Cheney Briefly Assumes Presidency, Talk Radio, The Nation

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Unsurprisingly, Left's Crackpot Predictions Didn't Come True







Just as nearly every rational American had expected, Dick Cheney's brief assumption of the presidency on Saturday was uneventful. The world didn't come to an end, nor did the Veep make any sudden, significant moves.

In fact, those who don't follow the news probably weren't even aware he had temporarily been handed power while Bush underwent a colon exam.

But to a small minority, those dwelling in the left- wing kookdom of libtalk and "nutroots" blogs, Cheney's power grab was a reason to hide in the hills.

And nowhere was that more evident than on "progressive" talk radio, where Air America Host Rachel Maddow and guest John Nichols of The Nation went off the deep end during Friday evening's show.

First, Maddow's opening monologue provided this Kerry- style "botched joke":

MADDOW: (noting a busy political week) “...ending with us learning that Dick Cheney is gonna be president, officially. Tomorrow, the president going in for a routine colonoscopy tomorrow and while he will be out, Dick will be in, umm, I know that’s a horrible thing to say. Dick Cheney will be president, at least for a couple of hours.”

Then, during the Nichols interview, things went from bad to worse when Maddow asked whether Cheney might try to pull a fast one:

NICHOLS: (initially joking) “If I was the Iranians I’d be a little scared.”

[...]

“He (Cheney) does like to work with his puppet (Bush), and so I don’t think you have to assume Dick Cheney is gonna do anything particularly in those areas tomorrow; he may pull the wings off of a couple of birds or something like that (Maddow laughs), but you know, shoot some frogs, or a hunting partner in the face... He might choose to pardon someone, this is an interesting concept. With three hours, he could really start going on some pardons.”

Given how quick the left is to pounce on what it sees as extreme comments from the right, why should this stand unchallenged? Had a conservative said that a Democrat would pull wings off of birds, there's little doubt he would end up as Keith Olbermann's Worst Person In The World.

In addition, since nothing happened during Cheney's brief reign, why should these people have any more credibility than the Y2K fanatics who thought we should build log cabins in the woods?


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