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Submitted by JOHN LEWIS-DICKERSON, Apr 11, 2007 17:13

Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney: Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Lorraine Dickey. His father was a soil conservation agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has a brother and a sister. He attended Yale University but transferred to the University of Wyoming where he earned both a B.A. and M.A. in political science. He embarked on doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin but did not graduate.... Under President Gerald Ford, Cheney worked as Assistant to the President. Rumsfeld first oversaw Ford's White House "transition team" and then later became Ford's Chief of Staff. In what was later termed by political insiders as the "Halloween Massacre", Cheney and Rumsfeld began consolidating political power by replacing or re-assigning high-ranking government officials. An article in Rolling Stone later summed up the changes as, "Having turned Ford into their instrument, Rumsfeld and Cheney staged a palace coup."......With Democrats returning to the White House in January 1993, Cheney left the Department of Defense and joined the American Enterprise Institute. In 1997, he, along with Donald Rumsfeld and others, founded the "Project for the New American Century," a think tank whose self-stated goal is to "promote American global leadership through military strength." He was also part of the board of advisers of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) before becoming Vice President. From 1995 until 2000, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton. Under Cheney's tenure, the number of Halliburton subsidiaries in offshore tax havens increased from 9 to 44....In 1998,Halliburton merged with its main rival,Dresser Industries. Dick Cheney negotiated the US$7.7 billion deal, reportedly having done so during a weekend of quail-hunting. In 2001, Halliburton was forced to settle the asbestos lawsuits that it acquired as a result of purchasing Dresser, causing the company's stock price to fall by eighty percent in just over a year.

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all the administration has received from the general public is slander and nay saying but what we have here is... [MORE]	dustin rogers	Sep 9, 2007 22:56
The best canidate for president is colin powell.Someone of influence needs to talk him into it. [MORE]	rc smith	Jun 28, 2007 22:38
Probaby the DNC would help finance it. Hell, I'd make a personal contribution. You people are seriously out to lunch. [MORE]	Mark C	Apr 26, 2007 11:29
He only got a warm reception in Alabama? [MORE]	Boris	Apr 26, 2007 09:26
Cheney for president? That is the same as the Republican party raising the white flag. To run Cheney is to... [MORE]	James White	Apr 25, 2007 16:48
He's done such an amazing job with foreign policy so far, he should help Iraq apply his brand of democracy... [MORE]	Steve Hansell	Apr 8, 2007 20:03
Keep pushing for it. Signed, A Liberal. [MORE]	Dr Zen	Apr 7, 2007 22:24
April fools...right? [MORE]	Condo	Apr 7, 2007 19:53
Bravo. The Onion could not have said it better. [MORE]	Jason	Apr 7, 2007 12:14
With Cheney around anyone looking like birdlife is in serious peril! [MORE]	Michael Price	Apr 7, 2007 10:50
He is by far the most well equipped active statesman in the country. [MORE]	Frank Miller	Apr 7, 2007 06:40
er - excuse me - how about a little reality here?Like the incredible COSTS of this little war thingy, for... [MORE]	LimaBN	Apr 7, 2007 05:06
I can't stand it...it doesn't get any more hiliarios than this. Everybody here thinks it is a joke except for... [MORE]	goldhorder	Apr 6, 2007 23:41
I heard about this, but I thought someone was pulling my leg. But here it is in black and white! I've... [MORE]	Mickey Nardo	Apr 6, 2007 17:40
Seriously folks, America is in some pretty deep intellectual doo-doo if people actually believe that Dick would make a good... [MORE]	Greg	Apr 6, 2007 00:02
wake up... Cheney's approval rating is 18%. I agree with a previous poster: how much more out of touch could... [MORE]	Jim Jankowitz	Apr 5, 2007 21:23
Please please please oh yes please let Cheney run. A Democrat [MORE]	Paul	Apr 5, 2007 19:16
Yup. Really do love your arts section. [MORE]	gray nixon	Apr 5, 2007 15:44
pretty please. pretty please with sugar on top. This would be a primary campaign that I would contribute to. BTW, I'm a liberal... [MORE]	wendell	Apr 5, 2007 15:28
If Dick ran for President and won, it would be 100 times worse for any politcal opponent to get his... [MORE]	Anthony McArthur	Apr 5, 2007 14:26
It's April Fourth, not April First! If you are going to compete on The Onion's home turf, either do it... [MORE]	spike	Apr 5, 2007 14:22
I guess the idea of a Cheney run makes a certain kind of perverse sense. I mean, if you look... [MORE]	sglover	Apr 5, 2007 13:36
Seriously? 'Cos April Fools Day has come and gone. [MORE]	Bob	Apr 5, 2007 13:27
There can be no more appropriate candidate than Bre'r Cheney. Please, throw him into that briar patch. Of course, as a... [MORE]	Bre'r Rabbit	Apr 5, 2007 13:08
You've got to be kidding. [MORE]	whaevr	Apr 6, 2007 02:12
If mr Cheney told me the world is round I would want a second opinion [MORE]	Tom Wright	Apr 5, 2007 12:47
Impressive in its absurdity. [MORE]	RTS	Apr 5, 2007 11:45
Has your paper been taken over by the Onion, as asserted above, or is this just a sick April Fool's... [MORE]	Bob	Apr 5, 2007 13:01
Someone get this newspaper a copy editor, or a grown up. Do you mean "by our lights"? [MORE]	literate reader	Apr 5, 2007 11:19
coz we all know that the religious right will vote for a man with an openly lesbian daughter with an... [MORE]	reginald perrin	Apr 5, 2007 11:18
You know, I'm almost sorry I declined the several offers of free trial subscriptions that the Sun has been desperately... [MORE]	Glenn	Apr 5, 2007 11:04
Please, Lord, grant us this wish. By us, of course, I mean the Democratic Party. Kucinich could beat Cheney at... [MORE]	tequila	Apr 5, 2007 09:47
This would work as well as Mondale and Ferraro. I wholeheartedly support this team! [MORE]	Gary Brubaker	Apr 5, 2007 11:25
I thought I was reading a satire. I can't believe the writer was serious. Cheney has polls in the toilet! [MORE]	M. Stratas	Apr 5, 2007 11:51
1. Mr. Cheney is the best qualified person to follow President G.Bush's fight for freedom against the Islamist radicals and... [MORE]	leah goldman	Apr 5, 2007 13:15
I would vote for him myself. But, I don't see his name on the presidential ballot. So, isn't this whole... [MORE]	Billy	Jan 24, 2008 20:45
ya i'm pretty sure if cheney DID get into office, then the world really would end in 2012. But I... [MORE]	Mitchell	Apr 5, 2007 07:57
Okay, now I understand - you guys are secretly liberal Democrats who will say anything to elect Hilary or Obama... [MORE]	BobR	Apr 5, 2007 07:01
I WOULD VOTE FOR MR. CHENEY IN A HEARTBEAT. NO OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OR COURAGE OF MR. CHENEY. [MORE]	Robert Kisner	Apr 5, 2007 02:23
I've got to read this paper more often. [MORE]	aleks	Apr 5, 2007 01:16
The Democrats are in the last throes. Cheney's just the guy to finish them off. [MORE]	DaBunny	Apr 5, 2007 00:49
Add Alan Keyes to the ticket for V.P., and they'll be a cinch for victory in '08. P.S. The comments on... [MORE]	Cheney/Keyes	Apr 5, 2007 00:21
Heaven forbid! [MORE]	Jackie	Apr 5, 2007 00:14
I presume this is a ruse, as no-one in their right mind would suggest a man with an approval rate... [MORE]	BC	Apr 4, 2007 22:23
intentional provocation or complete idiocy? a cheney run would be a gift to the democrats and the republicans would be... [MORE]	g. prentice	Apr 4, 2007 21:36
Either you are not aware of what this man has done or you approve of it. If the first, you... [MORE]	David Sharpe	Apr 4, 2007 20:27
Smilin' Dick for GOP nominee ! The only question would be whether he'd declare martial law before or after the... [MORE]	BIFF	Apr 4, 2007 20:14
You've lost all credibility quoting Kathryn Jean Lopez ! [MORE]	queek	Apr 5, 2007 14:50
For the first time in my life, last November I voted a straight Democratic party line. The Bush maladministration drove... [MORE]	C. Ronson	Apr 4, 2007 19:03
He really would be the "Ideal" GOP candidate! ;-) [MORE]	IdahoMoe	Apr 4, 2007 20:00
Surely you jest! Could the Democrats hope for a better opposition candidate? His Iraqi prognostications would fill the airways. [MORE]	John Vos	Apr 4, 2007 18:51
O please, please, make it so! Cheney '08: God's gift to the Democratic party. [MORE]	John Casey	Apr 4, 2007 17:58
Leaving aside the fact that this piece is written at a 9th grade level and seems to completely miss just... [MORE]	Sid	Apr 4, 2007 16:43
Thanks for reenforcing the wisdom of my decision not to take the NY Sun up on its complimentary subscription offer.... [MORE]	UpperEastSider	Apr 4, 2007 16:40
Please! If you're reading this, Mr. Cheney, please consider running! Please! Many of us think it would be a wonderful... [MORE]	duus	Apr 5, 2007 14:58
I can see it now, the Dick Cheney- Darth Vader ticket. Send your contributions to the Death Star. [MORE]	Gary Berkowitz	Apr 4, 2007 16:18
I would love to see Vice President Cheney and Sec. Rice debate Hillary and Obama. No doubt a Cheney and Rice... [MORE]	Cynthia Horne	Apr 4, 2007 15:59
I hope to see him in white house again [MORE]	ab	Apr 4, 2007 15:59
But, then, I'm a Democrat. [MORE]	Nitpicker	Apr 4, 2007 15:53
I'm begging you, whatever it is that you're smoking, share with the rest of us! [MORE]	Billy Twohorses	Apr 4, 2007 15:53
Seriously, that would give a big wake up call to conservatives and have the right person waiting in the wings... [MORE]	Robert Black	Apr 4, 2007 15:52
what about the feisty Lynne Cheney for Prez or VP??? [MORE]	michael deberry	Apr 4, 2007 15:44
Lynne Ann Vincent Cheney: A descendant of Mormon pioneers with roots in Denmark, England, Ireland, and Wales, Lynne Ann Vincent... [MORE]	JOHN LEWIS-DICKERSON	Apr 11, 2007 16:34
Editor: I more or less, read the Sun on-line just about everyday, and have found the editorials well written and consise,... [MORE]	bobby taylor	Apr 4, 2007 14:55
Hey, you forgot to provide the link to The Onion where this editorial first appeared. [MORE]	Not another stupid republican	Apr 4, 2007 13:38
The editorial was hilarious, but lost much of its impact being published three days too late. [MORE]	Betty	Apr 4, 2007 13:33
Thanks for the article, it is a shame that it is a not more common paradigm. [MORE]	wv tony	Apr 4, 2007 12:31
The thought of a Cheney presidency would give Osama a heart attack! Imagine a kinder, gentler Middle East. Hostage taking,... [MORE]	marie	Apr 4, 2007 12:07
Please... oh, please, please, PLEASE!! [MORE]	Hillary, Barack and John	Apr 4, 2007 11:39
I believe, as it where, that Dick Cheney is in the "last throes of its insurgency". [MORE]	Edgar B. Ross FAIA	Apr 4, 2007 11:06
Thank you, thank you for this richly comical editorial. It is difficult for informed citizens to grasp just how delusional... [MORE]	Duncan Basson	Apr 4, 2007 10:34
There is no elected politician with greater patriotism and capabilities to be President of the Unisted States than VP Richard... [MORE]	Joe Quinn	Apr 4, 2007 09:53
>>There is no elected politician with greater patriotism and capabilities to be President of the United States than VP... [MORE]	Gray	Apr 5, 2007 17:32
MIKE NIFONG WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN DICK OR LYNNE CHENEY! [MORE]	JOHN LEWIS-DICKERSON	Apr 11, 2007 17:18
John Bolton is my next choice. After him, Bernie Kerik. [MORE]	JQ	Apr 11, 2007 18:11
You want to guarantee a Democratic victory in 2008? That'd be the way to do it. [MORE]	gregdn	Apr 4, 2007 09:48
I couldn't help laughing at the Sun's editorial today about Cheney for President. His approval ratings are even lower than... [MORE]	Eric Van Denburg	Apr 4, 2007 09:40
I guess since the Sun doesn't publish on Sunday, you decided to print your April Fool's editorial today. I;m sure... [MORE]	Jerry Skurnik	Apr 4, 2007 09:14
Having had Dick Cheney as my Representative in Congress for many years, and having had the privilege of conversing with... [MORE]	Curt Pendergraft	Apr 4, 2007 12:36
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney: Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Lorraine Dickey. His father...	JOHN LEWIS-DICKERSON	Apr 11, 2007 17:13
He'd have my vote instantly. His entry would send the balls on the pool table scurrying in every direction. He's... [MORE]	Jim J	Apr 4, 2007 09:02
Mr. Cheney certainly brings strength and credibility to the ticket while Condi as VP would counter Hillary's appeal to many... [MORE]	Paul Dammann	Apr 4, 2007 08:53
Our esteemed Vice President stands head and shoulders over the entire crop of candidates of all Parties and I am... [MORE]	Mark Jessup	Apr 4, 2007 08:39
Dick Cheney is the best & most experienced person for the job! [MORE]	MICHAEL	Apr 4, 2007 08:28
Cheney -who promoted sponsored the war in Iraq for the benefit of Halliburton-could not be elected for a dog catcher... [MORE]	naro	Apr 4, 2007 08:00

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