In light of the VP’s recent comments on presidential authority and war (December. 21st), with a little help from an (originally color) photo of Cheney that appeared in The Onion in 2002, I offer the following images. (One caveat: I am not suggesting that Cheney is a Nazi. Dr. Strangelove is a fictional character. I am hoping that Cheney’s views become as strange to us as Dr. Strangelove in the not very distant future.)
UPDATE: Tom Brokaw likens Dick Cheney to “Dr. Strangelove” at inauguration
How did Dick Cheney really hurt his back?
See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/cheney-on-wheels/
And there’s this, too, from the film (though not spoken by Dr. Strangelove, it’s wonderfully apposite):
General “Buck” Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.
Astonishingly evil man. I think that they should keep Guantanamo open just for him Bush, Rumsfeldt and the like.