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He looks so calm and at peace. Does he realize how his decision as part of a war machine killed millions of Iraqis? The devil disguized as an angel. Look at the halo around his head (background) and the light that surrounds him.

Why does he get any airtime at all?

Wow! He looks like any other soft, aging mass of flesh… responsible for the deaths of millions.

He steeples like a pro.

Like the Bernie Madoff shot with the light and halo, here we see an even bigger villain portrayed with a large circle surrounding him.
Just like Madoff, he got into the game because he was smarter than the system, and there was nothing stopping him but he completely disregarded the end game. How do you live peacefully after starting wars, killing and displacing millions of people, torturing people, etc etc. You can’t. Even if his plan had worked and America totally took over and owned a grateful Iraq and Cheney was the richest person on the planet – then what? He’s still going to die because his body is human. He still would have been responsible for starting a war and killing people. His karma is so dark that even if he’s able to go on the TV and paint a fine picture of himself, he’s still going to have to face his demons some day.
As for the networks that still allow these clowns to come on their shows – these WAR CRIMINALS, actually – the networks totally loose credibility. And if Obama doesn’t get the investigations started and get these guys properly punished – then F* him, too. I’m pissed that there hasn’t been any momentum towards justice at this point.

The smug satisfaction of someone who has screened all the questions, rinsed off the blood and guts of slaughtered children, and awaits the adulation of the great unwashed.

You forgot to add STFU to your headline.

You know, Americans are very forgiving people. Really, seriously. Especially, when it comes to our elected officials, we like to portray them in a white light and halos after they step down from office. They “served” the country, we say, even though we had differences and threw bitter words at each other, it’s in the past. It’s time to put behind everything and move “forward.” We tend to look to the future and the only way to do that affectively is to forgive the past and what the officials did. Sure they made mistakes but they had the best interest at heart for us and the country, shoot, even for the world.
These greying officials get the grandfatherly treatment from us. We see our grandparents in them. Old, patriotic, and in need of our good support, now that they have retired.

Gosh. I was wondering what old “last throes” was up to these days.

can’t we at least having hearings that expose how much cheney enriched himself through his own policies? is that asking too much?

Complacency inside the “democratic” system! The enablers and the victims, keep this system going.
There are no consequence. There are no marches and no protests. People have been depowered, depoliticized, isolated, scared, have no vision and no unity. Their leaders are politicians, who can use theatrics, but actually change nothing.
March in Pakistan made the government reinstate chief judge. Wow. That is the feeling of power which is nowhere seen in the US.

And remember, too, that he had to give up his personal assassination squad (see Sy Hersch for details). Damn, I bet it must really be a pain to stand in the line like everyone else…

The sins of Cheney may be legion, and he’s a sure bet to raise progressive hackles, but the old horse isn’t even in the race any more.

Why keep beating him?
Don’t waste the white space.

All I want to know is why he isn’t in jail.
BTW, great illustration for your point.

a) He doesn’t deserve a break.
b) He is still showing up on the TV screens spewing his doom and hatred.
c) He’s free after committing just about every crime against humanity on the books.
d) He was never held accountable for weakening the Constitution by describing his office as both executive and ‘other’; undermining the bill of rights – especially the 4th amendment; enriching himself and his companies by taking us to war(!); exposing a CIA officer’s identity who WAS actually playing an important role in nuclear nonproliferation, etc, etc. Why should he be given a free pass now – since he’s been given a free pass the whole friggin’ time?? That’s crap.

but the old horse isn’t even in the race any more.
clinton et al held the same sentiment when they allowed bush senior and his crew to ride off into the sunset, without being made to face prosecution. the bushies took the time to rehab their image only to come back to inflict more havoc and to get their second bite of the apple of raiding the treasury. this is one of perks of wealth and white male privilege: the ability get away with murder and not be held accountable for it. only little people pay taxes and only dark skinned people are held accountable for misdeeds.
cheney isn’t just one man. he represents a point of view that’s still alive and kicking. if that ideology isn’t held to account, public amnesia will set in and all the lessons learned the hard way will be forgotten and we will be doomed to repeat the nightmare all over again.
but the old horse isn’t even in the race any more.
this is awfully close to nixon’s “when a president does it, that means it’s not illegal.” do you believe cheney should be afforded executive privilege? do you believe cheney is above the law?

Look at the shoulders. He’s a turtle with his head pulled half into his shell — there’s no confidence in that posture.