Charles Pierce is absolutely sick of this Cheney family horseshit.

[bullwinkle428]

"The instrument has not yet been invented that can measure the size of the damn I don't give about the catfight between the Cheney sisters, gay and straight, over marriage equality. If that entire family -- war criminal sociopath Daddy, propagandist harpy Mom, gay daughter Mary, and warmongering propagandist harpy Liz -- all got on a boat and sailed off to the cannibal isles, I wouldn't do anything more than send a case of barbecue sauce on ahead of them.

The only time I want to see war-criminal Daddy again on my television is from a dock at The Hague. The rest of them can pound sand. The country has made up its mind of marriage equality without the Cheneys, and there is something toweringly pathetic about the attempt to humanize this flock of carrion-eaters because one of them happens to have gay-married her partner without war criminal sociopath Daddy breaking out the shotgun. Marriage equality is an important issue, but it is not the most important issue, and it sure isn't a kind of historical absolution that makes up for the fact that hundreds of thousands of people would still be alive if the Cheney family had been kept away from the levers of power for the same reasons we keep Charlie Manson away from knives.

I could care less if Liz and Mary fight over the human-blood punch at Thanksgiving this year. What I care about is the fact that Liz Cheney has all of her father's geopolitical bloodlust and none of his obvious charm, and that she belongs in the United States Senate as much as does a gaboon viper. What makes me happy is that the Republican voters of Wyoming appear to have caught on to the cut-rate Borgia family act that Liz is trying to pull out there, and she is apparently being ratfked by the opposition. Republicans are eating their own! In this particular instance, I'm sending the barbecue sauce."

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[Berlum]

1. Gaboon Vipers (R) - LOL

[rock]

2. What's he really think?

He needs to be clear, like "Snakes on a plane".

[LuvNewcastle]

3. I pretty much agree. I can't give much thought to their holiday family drama.

My family can be trying enough to deal with, but at least I'm not a Cheney.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[Spirochete]

5. Wish the whole family

would just fight it out to the death, and leave the rest of us alone.

[another_liberal]

6. On Charlie Manson and knives.

". . . hundreds of thousands of people would still be alive if the Cheney family had been kept away from the levers of power for the same reasons we keep Charlie Manson away from knives."

That clause is remarkable Gonzo, or maybe Gonzo and Twain's love child, wonderfully accurate as well.

[joeybee12]

7. Stop beating about the bush Charles, stop being a tease...

All this leadup and he never tells you what he really thinks...it's very frustrating.

[indepat]

8. Is Charles Pierce trying to rival my distaste for the entire Cheney clan sans Mary?

[markpkessinger]

9. Frankly, I've been wondering whether the whole thing isn't some elaborate political ruse . . .

. . . designed to shore up right wing support for Liz Cheney's candidacy. Do I think the Cheneys, as a family, would cynical enough to pull such a stund? Absolutely, without question, yes!

But then, perhaps I'm a tad too cynical about the Cheney's cynicism.