Cheney lives on . Joan Walsh . Salon

[Why Syzygy]

I really would like to laugh at Dick Cheney's "Out of the Bunker!" tour. This isn't the Cheney Americans have come to know and hate. Remember when he wouldn't talk to us? Now he won't shut up. He used to be the evil puppet master, the man behind the curtain, but without his puppet, he's got to speak for himself.

So there he is, almost daily now, defending torture and the war in Iraq, trying to start another war in Iran. He's decided that Rush Limbaugh is a better public face for the Republican Party than Colin Powell. It's like nobody told him we had an election, and his guy lost. He's in full campaign mode. He's becoming a punch line, but I'm having a hard time laughing (well, except at Obama and Wanda Sykes Saturday night). (...)

Most Democrats, though, seem to think Cheney's attacks are good for Obama. Certainly the former vice-president seems to be unraveling before our eyes. Last night in New York, the new "Chatty Cheney" sounded a little bit deranged. There's a global "conspiracy" to let Iran get nukes? Generally, only the politically impotent wring their hands about "conspiracies." And yet I can't entirely dismiss the effect he's having, especially as I watch President Obama endorse and/or cover up so many of the worst aspects of the Bush-Cheney administration, especially when it comes to torture. (...)

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/05/14/cheney_lives/?source=newsletter
It is less funny at the end.

[Demeter]

1. Bah Humbug! Cheney Is "Dead Man Walking"

[Why Syzygy]

2. Maybe.

Do you think he is showing that he is even more evil than we gave him credit?

Another question.
Is Cheney legitimizing conspiracy theories?

[bemildred]

3. So, he has been flushed out into the open. That's a good thing.

He is deranged, it's not an appearance. The more he appears in public, in uncontrolled venues, the more he will be discredited.

[Lemonwurst]

4. Yes it is

He helps block out any MSM attention on potential "new" Repubs that would seek to cleanse the party of the Bush/Cheney pox.

For instance (and it might not even be the best example), when's the last anyone's heard of Rising Star Bobby J? I don't think it's just his dreadful rebuttal performance that's left him in the weeds - not this long.

Cheney's an anchor on the GOP. Until he gets what HE deserves (I won't hold my breath), his party gets what they deserve. Hard to watch, but good for us.