Legal Commentary

Write Your Own Joke

By TChris

On "Face the Nation," Dick Cheney explained that Republicans "win elections when we have good solid conservative principles to run upon." So what happened to all the "good solid conservative principles" in 2006 and 2008? Did the candidates forget they existed? Has the supply of good solid conservative principles, seemingly so rich during the Reagan years, been dwindling? Did conservative politicians use up the last of their principles during the first half of the decade?

Dick Cheney is not the ideal spokesman for principles, conservative or otherwise. As practiced by Cheney, good solid conservative principles eroded our civil rights and our middle class, caused the needless deaths of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, destroyed our economy, divided our people, and violated our laws. It's surprising that the Republican leadership hasn't invited its least popular leader to a quail hunt for a little chat about retirement.

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Cheney says he's speaking out because if he doesn't, there "isn't anybody there on the other side to tell the truth." Those who can expound Cheney's truths may be few in number, but they include Rush Limbaugh, who won Cheney's endorsement, at least in a contest between Limbaugh and Colin Powell. Said Cheney, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh."

Write your own joke: Dick Cheney calls Rush Limbaugh a truth-teller. That's like [blank] calling [blank] a [blank].

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 10, 2009 (boomark / email).