EVERLONG
...how in the fuck do you know what kind of person Cheney is in his home life? 90% of the derogatory comments made here are pure speculation and opinion. None of you know what kind of guy Cheney is in person and your hatred for all things right disqualifies your statements because your ideas of those on the right are tainted by that hatred.
You do have some valid points which are most likely true. Cheney is probably a nice and congenial guy in person and Cheney has served our country for 40 years. I also hear he has always been extremely loyal to his friends.
I also believe Cheney got his job as VP not so much because he wanted it just for himself, but because nominated himself as VP as a favor to Daddy Bush. Cheney and George H.W. Bush were close friends for 20 years and Daddy Bush, knowing how inept his son GWB was and still is, rightfully figured GWB needed all the help and advice he could get, so trusting Cheney, I believe George H.W. Bush probably had a lot to do with the decision to making Cheney VP.
From different articles I've read, Cheney was not always like he was when serving as VP under Bush. Many of Cheney's friends and collegues say he has changed, but not for the better. Many have said they no longer recognized the "old Cheney" they used to know.
Cheney himself in interviews has admitted he changed and he says it's been since 9-11 happened. As the saying goes, "These are the times that try men's souls" and who knows what a profound affect it had on Cheney as a person.
That said, though, you can't blame the majority of the American people for the deep resentment they harbor towards Cheney. He was the prime motivator for our going into the despised war in Iraq, his company made out handsomely from war profiteering, and the combined attitudes of both he and G.W. Bush was usually a condescending smirk and remark whenever addressing the real concerns had by many Americans.
I'm sure Cheney was a good husband (I never really heard any scandal about him) and a loving father. But we who do not know him personally can only judge him by what we have seen from the outside over these last 8 years and, to most of us, it appeared that Cheney just didn't give a damn about any of us. Sorry, but them's the facts.