Comments on: Vice President Biden: familiarity breeds…

By: Daniel in Brookline

Daniel in Brookline — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:32 +0000

What gets to me is that the demonization of Cheney was unnecessary. What has he done, above and beyond other Vice Presidents — even Republican Vice Presidents — to get him labeled as Evil Incarnate?

(Or have you forgotten all those “Cheney-Satan 08″ bumper stickers?)

Personally, I think this resulted from the primary liberal cognitive dissonance of the Bush years: “Bush is an idiot. Bush is an evil idiot, who would get a lot done if he weren’t such an idiot. Hey, he IS getting a lot done! But it can’t be him, because he’s such an idiot. Who’s pulling his strings?… Must be the guy in the ‘secure undisclosed location’; there’s no other reason for keeping him hidden…”

In other words, I think Dick Cheney suffers from BDS fallout. (I must say, he’s handling it very well.)

In re negative numbers: I’m reminded of the wit who said, in 1980, that Americans weren’t really voting for Reagan, they were voting against Carter… and that if Reagan had run unopposed he would have lost. (It’s pretty amazing, the lengths people will go to in order to demonize someone, isn’t it?)

respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline

By: br549

br549 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:11:34 +0000

Baklava, all I can say is wow……and GM desrves to die.

By: Paul_In_Houston

Paul_In_Houston — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:16:08 +0000

Whether you agree with Cheney or not, at least when you look at him, you get the feeling that somebody’s home.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:04:10 +0000

nEW yORK suffers due to liberalism in the future….

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tax_refugees_staging_escape_from_qb4pItQ71UXIc0i6cd3UpK

By: Dan D

Dan D — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:49:56 +0000

Well, Cheney was pretty highly respected one year into the Bush administration. The demonizing and plunge in popularity occurred later. So Biden’s not doing so bad, he’s still way above Cheney’s later lows. But really, who thinks the public even gives a thought about Joe Biden one way or another?

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:09:23 +0000

And speaking of tyranny…

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2009/10/24/george-will-profiles-michele-bachmann/

a Democratic senator and one of her Democratic House colleagues each successfully intervened with GM to save a constituent’s dealership from forced closure. One of her constituents, whose dealership had been in the family for 90 years, told her that the $15 million dealership had been rendered worthless overnight, and, Bachmann said, “GM is demanding that she hand over her customer list,” probably to give it to surviving GM dealerships that once were competitors.

That my friends is tyranny….

By: expat

expat — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:31:18 +0000

Gringo – Cheney did give us Liz.

BTW, how do you think these ratings will affect Beau Biden’s decision to run for daddy’s old seat?

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:15:48 +0000

Is it possible to get negative numbers?

By: Gringo

Gringo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:02:33 +0000

Joe the serial plagiarizer has been considered a doofus for quite some time, so this should not come as a big surprise. While many hold Joe Biden in low regard, they don’t hate him, but laugh at him.

Ditto what zfredz said. It’s s shame Cheney didn’t have good enough ticker, nor enough votes, to be President.

By: zfredz

zfredz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:45:17 +0000

Cheney was the most significant, and greatest, Vice President in American history. Joe Biden has reclaimed the title bestowed on the office by FDR’s first Vice President, John Nance Garner, “His Superfluous Eminence”.