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I saw the creep on the television this past Wednesday. He looked like some villain in a low-grade horror film. In the photo displayed on the television screen, he looked as if he were chewing on human bones from a fresh kill. Or grinding his teeth in a seething rage. Cheney was complaining that in his opinion, the way President Obama is running the country makes it highly susceptible to a massive terrorist attack. Of course, I must recall, it was his opinion that provoked the War in Iraq, the severe loss of American prestige around the world, and I am certain, led to the absolute collapse of the economy. The man has shown himself to be undependable, at best, and dangerous at worst.

But worse, the appeal to fear and paranoia as a means of manipulating public opinion smacks of demagoguery (of course, what else to expect of this demagogue!), and a malicious glee in destruction. I cannot speak to what the Bush administration did to protect the safety of the American public, but I do know that what they did in this single endeavor regarding terrorism may have been more dangerous in the longer run than any imagined terrorist threat their machinations prevented. That is, the horrors the Bush/Cheney administration perpetrated have made the world more dangerous than anything they accomplished to prevent a singular attack.
And so the sinister, evil look on his face filled me with rage and disgust. I think the news media should be more conscientious than to give him a forum to spew his hate and fear. I think the news media have better stories to tell than his contemptible fear-mongering.

Seeing his face ruined my day.