Cheney as Elvis: He'll never leave the building

It doesn't really matter who Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain selects as his running mate. Democrats are already gearing up to compare him or her to Vice President Dick Cheney.

The reason: nothing works better to propel Democrats to the polls than the idea of four more years of Dick Cheney.

In a website called TheNextCheney, the Democratic National Committee quoted McCain as saying, in 2001, that if he'd been nominated instead of George W. Bush, he would have made the same veep decision. Or, as he told Cheney at the time, "With a little more luck, I might have been able to ask you to be my vice president." So, asked the DNC, "Who will be John McCain's second choice?"

From there, it's a catalog of choices -- all with a Cheney connection.

There's Tim Pawlenty, hand-picked by Cheney to be Minnesota's governor. Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, who changed his positions on immigration and Social Security reform to match Cheney's. Carly Fiorina, the former H-P chairman who wants to outsource jobs, just like Cheney does.

You get the idea.

Which makes us wonder whether Cheney has become a larger-than-life character who will loom over the political scene for decades, long after he leaves the building.

Like Elvis.

— Johanna Neuman

Photo credit: U.S. National Archives

Comments

[NinaK]

Oh my gosh!! Please do NOT compare Elvis to Cheney!! Elvis was and is loved today worldwide!! VP Cheney never had this kind of love and is seen as very unfaborable today. Come on, please do NOT compare the King of Rock and Roll to a sleazy poitician!!

[Chuck Glisson]

To; NinaK

Sorry to burst your bubble far as Elvis, but he was a SHILL for the GOP. He agreed to SPY on The Beatles(officially because he said that this new music comming from England was perverted, and a danger to American Society, in REALITY he was JEALOUS of the fact that The Beatles were making better music that was more relevent than the music Elvis was making), on behalf of the GOP. Later on, after the break-up of The Beatles, Nixon was concerned about the influence John Lennon was having with the anti war effort, and his activities to prevent the re-election of Nixon. Richard Nixon called on Elvis, and NEOCON and TRAITOR to RocknRoll Elvis Presley came to the aid of Nixon.

So That is the facts NinaK, ELVIS WAS A FINK!