“Cheney as the face of our party is nothing short of a disaster—a grumpy old man with a gun.”
Grumpy old men with guns apparently strike a chord of fear in the ranks of the girly-men.
Nicholas Burns is the quintessential State Department 80 pound weakling. Accustomed to having sand kicked in his face, being taken to the woodshed and being humiliated by Cheney will not bother him in the least.
i would prefer a grumpy old man to a wuss metrosexual beta male any time. sic em dick.