The Next National Holiday: ‘Be Glad You’re Not Dick Cheney’ Week
Yes, it’s his victim, poor (okay, rich) old Republican lawyer Harry Whittington, who might end up dead. Indeed, it’s a virtual certainty that Whittington will die, just as everyone else will — sooner or later. But Cheney will live on in embarrassment and shame, and his ignobleness will long live after him. He’s destined for the history books not as a brilliant shaper of foreign policy or even as a corporate benefactor to Halliburton and assorted oil companies, but as a bad joke.
Aren’t you glad you’re not Dick Cheney? Shouldn’t we all be glad we’re not Dick Cheney? That’s why we need a national ‘Be Glad You’re Not Dick Cheney’ week: a holiday that transcends political and religious divides and gives us — for once — something about which we can all agree.