{"id":1500,"date":"2009-12-21T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T03:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2009-12-21T19:32:10","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T03:32:10","slug":"dick-cheney-human-events-conservative-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1500","title":{"rendered":"Dick Cheney: Human Events’ Conservative Of The Year."},"content":{"rendered":"

Award season is in full swing, and the latest recipient of a year-end tribute is former Vice-President Dick Cheney. Human Events magazine has named Cheney “Conservative of the Year.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dick<\/p>\n

To be sure, this commendation lacks stature. After all, last year’s winner<\/a> was Sarah Palin. Chosen to pen Palin’s accolades was the professional conservative controversialist, Ann Coulter. In her attempt to praise Palin, Coulter wrote such back-handed compliments as…<\/p>\n

[1]<\/strong> Who cares if Palin was qualified to be President? [2]<\/strong> Palin was a kick in the pants, she energized conservatives, and she made liberal heads explode. [3]<\/strong> Perhaps Palin’s year is 2012, but I would recommend that she take a little more time to become older and wiser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pretty much the only positive thing Coulter could find to say about Palin was that she was a “genius at annoying all the right people.”<\/em> While annoying people is a subject that Coulter has some familiarity with, it still begs the question, with friends like Coulter, who needs enemas?<\/p>\n

Cheney fared little better with regard to the selection of his advocate. The honor of fluffing Cheney fell to former United Nations Ambassador, John Bolton. Bolton begins his plaudits by enumerating a list of things Cheney is NOT doing:<\/p>\n

He is not running for President or any other office. He has not formed a PAC or a D.C. lobbying firm. He is not dishing on former colleagues, not spreading gossip, not settling scores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those, however, all sound like things that last year’s honoree, Palin, IS doing, and about which Bolton apparently disapproves. It’s rather telling that Human Events had to settle for someone they admit is so completely out of the political limelight. It speaks to the absence of credible leaders warming up in the conservative bullpen. The rest of the article makes a case very similar to the one Coulter made for Palin. It is basically an argument that Cheney was an effective thorn in the new administration’s side. To conservatives, that is what constitutes qualification for a prestigious award. Not setting policy, or advancing ideas, or accumulating support, but by being a nuisance. Bolton does end on a positive note by summing up Cheney’s attributes as a loyal public servant, saying he is…<\/p>\n

“…a very experienced, very dedicated patriot, giving his fellow citizens his best analysis on how to keep them and their country safe.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not so sure that having Cheney’s “best analysis”<\/em> is particularly comforting. I mean, this is the guy under who’s watch the nation suffered its worst act of terrorism ever. It’s the guy who led America into an unnecessary war justified by lies. And it’s the guy who has consistently been the herald of doom and worse, a virtual advance man<\/a> for Al Qaeda. By repeatedly proclaiming his view that our country is less safe under President Obama, and therefore more vulnerable, Cheney and his cohorts are effectively inviting another terrorist attack. How does announcing to our enemies that he believes our nation is becoming weaker make us safer? Does he even care? Or is he just pasting a big bull’s eye on America and hoping for an “I told you so”<\/em> moment?<\/p>\n

In any case, I give you Richard Bruce Cheney – Human Events’ Conservative of the Year. I suppose it’s the best they could do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award season is in full swing, and the latest recipient of a year-end tribute is former Vice-President Dick Cheney. Human Events magazine has named Cheney “Conservative of the Year.” To be sure, this commendation lacks stature. After all, last year’s winner was Sarah Palin. 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