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We thought Dick Cheney was evil?
What were we thinking?
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lame54
Nov 2025
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spanone
(141,602 posts)1. Who knew?
Even if we predicted trmp we couldn't have predicted the republicons and supreme court supporting his kind of evil.
Irish_Dem
(81,242 posts)2. He looks like Mother Teresa compared to Putin/Trump.
EYESORE 9001
(29,724 posts)3. He was still an evil SOB
and I doubt the end result of a neocon junta would look all that much different from whats being inflicted on the people of the USA and those around the world. Never con ourselves into thinking neocon rule would be a kinder, gentler version of totalitarianism.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,956 posts)4. Cheney WAS evil...it's just that evil knows no bottom.
Torchlight
(6,820 posts)5. Some evils hide better than other evils
But make no mistake, There are men whose nature is utterly unchangeable; all attempts to make them better are in vain, and only serve to show their innate depravity. (Lord Chesterfield)