Holy Shit. - Dick Cheney is voting for

[malaise]

Kamala Harris
So says Liz

[DFW]

1. I guess even Cheney has his limits

If there is going to be a minipulable clown as president, it's either one Dick Cheney can manipulate, or else someone who actually can think for themselves. Even for Cheney, it must go too far to have a lamebrain as president who can't be successfully manipulated except by the leader of Russia.

[DENVERPOPS]

17. To me, the funny thing is:

That all of these Republicans who are NOW chipping in with their backing of the Dems, were the exact same ones, who for FOUR plus years brought us to this point............

The fact that none of them recognized what would be coming, doesn't speak highly of their intelligence or intuition.......

They all went overboard in creating this "Frankenstein's Monster situation, and only NOW are they trying to reverse all that they did......
Once again, we are faced with the Dems trying to reverse yet another disaster after Republican's regime......

Maybe, to recognize how GOOD something is, you have to see how BAD something you created can be......

[FakeNoose]

29. They'll never admit their mistake for voting for him the first time

As far as these R's are concerned, they "saved the country from Hillary!"

[DENVERPOPS]

39. The Repubs in the Senate, and House

backed his shit every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every year for FOUR years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They have gone against Trump, but still stick with the Republican Party in spite of that party helping Trump every step of the way.....

Trump may go away, but these people are still absorbed and consumed with this "New" Republican Party....and their intent.....

[Magoo48]

87. Much of this "new Republican Party" is just the old party unmasked.

And now that we’ve gotten a good look at them, it will be hard for the fascists to slink back into their caves.

[Hekate]

41. My observation at the time & since was that in their geed & rapacity, they thought they could ride the tiger...

My observation at the time was that in their greed & rapacity, they thought they could ride the tiger…

…and they thought they could steer the tiger and make it do their bidding. They thought the tiger would never hurt them, because they were that special.
Wrong.

They were fine with everybody else getting mauled, because it wouldn’t be them.
Wrong again.

Even the ones who stuck around trying to mitigate the damage (see “steering the tiger” ) accomplished nothing but the wreckage of their own legacy.
So sadly wrong.

[DENVERPOPS]

59. Great comments Hekate

Having barely finished high school, and no college, I had to look up rapacity.......what an excellent word !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND, we can't forget the amount of work that Putin put forth !!!!!!!!

Along with this time around, not only Putin, but N.Korea, China, and the Saudi's aiding the Republican Party....The Director of Intel has stated that the amount Putin contributed in the 2016 election, is nothing compared to what they are seeing from Russia and other countries this time around.

My friend, (who came from Russia 20 years ago and got his citizenship) and I talk frequently. I ask him what he hears from his relatives/friends back home in Russia. He says that the Russian Citizens are all laughing at HOW EASILY Putin played Trump and the Republican Party, in bringing down our Democracy and Economy. The amazing thing, he says, is how they all watched Putin succeed without firing a single Rocket or Missile, or starting a war.........They all grasp how Putin has contentiously groomed Trump and many other Republican politicians here in America for decades to get to this point.........

[Hekate]

66. Thank you!

[calimary]

103. Yup. That sure makes sense to me.

Those self-satisfied types ALWAYS think it won't be them. All the rest of us will be Tiger Dinner and they'll somehow magically remain untouched.









My ASS.

Untouched? HAH! They're DESSERT!!!

[dwayneb]

105. Astute observation and a great analogy

I totally agree with this. In their lust to obtain and retain power, they underwrote the Tea Party and then finally the MAGA coalition, pretending to themselves that one day their investment would never fly back into their face.

Not only did they screw themselves, they've screwed everyone else in the country, and perhaps in the world. Because even if Trump loses this time, MAGA is not going away. Once fascism gets it roots in deep, like an invasive species it's very hard to ferret it out.

[OnDoutside]

56. who for FORTY plus years brought us to this point............

[DENVERPOPS]

69. Perfect Title for A book

about the past 45+ years would be:


WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

[DFW]

63. Oh, I think they ALL recognized what would be coming

However, I think they thought that if they held the leash tight enough, their rabid dog wouldn't bite them. When he did anyway, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. They must have figured that they could stand four years of a "libbrul" that wouldn't do their money any harm--far better than some maniac who has more allegiance to a foreign leader who wants our economy to collapse.

[DENVERPOPS]

72. EXACTLY DFW

From watching him for past decades, they should have known he uses everyone, and then kicks every last one to the curb when their usefulness to him ends.........

[Sky Jewels]

2. Forecast: partly cloudy with a chance of flying pigs.

[BattleRow]

38. Or when Cheney

turns black.

[ShazzieB]

86. Not just a chance.

I expect the sky to be full of them at any moment!

[hlthe2b]

3. Gee, even the most evil of former VPs can see the light when it comes to Trump...

I'll take the vote... Won't change my mind about Dick, though.

[DENVERPOPS]

20. I am right there with you

When the Heart surgeons cracked his chest for a transplant, they were all amazed to see that his heart was Pure Black Titanium....

Cheney is PURE EVIL...........He never came to his daughters defense when the Republican Party torpedoed her.........

AND, BTW: how did a TOTALLY in-eligible recipient, suddenly qualify AND go to the top of the list to get a donated heart????????

[Bev54]

70. The Cheney's are totally pro-life and are known for that stance but just maybe

their decision, may give pause to some of the other pro-lifers who only vote republican because of that stance. They might also decide just this once it is time to vote for a democrat.

[hlthe2b]

75. He can also neutralize those a'holes including TSF who want to claim Harris is not "tough enough" to go up

against the Putins of the world and can call out TSF for his BS defense of Jan 6 criminals while trying to proclaim he's pro-police. (those are a couple of benefits)

[pfitz59]

4. I believe all the Bushitas are voting for Kamala.

They hate Trump.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

101. If he does, then every living President will have endorsed her.

Where is Al Gore? Then all the living VPs will have endorsed her except Pence, who has at least said he would not endorse Trump.

[mucifer]

5. She deserves a public endorsement

[proud patriot]

96. yes she does

come on shrub , your turn .

[Hugin]

6. Finding myself on the same side of history with Dick Cheney...

I really need to re-examine my life’s choices.

[Frank D. Lincoln]

19. Well played. nt

[odins folly]

45. Flip it...

Darth came over to our side....

[erronis]

62. Do Not Trust. I'd tell him to take his vote and stick it down where his real heart lives.

[Attilatheblond]

61. Look at it from the other side: Maybe Dick Cheney is re-examining HIS.

[Hugin]

81. If this keeps up, I can wear white to my next wedding.

[Tadpole Raisin]

7. And, no breaking news here, Fox viewers will miss the 5 second

Report on this that prime time players won’t discuss.

[SheltieLover]

8. Isn't it interesting that NOT ONE of the GOP for Harris is SCREAMING for investigations into ruskie ASSets in govt?

A bit too close to home it would seem.

[GoodRaisin]

9. Republicans that aren't worried about fictitious "Communism" lies but are very worried about

this real dictator trying to hijack our government and freedom.

[barbtries]

10. his administration

did a lot of the footwork for allowing an atmosphere in which a trump could come to power. nonetheless i'll take the vote. apparently he isn't on board with full on fascism. at the time of the gw administration they ticked a lot of the boxes.

[DemocratInPa]

11. As I get older...

And Cheney and Bush get older. I actually find them more tolerable tbh.

Doesnt excuse what they did in office.

[durablend]

65. I don't think that's it

It's that Don-Old is so far outside the realm of evil (into I dunno what) that the others seem far less worse.

[Attilatheblond]

95. There is that. Matters of degree matter

At least Cheney worked for Big Oil and his own financial interests, rather than for Putin while in office. Not excusing his work for oil and the money he made, nor the lives he ended, but matters of degree matter. Trump and his sponsors want to overthrow American Democracy. He is an enemy of the state.

[617Blue]

82. Maybe because you voted for them?

[twodogsbarking]

12. I am sure I have never thanked Dick Cheney and until now I had no reason. Thanks.

[surfered]

13. Hell has frozen over!

[rubbersole]

31. And bears have quit shitting in the woods...

[Maeve]

53. That's exactly what I said to Hubby!

[ColinC]

14. That means that George Bush has to also. Considering they are basically the same person

[rurallib]

15. Did he get a heart transplant?

That could be the reason as he never had a heart before.

[CaptainTruth]

21. I believe he has a pump.

From what I've seen reported over the years he has a pump in place of a heart & he therefore has no heartbeat.

That seems fitting, in a way.

[BattleRow]

16. Any invitations to go hunting,however

should be carefully considered..by either Trump OR Harris.

[malaise]

18. I thought about that too

😀

[Quixote1818]

22. Not surprising. Trump treated his daughter like shit! nt

[Botany]

23. Call me shallow but I still can't get past his lies to start the Iraq war which made him a billionaire on ...

… his Halliburton/KBR no bid cost plus contracts with the Pentagon and in the blow back
created ISIS which brought about this:



So Dick can go ahead and vote for Harris/Walz and then die. He really is an evil person.

[malaise]

27. He will remain a war criminal for me

Another monster

[erronis]

67. Completely agree. Along with Rumsfeld, Rice, Ashcroft, and all the other supporters of GWOT

[malaise]

71. Horrible people

Same here

[Lasher]

40. Dick Cheney is not a billionaire.

In 2002, Cheney's total assets were valued at between $19.1 million and $86.4 million.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cheneys-halliburton-ties-remain/

[Botany]

60. I heard that he is a billionaire now. Halliburton was hemorrhaging money until Dick's Iraq war started.

Btw after he started the Iraq war his portfolio went up 3,800 % in one quarter

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Hell has frozen over

[rubbersole]

34. And the pope is no longer catholic...

[FelineOverlord]

25. I'm not surprised

He’s made it very clear for years that he despises Trump.

Trump also sabotaged Cheney’s daughter by endorsing a candidate to primary Liz out of her congressional seat.

[malaise]

79. Yep

Rec

[dchill]

26. In the Frankenstein scenario...

... The creator paid the ultimate price.

[Frank D. Lincoln]

28. I'll admit it, Dick Cheney used to scare the hell out of me when he was in power.

He was the closest thing to a real-life Darth Vader. To think that Darth Vader is going to vote for Princess Leia is beyond the pale.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, it was when Dick Cheney was in power that I first heard of the unitary executive theory.

Anyway, DU, may the force be with us.

[mvd]

43. Me too

I call him Darth Cheney. It feels like hell has frozen over. But we’ll take his vote.

[orangecrush]

30. ...

[rubbersole]

36. The sun now sets in the east...

[orangecrush]

68. The geese

Are flying backwards

[dlk]

33. Burn...

[Voltaire2]

35. War criminal.

[LeftInTX]

37. LOL! I'm surprised she let anyone know....

[Bolo Boffin]

42. every vote is great, but

Using a Section 60 visit in campaign ads is really, really bad.

Filling up graves in Section 60 on the basis of lies about weapons of mass destructions is very much worse.

Glad he's clocking in one vote for the light on his way to perdition.

[bagimin]

44. My south Fl. house

is shaking!

[malaise]

49. LOL

😀

[Demovictory9]

55. Lol

[Rhiannon12866]

46. I'm not surprised at all. I have Liz Cheney's book about her service on the J6 Committee and he was very proud of her

For stepping up and her courage. And I remember after the second impeachment hearing when Dick Cheney joined his daughter in the chamber - and when they sat on the Republican side, he turned around to see that they were the only Republicans there - and he was very disappointed. I never thought I'd agree with Dick Cheney on anything, but he did the right thing. And when Liz Cheney stepped up to work on the J6 Committee, she also got a thank you note from George W, Bush*. Country over party.

[moondust]

73. +1

Dick saw how TSF and the MAGA cult have treated his daughter and knows how wrong they are. He's with her.

[Rhiannon12866]

80. Exactly. And he did help her out - since he knows everybody, he contacted all living previous Secretaries of Defence

And had them all sign on to a letter he drafted supporting the work of the J6 Committee - and they were all pleased to do so. He's supported his daughter any way that he could and is very proud of her service.

[Deminpenn]

47. Liz endorsed Colin Allred, too!

[Emile]

52. I think he is running against Ted Cruz.

[Deminpenn]

54. Yes

[ShazzieB]

89. Cool!

I don't know much chance he has of beating Cancun Cruz, but I'm rooting for him.

[haele]

48. Cheney needs order in the US, chaos everywhere else for his policies to work.

Democracy is preferable for his businesses as opposed to ideologically unstable zero-sum Christo-Fascist anarchy.
He knows who's the rich kooks and who's the straight up cynical businessmen behind the GOP. He's going to war against the kooks.

Never our friend, but for once, not our enemy.

Haele

[Richard D]

50. Not enough . . .

. . . to save his ass from the fires of hell.

[Hekate]

58. I leave theology to others-- I'm hoping like hell (so to speak) that our democracy gets saved

[Emile]

51. I guess he wants to see Trump locked up too.

[Attilatheblond]

57. And Liz Cheney endorsed Colin Allred for Senate over Ted Cancune Crua

This is the start of something big. She is putting country over party and asking other Republicans to do same. She spoke glowingly of Allred and the need for SERIOUS public servants in office.

Edited for too many ls in the title

[lindysalsagal]

64. Lookout for flying pigs!

[Gore1FL]

74. When the GOP is so evil that even people with evil histories have had enough. nt

[BadGimp]

76. Oh MY, this will not be easy for many on the right to digest.

v

[Conjuay]

77. Jeez, that ogre is still breathing?

[paleotn]

78. Darth Vader?! Holy crap!!!

[Deminpenn]

83. Add James Murdoch to the Harris supporter

list, too.

I know he's no longer associated with the Murdoch media empire, but still...

[ALBliberal]

84. Hell meet high water!

This is big. We are beyond purity tests. I’ll take it as I know it helps us!

[IronLionZion]

85. I welcome his vote while still wishing he burn in hell

for his disastrous foreign policy turning the middle east into the hot mess it is today.

[Warpy]

88. Daughter Liz probably persuaded him that there are worse things

than a centrist Democrat and TFG is one of the worst this country has yet faced.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

90. Yes !

[LetMyPeopleVote]

91. Liz Cheney says father, Dick Cheney, is voting for Kamala Harris.

Link to tweet

[malaise]

93. Thanks

[Joinfortmill]

92. Yup. Hell has frozen over. VOTE.

[SorellaLaBefana]

94. This Announcement is Both Encouraging and Unsettling.

On the positive side (in many states) Every Vote (if allowed to be cast) Counts.

However, what is concerning is that it is highly unlikely that politicians such as Cheney, who represent end-stage capitalism, have genuinely shifted their socio-political views. Their stance likely remains unchanged from when they were in power.

Instead this situation highlights how they have been left behind as the Republican Party has diverged from its conservative roots, as the extreme right-wing factions have taken it in new and frightening directions.

Nevertheless, anyone who can contribute to stopping MAGAworld is welcome!

We Democrats have a tendency to magnify minor differences within our party and with our allies, often resulting in ineffective and election-losing infighting. Please: let’s not make this mistake again!

The ancient, unattributable, adage, “Amicus meus, inimicus inimici mei” (my friend, the enemy of my enemy), is a wise guide for the upcoming election.

[msfiddlestix]

97. I'm old enough to remember Darth Vader a la lizardized with great artistic flair here on DU

I can't remember his addy, I think the username had the word " Swamp" ...

Was it "swamprat"?

Anyway, it was great art. Dick Cheney was a favorite target.

[Mike Niendorff]

98. I stand by my original thesis:

Whatever else is going on, be very wary of Republicans -- especially those who straight-up stole the election in 2000 -- who now suddenly "see the light" when the monster they created turns on them.

This is just two groups of hijackers fighting over the controls. Neither one of them are the good guys.


MDN

[LilElf70]

99. Now we need

Bush to say the same thing.

[consider_this]

100. Really, D Cheney ought to invite TSF out for a quail hunt... Please!!!!

[H2O Man]

102. Fuck Dick Cheney.

And fuck George W. Bush. Both are war criminals.

[markbark]

104. Remember Maxim 29:

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less
Schlock Mercenary - The Seventy Maxims