Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
By: Gellman, Barton
Short of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Dick Cheney does indeed have the mark of the beast (666) tattoed on his torso, Barton Gelman lays out an almost complete argument that Dick Cheney is the most evil being ever to take human form. Cheney never claimed to be a civil servant after all, instead, since his days as a Nixon staffer, Cheney has claimed power, as much and as quickly as possible, and then scurries off into the darkest recesses to wield it. What is most annoyinng is that Cheney has had great success at turning our democracy into a piratocracy. Gelman effectively points out all of the mis-deeds, from sanctionaing torture to undermining any environmental controls that he could get his hands on, to outright lying to people like Dick Armey in order to secure votes for the Iraq war. Gelman also points out that this ‘perfect storm’ of a weak and un-interested President, a fearful country, and a cabal of ruthless bucaneers is what has damaged our heritage the most. There is almost always somehting that intervenes between pure evil and potical success in American politics, but Cheney shrewdly outmaneuvers, hoodwinks and threatens everyone (including “W” and Codi And Colin Powell!)into handing over the poltical booty. Cheney is a pirate and he has brought this country to its collective knees. Gelman, to his credit, has written a fine book, much better balanced than this review.
Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer
