He rarely speaks in public and closely guards his privacy. But there's a growing consensus in America that it's Dick Cheney who calls the shots at the White House, on everything from the war in Iraq to climate change policy. Full Story »
Posted by Veronica Barlee
This is a decent read. However, for a much better, in depth consideration of Cheney as VP, I suggest reading the Washington Post series "The Angler". The Guardian doesn't bring a particular British or international angle to the VP's role which would have been nice.
Basically a wrapup of the recent series of articles in the Washington Post, which held Cheney responsible for the administration's outrages, junking habeas corpus, imprisoning people without due process, creating a deliberate policy of torture, making a mockery of the Geneva Conventions, the Iraq debacle, habitual lying to Americans, the loss of thousands of lives, turning America into a debtor nation, selling out to special interests, effacing the constitution, and privatizing government programs into the hands of his incompetent corporate pals. A genuine, 32-karat American fascist.
I would in guess twenty years max. this will be read as history, so it's good to see the realities of the Bush regime getting world press. That Bush is a puppet president is painful for Americans to acknowledge, and we look away befuddled by the sad state of the republic. Cheney is purely Machevellian, and believes like all of his ilk, that he knows better than all others and is challenged by his ability to grab the reins of power, and essentially now rule the world. His face tells all. He is a sick man, drunk with power. With Carl Rove and others they have played the U.S public like an instrument. They have also hastened the end of our Empire. This cannot last. I love my country as it was before these madmen ascended. ... More »
clear narrative, approporiately sourced. This story is basically for the British public, now that Gordon Brown has taken over from Tony Blair and has maybe, maybe suggested a change in foreign policy to be slightly less subservient to the US'. And despite the comments of another reviewer (which I will look for in a bit), there is no longer a left-wing press in England, and the Guardian is largely centrist. And, in response to Veronica Barlee: the Guardian (long ago the Manchester Guardian, when it WAS somewhere on the left) is a print newspaper with international editions and an online presence.
An excellent analysis and summary of Dick Cheney's role in the Bush administration. Widely corroborated by other independent media. Interesting that it an article in "The Guardian", a British online paper.
I must say, duh... I've been saying this since, well, since Cheney was picked as Dubya's running mate LOL Still, an informative, well-sourced article that gives facts.
The Guardian is one of the most left-leaning publications in the British media, which is saying something. It also shares the anti-Americanism fashionable in the chattering class.
This Guardian (UK) story is very informative, quite accurate, and a very good review of the notorious career of Cheney as v.p. However, to suggest naively, as does the headline and introductory paragraphs, that there has ever been really any doubt that Cheney is the de facto president of the USA is a bit amusing to any American with eyes open. Cheney not only selected himself as v.p. He and his neoconservative cohorts CHOSE the alcohol soaked and ceremonial governor of Texas, G.W. Bush, to run for the presidency, thanks only to his name. While Cheney would like to think of himself as the "evil genius" in the White House, the record quite clearly and painfully shows that he is the evil INCOMPETENT. Power hungry, yes, but genius ? ... More »
An odd bit of speculation on the relationship between the US president and vice president. The closest they get to a source is a fired cabinet member, who serves at the pleasure of the President. Oddly, Whitman blames the Vice President. Less oddly, (this is the Guardian!) the author believes her.
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