VIDEO - Battery-operated Dick: Cheney describes the heart pump & battery packs that keep evil alive

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The former vice president recently sat down with NBC News for his first interview since undergoing heart surgery in July. In a wide-ranging discussion, he offered his take on the harsh criticism he's received, President Barack Obama's re-election chances and the Tucson shootings.

Told that his memoir-in-progress is rumored to be "candid and blunt" and that "some scores will be settled," Cheney chuckled. "Well, I have a bit of the sense that I'm going to get the last word," he said.

But when asked about Palin and her political future, Cheney was anything but candid or blunt. "I'm, um, um, interested in Governor Palin, like a lot of people are," he said, adding: "She's got an interesting political career established. She's clearly a factor within the Republican Party." Cheney did admit that he enjoyed watching "Sarah Palin's Alaska," though perhaps not necessarily because of its star. "I love Alaska," he said.

Cheney even stayed mum on the question of Palin's qualifications to be president, saying there will be "ample time" for weighing GOP candidates "in the months ahead," and that he would be "happy to participate in that process when the time is right."

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[liberalmuse]

1. He looks like death...

if the photo I saw on HuffPo is any indication. I'm sad to admit that when I saw that photo, I was elated. So I guess evil people bring out the evil in mundane people, right? I've not ever hated anyone before Bush took office. After a couple years of that, I was easily corrupted. :(

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. He looks pretty bad in the video clip...

...and I've posted photos from recent public appearances in which he looks much worse than that HuffPo pic. He's basically wired up to this pump and living on borrowed time.

[liberalmuse]

3. I haven't seen it yet...

I guess the bottom line is, if he dies, he dies. And if I'm happy about it, it will be some time for some soul searching. He has no business even talking about President Obama. He's a criminal. Obama is not. In fact, President Obama is probably the best President in my lifetime, and I was born a little before Kennedy was assasinated.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. I was in the second grade when the principal came into our classroom...

...she pulled the teacher aside and whispered something in her ear. The teacher looked upset and told us "We are going to be sending you home early today. When you get home, your parents will tell you why."

Now, I have no idea how...as a second grader...I KNEW why we were being sent home, but as soon as I got there, I found out I was right.

If that's your era, you grew up...as I did...with the three networks, and that was it. What we knew about Vietnam was what ABC, NBC and CBS...by way of the government...wanted us to know. There was no DU, no bloggers, no Internet, no WikiLeaks...just Huntley & Brinkley and Walter Cronkite and the evening news.

Everything perpetrated by Bush-Cheney occurred, defiantly, under the cold white light of intense public scrutiny. The more that was revealed, the more they took steps to strip away our basic rights. And now, Cheney is attempting to take a victory lap over what he sees as an admission on Obama's part that he and Bush were right all along.

It's like putting your ear to the ground and HEARING the Karma Train barrel-assing down the track. Cheney's just like Palin. Even though he refused to comment specifically on her or her qualifications, he must have gotten quite a chuckle out of her recent "fuck you, I'm not going to shut up or go away" pout-fest.

[spanone]

4. cheney is waiting to see what kind of power palin accrues ...hedging his bets