Ladies and gentlemen, the Conservative of the Year
Or so says Human Events, in a paean penned by John Bolton:
“Cheney’s unwillingness to be deterred by the media assaults on his character, his judgment and his performance in office are therefore his most impressive force multiplier with the general public. Outside-the-Beltway Americans see him for exactly what he is: a very experienced, very dedicated patriot, giving his fellow citizens his best analysis on how to keep them and their country safe.
Cheney’s quiet, inner-directed motivation is simply impervious to the attacks orchestrated against him by the Chicago machine-style politicians at the White House, a fact also plainly visible to his fellow citizens. And it is yet another important reason to have confidence that Cheney’s solid policy analysis will yet prevail in the national political arena. Of course he is the conservative of the year!”
Of course, it’s easy to make fun of the selection of a discredited, destructive former vice president who by his second term was largely frozen out of decision-making by his own boss as “Conservative of the Year.” They named a guy who — even with such competition as Spiro Agnew, Andrew Johnson and Aaron Burr — easily ranks as “Worst Vice President Ever?” (Burr, for all his faults, was at least a better shot than Cheney. Ask Alexander Hamilton.)
The problem is: Who would be better? If you had to name a “Conservative of the Year”, who would be a better choice? Personally, I think Human Events got it right: Dick Cheney — out of power, out of touch and deeply resentful — indeed epitomizes the conservative movement in 2009.
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larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:08 am
first ??
Doggone/GA
December 22nd, 2009
7:11 am
“out of power, out of touch and deeply resentful — indeed epitomizes the conservative movement in 2009.”
Love it!
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:14 am
Mornin’.
Or so says Human Events,
Jay oughta get combat pay for reading that stuff.
larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:15 am
I think my outragous congressman, Paul Broun , would have been a good choice or Michelle Bachman but the choice of Cheney echoes what the Republicans are. Loud , cranky, having old ideas, and just not revelent.
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:16 am
a discredited, destructive former vice president who by his second term was largely frozen out of decision-making by his own boss
That’ll look nice on his tombstone.
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
7:18 am
Michelle Bachmann for sheer entertainment value!
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
7:18 am
dB – hey my friend – haven’t seen you in AGES!!!
as for cheney’s tombstone, I’d just settle for “good riddance”
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:20 am
If you had to name a “Conservative of the Year”, who would be a better choice?
Well, come on, Jay. Obviously it’d be Bible Spice, who is bumbling, naive, simple-minded, incapable of considering alternative views and concocting something resembling an ideology of her own, reacting instead to whatever shiny objects happen to pass in front of her by more skillful rhetoricians. I can think of nothing that better typifies what’s become of self-identifying “conservatives” today; for intelligent people, this state of affairs represents both an opportunity to enlighten those who really ought to know better, and a challenge to those who are incapable of doing so.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 22nd, 2009
7:22 am
Cheney won the war in Iraq and the liberals will never forgive him for it.
Plus they are paranoid delusionals, which doesn’t help things.
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:23 am
dB – hey my friend – haven’t seen you in AGES!!!
Back atcha. Morning amateur punditry time has been in short supply the past few weeks.
GoingBroke
December 22nd, 2009
7:23 am
I am thinking Joe Wilson.. He called Obama a liar..and he was RIGHT.. so that should count towards the award.
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:24 am
Geez Jay, I get up this morning, having to go to work, It’s cold and my truck heater has stopped working. Did I mention I had left my gloves at work? I spill my coffee, the only thing warm in my truck, because some idiot wants my lane. I get in to work and accidently trip the alarm, have to run through the warehouse where the alarm panal is, then make some coffee. I turn on my computer and go to your blog after writing my “love letters” to Nancy and Harry. Did I mention the warehouse feels like a refrigerator? I turn to your blog and I spill my coffee again because you have a big picture of Cheney scaring the s**t out of me!!! AND A HAPPY MORNING TO YOU, TOO!!!
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
7:24 am
“Cheney won the war in Iraq and the liberals will never forgive him for it.”
hahahaha … Cheney’s never seen combat – remember? he had “better things to do” at the time …
and, last time I checked, the VP isn’t the Commander in Chief
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:25 am
I swear, talk about your nightmare before Christmas. He should have been a mirror tester…
Doggone/GA
December 22nd, 2009
7:25 am
Normal – don’t put up any wreaths in your warehouse today!
GOP is Gone
December 22nd, 2009
7:26 am
How ironic to have this dither penned by none other than John Bolton, the worst UN diplomat ever.
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:29 am
I am thinking Joe Wilson..
Huh?
He called Obama a liar..and he was RIGHT..
Oh, THAT Joe Wilson. Heh. Talk about your obscure footnotes-to-history.
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:29 am
Doggone, don’t worry. I’m so full of Chistmas Spirit right now, I could just s**t.
larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:36 am
Glenn Richardson might be a good choice.
larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:38 am
And as far as winning the war in Iraq, arent we still fighting it ? And where is OBL ?
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
7:39 am
what about Mark Sanford for his contributions to the promotion of the Appalachian Trail?
Jenifer
December 22nd, 2009
7:39 am
Hmmmm, no conservatives currently holding office are deserving?
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:43 am
I wonder if Cheney wrote the “paean” and just had Bolton sign it and read it…That’s what he did with Bush.
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:43 am
my truck heater has stopped working.
Why’s that? Do you know?
Reason I ask is, I had a coolant leak that I didn’t diagnose properly until I realized that it wasn’t getting to the heater core. Might be that short-term all you gotta do is refill the reservoir… beats driving all bundled up in the am.
larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:43 am
what about Mark Sanford for his contributions to the promotion of the Appalachian Trail?
oh yeah, i almost forgot about him. He is probably HIker magazine’s Man of the Year.
larry
December 22nd, 2009
7:46 am
How about all of the Republicans in the state legislature who voted to raise our property taxes earlier this year by ending the governor’s exemption?
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:46 am
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
7:43 am
My heater coil is leaking. It’s hard to get to, so I’ll just have to suffer until I can get it fixed. I’d keep the reservoir filled like you say but the leakage runs into the cab…
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:47 am
Why not Condi? Where has she gone, anyway?
Mr. Snarky
December 22nd, 2009
7:48 am
Jay, you nailed it…he was a reactionary who had power, abused it to the max, put us in a big s$%thole, lost power and now is pi$$ed. How about Conservative of the Decade too? Or would that be Tom Delay (now the fancy dancer)?
Peadawg
December 22nd, 2009
7:50 am
“out of power”
Not for long. Hopefully in 2010 the Republicans will control the Senate and the who checks-and-balances idea will be back in place like it should be! NEVER should both parties control the Senate AND the Presidency.
Jenifer
December 22nd, 2009
7:52 am
In related news, Satan picks Dick Cheney as Man Of The Decade.
http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/dear-dick-cheney/
Taxpayer
December 22nd, 2009
7:52 am
What does it mean to be a “conservative”? At one time, I thought I knew. Anyway, I do know what I do not want to ever be or become and Dick Cheney surely is the epitome of that “person”. What do I want for Christmas… I want to never see that face staring back at me in the mirror.
Anyway, to say that the conservative party has an image problem is an understatement. What they suffer from at the moment is the lack of a movement and a good constitutional would do them wonders. On the brighter side, it would also do wonders for the plunger business. Liquid Plumber and Roto-Rooter sales would skyrocket as well. Think of all the good to the economy and that is no laffing matter.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 22nd, 2009
7:54 am
The deafening silence of the stooge state run media continues-
But the White House is also still pleading for talks even as its December deadline passes without any concession from Tehran. Meantime, the Iranian opposition virtually begs Washington not to confer any legitimacy on the regime, and the democracy demonstrators crave American support. Iran’s civil society clock may now be ticking faster than its nuclear clock. However hard it may be to achieve, a new regime in Tehran offers the best peaceful way to halt Iran’s atomic program. Shouldn’t American policy be directed toward realizing that goal?-WSJ
What, if you need another cute young girl to get murdered by the Iranian thugocracy so you can pay attention, it has already happened.
Several times.
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
7:58 am
Jennifer, that was so good!
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 22nd, 2009
7:59 am
Actually, I think Obozo is the Conservative of the year, no one in recent history has done more for the movement than this clown has-
Here the signs should be less reassuring to Democrats. As polls have consistently shown, the more Americans learn about Democratic plans for health care, the more the opposition grows. Mr. Reid appreciates this dynamic, which is why he wrote his bill behind closed doors, when only Santa could have any real idea of who’s earning a place on the naughty list.-WSJ
Bring it on!
Gale
December 22nd, 2009
8:00 am
Cheney, seriously? Even after he expressed approval of his lesbian daughter? Wonders never cease.
Since I missed last night’s topic; in case anyone was wondering, if you have a few extra bucks you are wanting to throw at some charity, buy me a goat at heifer.com in Cheney’s honor and send it somewhere needy.
Monica
December 22nd, 2009
8:01 am
Hey USinUK! How’s it going? I never read the Bookman blog but stumbled on it this am.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 22nd, 2009
8:04 am
Thank you, Jay.
hanz
December 22nd, 2009
8:05 am
conservative = low taxes small government socially oblivious christian tithing preemptive striking nation building defense-contracting liberal-hating business accomodating…..etc
Cheney deserves the Award. He believes so much in Conservatism that he was willing to scare the bejesus out of us all with parting shots about an imminent 911 sequel. Cheney is like the Captain of the Titanic bitterly warning the survivors, as he went down, that the food on the rescue-ship Carpathian was lousy and probably would give them food poisoning.
Cheney. I could write a book, but I think Shakespeare’s got him covered.
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
8:06 am
hey Monica! come on in, the water’s fine!!!
USinUK
December 22nd, 2009
8:12 am
“Cheney. I could write a book, but I think Shakespeare’s got him covered.”
cheney’d have to nice-up to play Iago
jopar
December 22nd, 2009
8:16 am
“Bible Spice”, I wish I’d thought of that.
I’m liberal to the core but get nervous when there isn’t a responsible opposition to our “collective liberalism”.We get carried away just like normal people.
Conservatives need to step back and define what they believe in, or more importantly,what they’re against, since “everything” isn’t quite specific enough.
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
8:17 am
the leakage runs into the cab…
ew. And I thought I had it bad when I could detect a faint whiff of coolant when running the heater.
Bob
December 22nd, 2009
8:17 am
USinUK, I think maybe Bachmann would deserve an award for citizen of the year, from what I have read, she and her husband have taken in over twenty foster kids while she worked in congress and he ran a small business. We need more Bachmanns, It was a strain on my wife and I just being volunteers for project literacy. We need more do as I do, like Bachmann, instead of do as I say, like any politician that chooses not to pay taxes. Geithner, Dachsale, Rangel.
Robert
December 22nd, 2009
8:17 am
Ok, you have your picture of Cheney. Well, here’s someone that I can hope to never see again.
http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/al-gore-global-warming-328242.jpg
stands for decibels
December 22nd, 2009
8:19 am
“Bible Spice”, I wish I’d thought of that.
Well, I certainly didn’t. But I actually think it’s a tad more respectful than “Caribou Barbie”.
Say what you will of the Spice Girls, but at least they were/are actual human beings with some modicum of entertainment value and talent. (One imagines. I think i’ve seen/heard just that one hit of theirs performed…)
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
December 22nd, 2009
8:20 am
The alternative is supply-side economics, which, for all the invective heaped upon it, boils down to the inescapable fact that “consumption must be paid for with production”—that if you don’t work (i.e., produce) you die (i.e., can’t consume). The obviousness of this is so manifest that the real wonder is how it has escaped the grasp of otherwise intellectually competent people.-WSJ
Well, let’s see, if the supposed “intellectually competent” people are actually parasites hellbent on destroying their host organism, the hated United States of America, then they make up all kinds of non problems that they can “fix” by draining the life/money out us, such as, oh, I don’t know, health “care,” global “warming,” immigration, “affordable” mortgages………
Unless you do hate this great nation, people, it’s time to wake up.
Mrs. Godzilla
December 22nd, 2009
8:20 am
Actually, I do have some nominations…..see I remember real conservatism and love me some conservatives.
1. My Uncle Billy
2. Andrew Sullivan
3. Rep Jim Campbell
4. Charles Johnson
Normal
December 22nd, 2009
8:21 am
Robert…
Paul
December 22nd, 2009
8:25 am
Jay
Three little words: “let it go.”
You’ll feel better.
Bosch is gonna regret not being here. I understand he’s spending all his time hauling more printer paper for the House’s ethics investigation of Charlie Rangel -