Could it be that the usually reclusive Mr. Cheney is gearing up for a run in '08?

This travesty of journalism--or whatever it is supposed to be--does not warrant mention. Is some local reporter should be asking the hard questions that the national press is reluctant to ask?

My dander is not up.

Of course the questions were easy. Why do you think he did the interview?

His staff and advisors may have told him he has to get more media exposure, but nobody said it would have to be challenging. So they picked a place where he'd get softball questions. Quel surprise.

Was one of the questions: How did you manage to avoid the draft and Vietnam, which baton did Lynne twirl? I doubt that it came up, afterall they both are on hometurf in Wisconsin.

I'm surprised that people didn't know about Lynne Cheney's career as a baton twirler. In fact, she entered competitions....if the books written about it are true, that is. And what did Dick do? He stood by on the sidelines and handed her new batons, retrieved old ones, and cleaned up messes. Not unlike what he does nowadays with George Bush, come to think of it. Cheney is and has always been a "behind the scenes" kind of guy.

Unfortunately, I didn't read the other comments before posting mine. But as to why the Cheneys granted an interview, I'm also surprised that folks don't know Lynne Cheney has a HUGE ego. Don't people remember the 9/11 story of the military person in the bunker under the White House reporting to Richard Clarke that he was unable to keep track of what was happening in the Situation Room because Mrs. Cheney kept changing the channel to CNN? Come to think of it, that pretty much tells how seriously the Cheneys took the whole 9/11 thing, doesn't it?

Lynne Cheney has spent a lifetime trying to grab the limelight. It started with her competitive baton twirling, moved on to writing bad books, then to her right-wing radio show, and now she travels all over with Dick and makes sure she's right there in the camera's view. If ANYONE were going to make a bid for the White House, it would be Lynne---not behind-the-scenes Dick!

Pipe yards, a smelly refinery, heavy equipment dealerships, dirt and dust everywhere, Holiday Inn weekend karaoke, a bunch of redneck bars, white-trash hags with black eyes and missing teeth, trailer parks, sand lots, five hundred convenience stores, all night truck stops on I-25 serving deadly grease, billboards warning Jesus is going to get you if you don't straighten out, tumbleweeds, a wind that never drops below 20 m.p.h., faggots-niggers-and-Jews-don't-let-the-sun-set-on-you-here unwelcome mats on every church marquee, muddy pickup trucks with Bush stickers and American flags, all this, and it's just a short drive up from Chugwater, Wyo.

If you are a Bush/Cheney fan, what's not to like about Casper, Wyoming?

Thank you Salon for giving a link for this captivating interview.

I would have been extremely sad to have missed that most important part of Mr. & Mrs. Cheney's life, a.k. the vice-President and his sweetheart.

How delightful.