Did you know this about Dick Cheney?

[joemurphy]

"When Rep. Dick Cheney voted against a 1986 resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and recognition of the African National Congress, Americans did know this man had been waiting decades for his freedom. In a larger sense, so had all black South Africans. The tenets of American democracy -- one man, one vote -- were denied to the majority of citizens, along with the most basic economic and educational needs.

Yet Republican vice presidential candidate Cheney still defends his vote, saying on ABC's ``This Week'' that ``the ANC was then viewed as a terrorist organization. . . . I don't have any problems at all with the vote I cast 20 years ago.'' What, then, does this tell us about what information Cheney considers before he takes a decision? And what the long-term consequences are likely to be, and on whom?"

[eleny]

1. Yes, it was pretty bad and it needs repeating

Thanks!

[MADem]

2. Yep, he's got quite the record in Congress

And three DUIs in his youth...a real role model!

He shoots lawyers, too!

[CGrantt57]

5. He shoots lawyers, too!

I guess that goes to prove that nobody is ALL bad...

:evilgrin:

[malaise]

3. Yes I knew this

if they could get away with apartheid in the US, they would try it.

[goclark]

4. Doesn't surprise me one bit

He is evil to the core.

I don't view Jr. as EVIL, I view him as an Idiot Frat Boy.

Cheney is EVIL, just plain evil.

[shanti]

14. exactly

how i see them too. cheney is an evil bastard. *ush is an idiot, but has a mean streak too, a bully. the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree for *ush. what were cheney's parents like? i've never read anything about them.

[dchill]

6. A Republican might say...

"Yes I knew it. Of course I knew it. It's why I voted for him."

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Evil does not happen overnight. He had to have been that way for a

very long time to have gotten so proficient at being so evil. I am sure he started at a very early age. Think "The Omen".

[shance]

8. Cheney is a white supremist

although that's not a surprise

[Syrinx]

9. he also voted against Head Start, ERA, Education Department

Also against ban on "cop killer" bullets. Against ban on plastic guns. Opposed Clean Water Act. Etc., etc.

[guinivere]

12. What a guy. How does he sleep at night and face himself in the mirror.

Pure unadulterated evil. There's a special ring of hell reserved for him.

[Syrinx]

13. yes

The Bushes are evil, yet pragmatic. They use evil for personal gain. Cheney does that too, but mainly he just seems to enjoy it for sport. One Sick Bastard, he is.

[Theduckno2]

15. As for the mirror thing, he casts no reflection. n/t

[shenmue]

10. Dick Cheney:

huge douchebag. :puke: :grr:

[Jacobin]

11. If I remember correctly, he was like the ONLY

congresscritter to vote against this, or possibly one of two or three.