Republican Abandons Dick Cheney over “So?” Comment

March 23, 2008

The Facts

Mickey Edwards, retired Republican congressman from Oklahoma, has abandon defending Dick Cheney over Cheney’s “So?” comment. The one-word comment was made in response to Cheney being reminded that the majority of the public disapproved of the war in Iraq. At the time of the comment, Cheney was being interviewed by Martha Raddatz of ABC. Edwards said he had been defending Cheney for years even though he was increasingly frustrated by the Bush administration’s betrayal of the constitutional and conservative principles.

My View

Whether you believe in Iraqi war or not, you should be very upset & worried about this kind of arrogant attitude coming from the Vice-President of the United States; and it should not matter what political party you belong to or believe in. This kind of attitude just about says it all in describing the on-going arrogance of the current administration and their lack of concern about the American people. However, this is exactly what happens when leaders start to believe they are so powerful that nothing or no one can touch them. This administration has been aggressively defended by a small number of people, but the latter are so powerful that they carry an awful lot of convincing power, thus the reason so many ordinary people have been defending them and/or turning their heads.

In one of my post several months ago I mentioned that the fall of all great nations always begin with arrogant leaders who feel they are invincible and didn’t care what the people wanted or needed. No matter what the final blow was that felled the nation, it always begins with those leaders. I went on to ask why the people allowed this to happen, and one of the reasons I surmised was that the people has allowed themselves to become so blinded by loyalty they could not see the truth. I sometimes see this same kind of blind loyalty here in America.

Read the entire article by Mickey Edwards in the Washington Post.