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milestogo

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24. Looking at the pictures of Cheney the only good thing I can say is

Reply to LisaM (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 11:09 AM

Nov 4

at least he was honest about his baldness. No combover.

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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