The rehabilitation of war criminal dick cheney is in full swing, everywhere.

[niyad]

And frankly, it is nauseating. He spoke out against krasnov??? He helped create the orange monster, let us never forget. One moment of clarity (and, personally, I think it was jealousy that krasnov is a bigger grifter and wannabe tyrant) does NOT make up for a lifetime of evil.

[leftstreet]

1. Thank you

[niyad]

10. You are most welcome.

[Ocelot II]

2. Cheney does not deserve rehabilitation.

But maybe what looks like rehabilitation is actually just a recognition that by comparison to what we've got now, he only looks very bad instead of spectacularly bad and galactically stupid.

[niyad]

13. No, when you have obits reading "possibly based on faulty assumptions"

to describe lying us into the Iraq horror, that is not a "by comparison" downplay, but a basic whitewash.

[Ocelot II]

25. Didn't see that! Who said "possibly based on faulty assumptions"?

That's just bullshit. We've known for years that the WMD report was a bald-faced lie.

[niyad]

28. the cnn politics obit was the first thing I read. nauseating.

[Ocelot II]

42. No surprise. CNN seems to have gone to the dark side.

[Torchlight]

3. He showed his true colors, writ large, to the entire nation

His 2025 Rehab Tour will be lauded by sealions, but not many others of good will. He passed without any redemption, an asterisked footnote to poli-sci textbooks in 50 years will be his only legacy.

[niyad]

6. Assuming the planet has not been totally destroyed by then.

[SheltieLover]

4. Time for saint dick?

[niyad]

7. Canonization in progress.

[SheltieLover]

12. No fucking doubt. Nauseating.

Not sure why people rush to try to make a dead person a saint.

He was a fucking evil repuke war criminal.

[niyad]

14. "de mortuis nil nisi bonum" is one of the stupidest, damaging strictures around.

[peacebuzzard]

5. Not here. I got rid of MSM because of him and the other one.

Glad I can’t hear-it.
Oh and the radio? when it’s on, It’s on the College station, primarily classical music and limited news.

[niyad]

8. Much less stressful that way.

[peacebuzzard]

20. that era is when my high BP started

getting rid of the daily fed bs on msm helped to lower BP.

[niyad]

23. Limiting one's exposure to the toxicity does help!

[mr715]

9. Agree

Lived a monster. And then he died. Monsters die.

[niyad]

21. Most of them not soon enough.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. ....

One moment of clarity (and, personally, I think it was jealousy that krasnov is a bigger grifter and wannabe tyrant) does NOT make up for a lifetime of evil.

I agree with most of your post, except for the part above, I think it had to do with Been A Dick Donald and his miserable band of MAGAt's going after his daughter, he was like a mama bear protecting her cub, but you are right, one good deed does not wipe out a lifetime of evill.

[niyad]

15. Tthe jealousy and the protectiveness can both be operational at the

same time.

As I was telling a friend earlier, I am not forgiving or generous when it comes to human monsters.

[Mysterian]

16. What do you expect from the billionaire-owned corporate media?

The mass media is the enemy of freedom and democracy.

[niyad]

18. Exactly what we are seeing. But I was not referring solely to the media.

[ShazzieB]

50. The MSM is afraid of offending Schlump for fear of losing access to White House press briefings, among other things.

When reporters ask too many questions he doesn't like or write too many unflattering things about him, they can get kicked out of the White House press corps. I think reporters are under a lot of pressure from their employers to avoid doing that.

Unfortunately, reporters have bills to pay just like the rest of us and need to keep their jobs, and most of the major media outlets are either in "don't rock the boat" mode or are owned by billionaire Trump sycophants. It sucks big time.

[Initech]

17. He shot a guy in the face.

And made the other guy apologize to him for getting in the way of his shot.

[niyad]

19. I have never forgotten that one!

[Nanjeanne]

22. He should have died in The Hague

[niyad]

24. And he is not the only one.

[underpants]

26. When someone dies you should say something good.

Dick Cheney is dead. Good.

[niyad]

34. Exactly!

[NCDem47]

27. Steer clear of Morning Joe tomorrow (if you don't already)

I'm sure it will be nauseating.

[niyad]

30. I do not have tv, and have despised joescum for years.

[oberle]

53. It was. Totally.

[malaise]

29. Or the murder of thousands of people in foreign countries

Eff this shit

[niyad]

32. I do not forget the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, to name but two.

[Duncanpup]

31. You are so right.

[niyad]

33. Thank you.

[Martin68]

35. There is pushback. We should all make sure of that.

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[niyad]

36. I am doing what I can with my contacts and friends.

[Grim Chieftain]

37. Yup, and didn't we see this coming

I live in a very red state and drove around for months with a "Bush Lied, Soldiers Died" bumper sticker. Cheney was instrumental in that horrid war. Damn him.

[popsdenver]

38. Same with any other Republicans

coming "out"...........Like Liz Cheney.........you put him into power, like Frankenstein's monster, released him on all of us, and now don't know how to control him, OR Steven Miller, and Russel Voght......

[Kevin Cloyd]

39. Somebody OKed the assassination of Pat Tillman

Three American rounds in the forehead and an instant cover-up, including burning his clothes and armor is not random friendly fire.

Did I mention that Tillman was going to come out against the invasion of Iraq and had contacted Noam Chomsky on that subject?

[niyad]

55. I remember.

[Dr. T]

40. I guess a Trump-endorsed Kirk-style state funeral won't be happening.

[Solly Mack]

41. :)

[kimbutgar]

43. The media are tired and bored of talking about the orange turf and the shut down

The death of another evil villain is more interesting to report on TV.

[spanone]

44. Wait till the mango musillini dies.

[Iggo]

59. I'm breaking sobriety for that one.

[Nanjeanne]

45. Too bad he died before he could endorse Cuomo

[surfered]

46. Lied about WMD which resulted in the unnecessary deaths of 4,431 US service personnel.

31,994 wounded, a lot of PTSD, and illnesses associated with toxic burn pits and exposure to our own depleted uranium munitions.

And the lasting damage of lying not only to the public, but also to the men and women who sign up to protect this country from actual threats.

[niyad]

56. And let us not forget the dead, wounded, displaced Iraqis. And the

looting of the museum.

[pecosbob]

47. He began the GOP mean streak that's now revels in our country's misfortune.

[ananda]

48. The same thing happened with Ronald Reagan.

And believe me, he was no saint either.

[niyad]

58. As we all well know.

[karynnj]

49. Obviously, there is some of that, but surprisingly

there were at least at least some very negative assessments. I heard of his death when it was mentioned on NPR. Shortly after, there was BBC News which was pretty hard on him, especially in a longish segment where an Iraqi spoke of Cheney. Referring to after the fact comments that even knowing everything, it was the right thing to do. Asked if eliminating Saddam was worth it. His answer was very stark - over 1 million dead and the infrastructure decimated - no, it was not worth it.

[niyad]

60. Oh, I read that coverage. I was referring to our complicit media

and others who seem to think that FINALLY speaking out against the monster that he helped create somehow earns him points.

[Ping Tung]

51. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. Lord Acton

[choie]

52. That's what happens

when we don't hold war criminals accountable.

[LoisB]

54. Amen. A living devil does not get to become a dead saint.

[Iggo]

57. EVERYWHERE !!!