Cheney's faulty reasoning

Many people I hear talking about Cheney think he is just another lying Bushite.

I have come to the conclusion that it is far worse than that. He is insane; a deeply pathological, paranoid man who should be nowhere near the halls of power in this country.

Is there a psychiatrist in the house?

Cheney's faulty reasoning - The Boston Globe:

"GIVE DICK CHENEY CREDIT.

The man doesn't give up on arguments easily -- even when the evidence has made them unsupportable and even offensive.

Cheney continued suggesting that Iraq was behind the 9/11 attacks long after the rest of the Bush administration gave that up. Last week, he did something similar, reiterating in an interview his certainty that the war in Iraq is, in part responsible, for the fact that we haven't been hit again in nearly five years. That's no accident. The fact is, we've taken the battle to the enemy. That's been the key to the safety and security of the American people these last few years, and we need to continue to do it.'

This is not just post-Zarqawi giddiness: Cheney has an eye on public opinion and knows that this myth has legs. As pollster Celinda Lake pointed out in the Washington Post last week, voters respond positively to the claim ``We'll either fight terrorists there or we'll fight them here.' This is likely to be a central part of the Republican defense of the war in mid-term electioneering.

So consider some reasons why this argument deserves a stake in the heart." (Read On ^)