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18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84

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18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who pushed for Iraq invasion, dies at 84
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Cheney, the 46th vice president, died of complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement Tuesday.
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    Another log for the fires of hell

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    84 years too late.

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    My family in east coast says local news station they watch was spamming this instead of putting up something about voting even though they’re literally voting today.

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    Took way too long

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    “I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

    –Abraham Lincoln

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      • Michael Scott
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      This appears to be almost a quote from Clarence Darrow which has been misattributed to multiple other historical figures over the years.

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      As per tradition, Rolling Stone’s article: ‘Dick Cheney, Iraq war architect and “War on Terror” mastermind, dead at 84’.

      From the producers of ‘Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies’ and ‘Henry Kissinger, Notorious War Criminal, Lauded By Media’.

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        He underwent a successful heart transplant in 2012.

        I’m an organ donor, but my ghost-self would be so mad if I died and my heart went to Dick fucking Cheney.

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    🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

    Don’t let the smouldering descent hit your ass on the way out!

    …now do the people actively destroying our country, please.

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    My day’s already off to a good start.

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      Seriously whatever else happens today this is a big win

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    He really deserves most of the blame for what happened under lil bush…

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      And quite a lot of the blame for setting up the republicans to embrace Trumpism.

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        Eh, he was a continuation of what Papa Bush did with Reagan…

        And that is almost exactly what Cheney did with Lil Bush, and Miller is doing with trump now.

        Whether or not Cheney was pulling the strings while Reagan was in office… I’m not sure, but I’d say it was ex-CIA director Papa Bush who came up with this scheme.

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    84 years late but we’ll take it I guess.

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    I like my Lemmy feed’s sense of timing 😁

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      Oh, I assumed both were posted after his death

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        Yeah, what I mean is that I saw the meme one before this one and that’s how I prefer it 😁

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    Is the guy he shot in the face still alive?

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      Nope

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        But he was sorry for getting shot in the face.

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