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jfz9580m

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21. K&R

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 10:56 AM

Nov 4

He was as OTT in his day as Trump is now:

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/us-harry-whittington-dick-cheney-b2277004.html

Moment Harry Whittington apologises to Dick Cheney after former vice president shot him in face
Resurfaced footage shows the moment Harry Whittington apologised to Dick Cheney after former vice president shot him in face.
The infamous clip re-emerged following the death of the prominent Texas lawyer at age 95 on Saturday, 4 February.
Mr Whittington passed away peacefully at home, his wife Mercedes Baker confirmed to The New York Times.
The accidental shooting occurred on 11 February 2006 when the pair were with a group hunting quail on a south Texas ranch.
When a group of birds took flight, Mr Cheney wheeled around and took a shot, accidentally hitting Whittington in the face and torso.

I mean yeah it was an accident. But the injured guy apologising to Cheney tells you something about how fucked up things are BTS in that crowd.

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The fact that Trump has somehow "normalized" the Cheneys... [View all] LisaM Nov 4 OP

Right on Easterncedar Nov 4 #1

Cheney knew Bush was a hopeless long time alcoholic and cocaine addict. Irish_Dem Nov 4 #2

Nah, Bush did his job. Further propping up the ruling class. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 4 #31

Bush was a serious alcoholic, and a spoiled, entitled nepo baby. Irish_Dem Nov 4 #32

Fuck Cheney. Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Solly Mack Nov 4 #3

Thank you. LisaM Nov 4 #4

Anyone that can embrace a war criminal doesn't have a problem with Trump. Solly Mack Nov 4 #6

In Cheney's defense The Wizard Nov 4 #5

And yet, he helped create Trump. LisaM Nov 4 #7

+1,000,000 Auggie Nov 4 #15

Trump MAGA The Wizard Nov 4 #23

Kind of like Darth Vader redeeming himself at the end of Return of the Jedi nycbos Nov 4 #18

I forgot about how he faked being a Wyoming resident LisaM Nov 4 #8

Democrats can see shades of gray. Cheney's "first act" deservedly provoked anger, hatred, resentment hlthe2b Nov 4 #9

Even a stopped clock is corect twice a day. niyad Nov 4 #11

Perhaps jfz9580m Nov 4 #19

Your comment is stuck in the Pre-Trump era. There is no comparison. Fascism/authoritarianism vs classical conservatism hlthe2b Nov 4 #26

Dick Cheney was not a classic conservative jfz9580m Nov 4 #27

Compared to MAGA Fascists, he most certainly was. I detested him and his post-911 actions horrified me BUT hlthe2b Nov 4 #28

Well I respect that jfz9580m Nov 4 #29

EXACTLY!!! cheney and company paved the road to the hell in which we niyad Nov 4 #10

He was normalized when he wasn't tried for war crimes n/t leftstreet Nov 4 #12

GW Bush & Dick Cheney are war criminals. I wrote this poem for Bush when he left office: Martin Eden Nov 4 #13

Yes they did. They created this horror intentionally. Clouds Passing Nov 4 #14

I have three Dick Cheney stories that I'll try to post later today or tomorrow .. Bo Zarts Nov 4 #16

My rich cousins used to be next door Tree Lady Nov 4 #20

Dick Cheney was just as bad as Trump. War profiteer, responsible for the disastrous invasion of Iraq, outed a CIA office Martin68 Nov 4 #17

K&R jfz9580m Nov 4 #21

It's a measure of how truly foul Trump is. Mblaze Nov 4 #22

Looking at the pictures of Cheney the only good thing I can say is milestogo Nov 4 #24

He normalized things like "enemy combatant" crimes... CaptainTruth Nov 4 #25

And the failure of members of the Senate and the house to raise an objection, win or lose, was a moral failure of ... pat_k Nov 4 #30

Vice President JD Vance Excitedly Assumes Role of Worst Living Vice President LetMyPeopleVote Nov 5 #33

I don't think trump normalizes Cheney at all. Cheney, and W are "just" no longer the worst. electric_blue68 Nov 5 #34