“Bush/Cheney was a big mistake.”
Nope, Cheney not Bush/Chenney was a mistake.
1. Cheney had to lie to be nominate and not forfeit the Texas electoral votes. So he quickly changed his voter registration to Wyoming from Texas.
2. He was too ill and too old to ever run for president so at the end of the Bush years, their was no one in line. So the rino John McCain was able to step into the vacuum and get the nomination.
3. His health meant that Cheney was always far less prepared than Palin to handle the job of president.
4. He was too inside the beltway then and now as his foolishness not well reasoned opinion on Palin shows.
When you ask someone to help you pick a VEEP or any other position, they are excluded. It is not at all unusual for the guy in charge to have a moment where he wants to pick the advisor vetting candidates. It is a natural human emotion to say, well what about you. A big person, a responsible friend and advisor says no, I have discovered these candidates that are better. Cheney was apparently too big an egotist and as his opinion on Palin shows too small an intellect to be a good friend and advisor to G.W.Bush at that moment and decline.
A nice collection of points nicely made!
An interesting perspective. Not sold, but I shall ponder it.