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Tom Brokaw, on Dick Cheney’s arrival at the Inauguration in a wheelchair:
” …. what someone described as Mr. Cheney’s Dr. Strangelove moment.”
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Mohandas Gandhi, when asked by a British journlist what he thought of Western civilization:
“I think it would be a good idea.”
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- John Maynard Keynes
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Weird. As the cameras showed Wheelchair Cheney arriving at the ceremony, I sent Andrew Sullivan and email (he was live blogging and I thought he could use it) “Wow, Cheney is very Dr. Strangelove-ish”. Guess that meme was coming up all over the place!
Comment by Mark — January 20, 2009 @ 8:45 pm
You may have been the originator. Brokaw didn’t say where he got it — which is exactly what he’s done all the other times he’s scarfed up your material.
Comment by Al — January 21, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
I was at the Inauguration, one of the lucky ones who actually make it into our ticketed area and as soon as they rolled Cheney in, the “Dr. Strangelove” comments began in our sector.
Could any of us imagined a more fitting end visual for the Dick?
Comment by Mrs D. — January 22, 2009 @ 11:50 am
It’s perfect. Keith Olbermann said Cheney hurt his back trying to move his man-sized safe.
Comment by Al — January 22, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
Dick Cheney in a wheelchair is sort of like Jesse Helms dying. Why couldn’t it have happened when it would have done someone some good?
Comment by Steve Alber — February 13, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
Maybe it’s just a prop he’s using to generate sympathy for his war-crimes trial.
Comment by Al — February 13, 2009 @ 10:09 pm