ONLY IN WASHINGTON D.C. CAN DICK CHENEY GET THIS KIND OF HONOR

…The way most people see the former VP today.

 

More examples of just how unpopular this former American Vice President has become.

 

I usually am never surprised about what comes out of Washington D.C..  But I was seriously shaking my head when they announced that the American tax payers had just paid for a bust of the former war mongering VP, Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney.

 

Whoever thought this was a good idea must have been part of the group of former “yes-men” inside the "Dubya" Bush administration.  You know, someone such as Paul Wolfowitz, Paul Bremer or Scooter Libby.

 

To put this event in proper perspective, the Republicans are very aware of how unpopular the former veep is today.  Knowing that, they have already announced that it would eventually be on permanent display at a location “yet to be determined”.  It will probably be included with the 44 former veeps that have been enshrined in the Capitol’s miles of hallways as part of the Senate’s official Vice Presidential Bust Collection.  This collection commemorates the service of these individuals only as the, “Presidents of the Senate”, not as the nation’s Vice Presidents.  Only Al Gore’s likeness has yet to make it onto the Hill.

 

The well-known author and journalist, Glenn Greenwald, Tweeted the following upon hearing about the unveiling of Cheney’s bust: “The US doesn't prosecute its war criminals. It honors them”.  Glenn Greenwald, @ggreenwald on Twitter.

 

The truth in Greenwald’s quote, and the sentiment, was felt around the world as former Vice President Dick Cheney was being honored.

The actual event even brought out Cheney’s true “partner in crime,” former President, George W. Bush.  The ceremony was the first public appearance of Cheney and Bush together since the presentation of the  biography of the senior George H.W. Bush.  Bush Sr. had been previously quoted in criticizing Cheney for being "hard-line" and an "iron-ass".  When W. Bush had told his father about the Cheney bust ceremony, Bush Sr. said “send my best regards to old iron-ass."

 

I would instead refer to the former veep as something stronger and more villainess than “old iron ass”.  

 

W. Bush spoke at the ceremony and he made light of the comments about the former vice president who has recently used his considerable media platform to rail against the Democrats.  Cheney has continued to declare that he is unapologetic about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

 

Dick Cheney is in many ways responsible for the deaths of over 4,500 U.S. troops—and reportedly hundreds of thousands innocent Iraqi civilians.  All of my spirituality totally leaves me when I think of Dick Cheney. The world damage that he created, we are still dealing with in our current war against the terrorists in Iraq and Syria.  The lives he is responsible for destroying is beyond forgiveness, much less worthy of an honor.

 

When it was originally announced in an internet news article about the unveiling of the Cheney bust, I decided to check the comments that were posted by readers at the end of the article.  There was not one positive comment about the former vice president.  Here is just a short sampling of the actual comments:

 

·       Nice satire. This is satire, right?

 

·       So what's the message here. "War Criminals Are Good and Whistleblowers are Bad"

 

·       I just want to throw-up! No one else makes my skin crawl like this.

 

·       I'm calling dibs when I'm reincarnated as a pigeon.

 

·       I think the Bust looked much better…..before it was unveiled.

 

·       Cheney’s bust-look appears to be watching a prisoner’s waterboarding.

 

·       First, you bust Dick Cheney. Then bust his bust.

 

·       Got a hammer? How about a Baseball bat?

 

·       Wrong kind of bust. I was briefly excited when I heard of a “Cheney Bust”.

 

·     Are you sure you want to see a bust of Dick Cheney?  Personally, I’d settle for a police mug shot...

 

·       I think Cheney, Rumsfield and W. should get a free trip to the Hague International Tribunal Court

 

·       Are they going to place the bust in the men’s room next to all the other urinals? 

 

·       The men’s room would be a much more fitting place for a Cheney bust.

 

·       A bust of Cheney makes me ashamed to be an American. 

 

·       All countries have their evil people that want to destroy respect for freedom. Cheney outranks everyone as a Republican disgrace.

 

·       When I first saw the headline about the Cheney bust, I thought Dick Cheney had been arrested. Damn!

 

And on and on and on…….nuff said.

 

At least I know that I am not the only one that feels this way.

 

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