Cheney; contemptible

Dick Cheney is spewing again and reporters, for some reason, feel the need to record his contemptible utterances.

"I think if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we will do is validate the al-Qaida strategy," the vice president told ABC News. "The al-Qaida strategy is to break the will of the American people ... try to persuade us to throw in the towel and come home, and then they win because we quit."

In the interview, Cheney also said Britain's plans to withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq -- while the United States adds more troops -- was a positive step. "I look at it and see it is actually an affirmation that there are parts of Iraq where things are going pretty well," the vice president said.

Pelosi, at a news conference in San Francisco, said Cheney's criticism of Democrats was "beneath the dignity of the debate we're engaged in and a disservice to our men and women in uniform, whom we all support."

"And you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to call the president and tell him I disapprove of what the vice president said," Pelosi said. "It has no place in our debate." Bush had previously urged her to call him when a member of his administration stepped over the line by questioning Democrats' patriotism, she said.

So, she called, and guess what happened. Nothing. She couldn't reach him.

Of course, it's not as though Bush could have done anything about it, anyway. Cheney doesn't work for him. According to Cheney, he doesn't work for anybody. He's a power unto himself.

So I guess it doesn't matter that Cheney has been wrong about literally everything with regard to Iraq. He's the Unitary Vice President, and he must continue to be taken seriously, no matter how ludicrous and disgusting are his spewings.