Former Vice President Dick Cheney was eulogized on Tuesday by his running mate, former President George W. Bush, as a “calm and steady presence” and “among the finest public servants of his generation.”
Cheney built long lists of both admirers and adversaries during his years in politics, a career that went from him growling at reporters to stop calling him a “moderate” to endorsing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
The Washington Post on Tuesday remembered Cheney peevishly telling an aide to “call the Post and tell them I’m a conservative” after the paper described him as a “moderate” during his days as a congressman from Wyoming. Cheney, and later his daughter Liz, have been very insistent upon describing themselves as the metaphysical center of conservatism.
“Calm” is the word most oft
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