Cheney Still Doesn't Get It

(Vice) President Cheney did not receive a phone call from his daughter on the Ellen show. That was the other President. Instead, Cheney was giving an interview to Politico in which he had some harsh words about Democrats and some positive words about the future of the Iraq. Most surprising about the interview was his rosy predictions about the outcome in Iraq. He claimed that by the time he leaves office in January 2009,

"we [will have] in fact achieved our objective in terms of having a self-governing Iraq that's capable for the most part of defending themselves, a democracy in the heart of the Middle East, a nation that will be a positive force in influencing the world around it in the future."

What? Really? I sure hope so, but it seems like this is a statement Cheney would have made in December 2003, not December 2007 given the facts (and violence) on the ground in Iraq. For being such an intelligent and well-read person - apparently he's currently reading David Halberstam's The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War - the man is just out of touch with reality. Maybe he's watching too much daytime TV.

To read the full interview, click here http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7234.html