Watching Dick Cheney defend the Bush administration’s interrogation policies, it’s been hard to escape the impression that both the Republican Party and the country would be better off today if Cheney, rather than John McCain, had been a candidate for president in 2008.He's right, in hindsight.
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The GOP base would have been far happier with Cheney. Most of them hate McCain.
ReplyDeleteunrr, as usual, misses the point.
ReplyDeletedouthat is right. he makes a great point that cheney's defeat would probably have lead to a quicker round of serious soul-searching in the party. the gop is probably going to need to suffer stinging defeats in the next 1-2 election cycles before they realize that the all-southern, all-know-nothing nub that they're left with ain't gonna win 'em any more elections.
thank god the NYT booted Supreme Crapsandwich Bill Kristol. a smart conservative is a great thing to see