Why is Cheney speaking out so much?

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: Why is Cheney speaking out so much?

[spanone]

1. i'll be damned if i know....it puzzles the shit out of me.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. It is strange, he's no longer the VP and we see more of him now

than when he was the VP. He was usually hiding out in his cave somewhere.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. delete

[pleah]

4. He doesn't think he will be charged with anything.

Or, maybe he really doesn't give a shit.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. delete

[stillcool]

6. there's more shit coming..

and he's trying to get out in front of it. What do they call it? Managing perception?

[razors edge]

7. He is poisoning the well.

If he can control the direction of the issue he can control the outcome.

[NMDemDist2]

8. cuz he's a flaming asshole who has no sense of decorum

YMMV

[pacalo]

9. He's so used to the comfortable confines of Fixed News that he's convinced

he's right & everyone else is wrong; he "knows best". He's lied so much, it must be difficult for him to distinguish between reality & his self-rationalization.

He doesn't even seem to realize how unpopular he is & that he has no credibility, or he'd never get on television to embarrass himself & his family with obvious lies.

[Retrograde]

10. He's preparing for heart attack #5

or whatever he's up to now, and wants to meet his maker with a clean (or less filthy) conscience. He's trying to clear up his image by besmirching everyone else.

Or he could just want the spotlight.

[underpants]

11. It sure sounds like a veiled threat and extortion

but it isn't

He is trying to defend the indefensible. Trying to get his talking points out to water down (no pun intended) the obvious conclusion.

"Why won't they release ALL the memos?" is the one that will stick around because ALL the memos can never be released.

[wroberts189]

12. Because he thinks he can get away with anything and is probably right

Telling people he would torture again (commit war crimes again) is just rubbing America's nose in it. He holds us all in contempt.

[Junkdrawer]

13. He needs another terror attack so bad he can taste it....

But whomever controls these things isn't going to do one just to save his sorry ass...

[Contrary1]

14. He has a need to brag about what he got away with...

Lots of homicidal maniacs do.