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The Moral Supremacy of Cheney
Perhaps, the most overused photograph of the VP on the ‘net. Richard B. Cheney is the greatest Vice-President in modern American history. A cross between a Montgomery Burns and Rupert Murdoch, Vice-President Cheney has an exemplary record in public service.
Here is a shinning example of Cheney’s voting record according to Wikipedia:
“Among the many votes he cast during his tenure in the House, he voted in 1979 with the majority against making Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday a national holiday, and again voted with the majority in 1983 when the measure passed.
He voted against the creation of the U.S. Department of Education, citing his concern over budget deficits and expansion of the federal government. He also claimed the Department was an encroachment on states’ rights.
He also voted against funding Head Start. As a vice presidential candidate in 2000, he reversed his position.
In 1986, after President Reagan vetoed a bill to impose economic sanctions against South Africa for its official policy of apartheid, Cheney was one of 83 Representatives who voted against overriding the veto. In later years, Cheney articulated his opposition to “unilateral sanctions,” against many different countries, stating “they almost never work.” He also opposed unilateral sanctions against Communist Cuba, and later in his career he would support multilateral sanctions against Iraq. In 1986, Cheney, along with 145 Republicans and 31 Democrats, voted against a nonbinding Congressional resolution calling on the South African government to release Nelson Mandela from prison, after the majority Democrats defeated proposed amendments to the language that would have required Mandela to renounce violence sponsored by the ANC and requiring the ANC to oust the Communist faction from leadership. The resolution was defeated. Appearing on CNN during the Presidential campaign in 2000, Cheney addressed criticism for this, saying he opposed the resolution because the ANC “at the time was viewed as a terrorist organization and had a number of interests that were fundamentally inimical to the United States.”
Cheney also served as ranking minority member of the Congressional committee investigating Iran-Contra - a scandal involving members of the Reagan Administration who helped to illegally sell arms to Iran, and then used the proceeds to fund, also illegally, the Contras, a guerrilla militia in Nicaragua resisting the elected Sandinista government. In that role he supervised the production of a minority report which strongly rejected the majority finding that a “cabal of zealots” in the administration who had “disdain for the law” had violated the statute.
As a Wyoming Representative, he was also known for his vigorous advocacy of the state’s petroleum and coal businesses. The federal building in Casper, a regional center of the oil and coal business, was named the “Dick Cheney Federal Building.”
Need I say more? I mean come on. Martin Luther King Jr Day is a Marxist plot. Mandela is a Marxist Terrorist. Next maybe those smelly liberals will propose a President Robert Mugabe Day while they’re at it. Just another reason why we need Cheney in ‘08. I propose instead that we honour Ian Smith the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
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