Distant Cousins

by: DocJess

Tue Mar 24, 2009 at 11:00:00 AM EDT

The Hill is running an article today with the headline "Go back into hiding, GOP begs Dick Cheney". Love the title. Here's their lede:

Congressional Republicans are telling Dick Cheney to go back to his undisclosed location and leave them alone to rebuild the Republican Party without his input.

Here's what the Prince of Darkness said:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the Bush administration's economic record, the invasion of Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists, warning that reversing its anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans.

But here's what I like best:

"I fundamentally disagree with Dick Cheney -- not surprisingly. I think that Vice President Cheney has been at the head of a movement whose notion is somehow that we can't reconcile our core values, our Constitution, our belief that we don't torture, with our national security interests. I think he's drawing the wrong lesson from history."

That's from the most powerful man in the world, the President of these United States, Barack Obama, his distant cousin.  Makes you think about that whole nature vs. nurture discussion...