Obama doesn't need a baby sitter.

Yes, Dick Cheney believes someone else may tarnish and cheapen the OVP. Right.

There aren't enough foul words to describe this revisionist dick, let alone string them into a sentence. How many more days of this?

And it was Cheney who not only picked Bush's cabinet and Supreme Court nominees,

And never forget, it was Cheney who picked Cheney for VP!

Biden probably won't even shoot someone in the face.

"I think that President-elect Obama will decide what he wants in a vice president

Unlike "The Decider", who merely acquiesced.

And it must have been rough running the country, while everyone thought the village idiot was in charge. Speaking of Bush, I saw him on CSPAN this morning. It was his interview at AEI from earlier this week. He said a president has "four constituencies" he has to listen to: 1) The American People 2) The enemy (yes, that's right the number two constituency he has to listen to is the "enemy". 3) The Iraq government, and 4) The military.

Kinda makes you wonder. If the Republicans come up with any good ideas, will anyone take them seriously?

Not only does Obama not need a babysitter, but Obama is not lacking in the talent, intellect, and genuine interest in problem solving it takes to be the nation's leader. No one would find it so easy to take advantage of Obama as Cheney found taking advantage of a non-starter like Bush.

I love the "that's obviously his call" about determining the power of the office -- as if it's purely a matter of whim on the part of the office-holder. Obviously.

Cheney is a war criminal and traitor. He deserves prison for the rest of his life. Anything less is an injustice.

Thank you President Bush and Vice President Cheney for keeping us safe for 7 ½ years.

Dear Mr. President,

Thank you Sir for your courage, and your leadership that has kept the American homeland safe for every second after 9/11.

You have taken a huge challenge and make good on your promise.

Thank you for liberating Iraq from a coward and then for having the courage to build that country up again.

History may rethink your decisions and will finally understand your huge leadership to introduce democracy to a land of religious fanatics.

You may have changed the face of the future more than any other president in our recent history, in the same regard as Regan after the victory of the cold war.

The best to you Sir,

REID D. REASOR, Lt Col (Ret) USAF B.S. M.T.

Less consequential? Perhaps.

Less detrimental? Not by a long shot.

Oh brother, where to start with this. Diminish the Vice Presidency? Leaving aside the fact that Cheney is a colossal stain on his office (and American politics in general), the basic fact is that THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS NO REAL POWER. His only consititutional duties are to preside over the Senate, break ties and take over if the president bites the dust. That's it. He can also be an advisor to the President, but only if the President cares to hear it (many Presidents in the past have, after all, ignored their Veeps completely). Cheney took the office way beyond its constitutional boudaries and now they are being restored. If Biden "diminishes" the office that way, we're all the better for it.

Cheney's been the country's de facto president for eight years. Bush was the amiable dunce whose only asset was his electability.

REID D. REASOR, Lt Col (Ret) USAF B.S. M.T.

Wingnut First Class, USGOP. Recipient of the Purple Band-Aid. With three oak leaf clusters.

How many more days of this? -- Kevin, @14:45

The battery on my "Bush's Last Days" counter ran out the other day. It is thankful to my math teacher I now am, for her insistence that I learn to count... Yesterday, it was 28 knuckles (14 on each hand), plus "two in memory"; today, it's been only "one in memory" and, from tomorrow on, it's plain sailing...

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Yes, Dick Cheney believes someone else may tarnish and cheapen the OVP. Right.

No, "diminish" refers to reducing the powers of the vice presidency. Not that that makes Cheney less of a dick, just a different kind of one.

steve: Cheney is rephrasing reality to make it sound insulting.

and how is that working out...

60% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, while a majority have an unfavorable opinion of the GOP.
- CNN/Opinion Research Corp. 12/10/08

DEM - Unfavorable = 28%
GOP - Unfavorable = 52%
- NBC/Wall Street Journal 12/10/08

REID D. REASOR, Lt Col (Ret) USAF B.S. M.T.: Mr. President, Thank you Sir for your courage, and your leadership

The #1 word Americans use to describe G.W.Bush:

incompetent (56%)

- Pew Research 12/18/08

Let's see - under Cheney and Georgie Boy, the American global reputation has diminished; our economy has "diminished"; about the only thing that hasn't diminished is our national debt and the number of lives squandered in their dirty little war.

"...if he wants to diminish the office of the vice president, that's obviously his call." - Cheney

Yes, Dick Cheney believes someone else may tarnish and cheapen the OVP. Right."

Again, Cheney means WEAKEN the Office of the Vice President, not tarnish or cheapen.

I thought Cheney and Bush had a 50/50 deal agreed upon. Wonder what 50% Bush ran?

mr. irony: "The #1 word Americans use to describe G.W.Bush:
incompetent (56%)"

But why do they hate freedom?
(Remember that? It now seems as dated as an old Beyonce song.)

I don't take it seriously and if he wants to diminish the office of the vice president

The word was "diminish", not "cheapen" or "tarnish".

Gore and Cheney enlarged the office of the vice president, and Biden will diminish it. Biden really has no choice, as he lacks the capability of his two predecessors.

That Cheney, what a joker! To bad about that lack of blood flow to his brain after the stroke.

If you ever get the chance to meet him, always remember he loves to hear his most famous saying: Hey Cheney, go fuck yourself!

"Biden really has no choice, as he lacks the capability of his two predecessors."

ROFL.... And just what, pray tell, were Cheney's "capabilities?" Still guzzling that Kool-Aid, I see.

And just what, pray tell, were Cheney's "capabilities?"

Why, inspiring, through his manly can-do attitude and straight shooting (sorry, Mr. Whittington), the obeisance of peculiar-smelling old men whose dearest wish is to successfully fake evenhandedness in a bid to appear super-reasonable among the savages, and who tragically find this deepest desire continually out of their chubby-fingered grasp.

And I've heard rumors that Biden wants to get rid of Cheney's man-sized safe when he takes office.

The nerve!

"And it was Cheney who not only picked Bush's cabinet and Supreme Court nominees, but who also established his own "shadow government" within the Bush administration."

You forgot to mention that it was Cheney who also shoved his hand up Bush's ass to move his lips during their testimony at the 9/11 Commission.

Of course, Biden won't have a sock puppet to manipulate, so his "impact" on the office of the VP might be expected to be somewhat different. Biden wants to HELP the President do his job, not do it for him, like the Dark Lord.

Fortunately, Biden will not have a fool for a president, so these kinds of shenanigans from the OVP will become a thing of the past.