leader?

>>1454657
Look, if this demon finally being dragged back to hell can unite the country, I'll officially hold my hand out to any MAGA who wants to join me in a waltz on his grave.

>>1454658
If that includes you waltzing on the grave of the retard Chuckie Kack, I'll join you. If you won't dance on Chucko's grave, I'll do so anyway.
The slogan of his 'Comeback Tour' was 'Prove Me Wrong'. Ever hear of 'Be Careful What You Wish For', Chucko?

>>1454624
I think we can all agree this is a good thing, hopefully.

>>1454657
The difference is Kirk wasn't a total piece of shit like Cheney.
Some retarded windmill chasing loon shot Kirk thanks to the strawmen that people like (You) frame him as.
Kirk was mild as hell.

>>1454658
Can we meet up and take a group piss on his and McCain's graves?

I don’t know why anyone was offended by Charlie Kirk, he was just choking a round.

A haiku inspired by
>>1454658
>>1454702
>>1454703
Welp, wonder no more
Kirk's grave can be danced on too
Rightard hypocrites

>>1454707
No idea. Trannies and fags do be nuts tho.

>>1454709
Good way to keep the thread bumped.
Reminds me I need to check page to see what you're sliding.

>Trannies and fags
But enough about >>1454710's sexual fetishes
>>1454711
Charlie Kirk eventually slid to the left

>>1454624
Heard something about how when he was waiting for a heart transplant, he was hooked up to something that kept his blood circulating but he had no pulse. That is some Lich grade shit right there.

>>1454657
>implying an equivalence of character between the the two
Did you have to attend some post-graduate program to learn to be so dishonest, or does it come naturally?

>>1454657
>I wonder if the MAGA mongoloids who got upset at people gravedancing Charlie Kirk are now gravedancing Cheney because he didn't like Dear Leader?
>the reactions to this
>rules for thee, but not for me!
I wonder if rightards have to attend some post-graduate program to learn to be so hypocritical, or does it come naturally to them because it's hardwired into their DNA

Haha the Donald, The Lord of flies says that you are too incompetent to be truly evil, and you're going to be last in the human centipede

>>1454745
"Rightards" aren't the ones aligning with Cheney though. How does that make you feel?
Additionally, all the anti-Trump Republicans, who were all the worst of the worst, were on the Democrat's side.
With such astounding endorsements do you really believe you're on the right side?

>>1454781
If you think you can dance on Cheney's grave with no complaints from anyone, people have every right in the world to dance on Charlie Kirk's grave, and anybody else - least of all you - don't have the right to so much as think of having an opinion about it. If you want me to say 'You want to dance on Cheney's grave? That's fine', you must equally say 'You want to dance on Charlie Kirk's grave? That's fine' too.
'Rules for thee, but not for me!' Hypocrisy. That's how it works, you see.

>>1454781
>Why does everyone who isn't in the Trump cult call us a cult?

Glad he's gone. Neocon scum. Had heart transplants that he didnt deserve. His choices and influence got a lot of Americans killed, for nothing.
Press S to spit on his grave.

>Charlie Kirk's dead
>Press S to spit on his grave
S

>>1454789
Why must I? I'm not sure why you think Kirk, a mild social media influencer, deserves the exact same scorn as a politician who actively steered the US into a bad direction.
I think the false equivalency you've made exposes you as an astoundingly stupid person.

>>1454800
Meanwhile, people will dance on Charlie Kirk's grave. What are you personally going to do about it? Camp near his grave and stop anyone going anywhere near such? Pics or you won't be doing so.

>>1454804
I think it's obvious nothing will be done. It's not like a black career criminal died of covid, heart disease and fentanyl overdose while being restrained or anything.

>>1454809
>I think it's obvious nothing will be done
You should have stopped there. Because you won't personally do anything to stop people dancing on Charlie Kirk's grave.

>>1454811
Are actually dancing on his grave?

>>1454812
Are you personally going to stop me or anyone else?

>>1454811
This is why you people are terrorists.

>wanting to dance on Cheney's grave
This is why you're terrorists

Did Death apologize to Cheney?

>>1454812
JD Vance is dancing on his widow already.

Every day that a politician dies is a good day. Rot in Hell, Cheney, I hope others join you soon.

Every day a rightard dies is a good day. Rot in Hell, Charlie Kirk. I hope others join you soon.

>>1454812
>Are actually dancing
You can't even include the 'you' between the 'Are' and 'dancing'.
Are you actually American?