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I have nothing of substance to add to this workmanlike summary of Cheney's dark career. I just want to pass on to this generation the words of one of my dear friends, now deceased, who had risked a great deal to oppose the Vietnam conflict in her day. When Nixon died, she said to me, "Somebody better put a stake through that man's heart, because he'll be back". And now here is his imperial heir, stronger and more cunning than ever, wily enough to seek power just behind the throne. What I want to know is, which of his disciples will pick up the banner when he is gone. That's the one we need to watch.
