Dick Polman on Darth Cheney 0
The whole analysis of the uber veep is worth a read.
Here’s a nugget (emphasis added):
Nor did he (Cheney–ed.) bother communicating, at least in ways that approximated the truth.
The Bush administration went into free fall for a host of reasons – such as its documented incompetence in Iraq and New Orleans – but it can fairly be argued that, at some point, a landslide majority of Americans simply decided that the White House was telling too many lies. And Cheney was a prime offender. No leader, even a legendarily skillful infighter like Cheney, can repeatedly insult the public and get away with it indefinitely.
