Maureen Dowd calls Dick Cheney the ‘new rogue diva of doom’
May 14, 2009 at 8:26 am by Ben Luongo
Has anyone else noticed that Dick Cheney just won’t go away? Maureen Dowd of The New York Times has. Her take on Cheney as the new “Rogue Diva of Doom” after the jump.
In Dowd’s latest she writes:
Cheney has replaced Sarah Palin as Rogue Diva. Just as Jeb Bush and other Republicans are getting kinder and gentler, Cheney has popped out of his dungeon, scary organ music blaring, to carry on his nasty campaign of fear and loathing.
Read the rest of the article here.
This comes after Cheney appeared in an interview with CBS’ Bob Schieffer on Sunday still declaring the effectiveness and rightness of torture.
Cheney could very well be hurting the republican party rather than helping it. The GOP has been searching for a leader but instead has found nothing but prima donnas starting with Sarah Palin. During the McCain/Palin campaign, Joe the Plumber emerged as the Republican populist hero. Lately Rush Limbaugh has taken a leadership role for Republican purists. Just a week ago Ms. California stole the spotlight with her marriage protection activism. Now Cheney could be added to the lot of them as nothing but lost voices without a party to turn to.
One thing is for sure. Cheney isn’t going to provide strong leadership for the Republican Party because he doesn’t speak for the majority of conservatives. Leadership can only rise through the consensus of the Republican Party. SInce the party is rife with disagreement, and Cheney only exacerbates such disagreement, the party willl continue to struggle with its identity.
