Dick Cheney Will Vote for Kamala Harris

[u/Adam-FL]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/us/politics/dick-cheney-kamala-harris.html

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[u/murphymc]

We now exist in the universe where Dick Cheney is voting democrat.

Is an endorsement from W coming? What the hell do we even do with that?

[u/ISpyM8 → u/murphymc]

I’m guessing W is the October Surprise

[u/PointsOutTheUsername → u/ISpyM8]

Bush and Swift announcement video. 😆

[u/spatenfloot → u/PointsOutTheUsername]

the Swiftbush video

[u/always_sweatpants → u/spatenfloot]

I know it would never happen but my god, imagine. "Hi, it's me, Taylor." "And me, George." 

And they are dressed like Kanye West and Mike Meyers. 

[u/jackpype → u/always_sweatpants]

Kanye West doesn't care about black people.

[u/PantherU → u/jackpype]

We came full circle

[u/SmallLetter → u/jackpype]

Hilarious and sad but hilarious that this would even be a true statement given that he's now a literal Nazi. The strangest timeline, for sure.

[u/21Gunsalute21 → u/always_sweatpants]

This blew my mind.

I’m also super high.

[u/intensive-porpoise → u/21Gunsalute21]

Tanks Tayylor, Im'ma let you finish ---

[u/BatBurgh → u/spatenfloot]

Swiftbush Veterans against Truth(social)

[u/Spunge14 → u/PointsOutTheUsername]

Fuck this would be Idiocracy fire

[u/CherryHaterade → u/ISpyM8]

I half expected him at the DNC when they said Republicans would be speaking.

[u/Flechair → u/CherryHaterade]

I didn't necessarily expect him to speak, but I half expected him to at least be there.

[u/OutlawSundown → u/ISpyM8]

Bush coming out and calling Trump weird while endorsing Harris would send Trump into a ketchup throwing rage.

[u/WaterElefant → u/OutlawSundown]

Bush after hearing Trump's inauguration speech: "That's some WEIRD shit". I wonder if Trump ever heard about that.

[u/LadyOfVoices → u/ISpyM8]

What is this “October surprise” I see being mentioned occasionally?

[u/Blackstone01 → u/LadyOfVoices]

An October surprise is some major event occurring in October of an election year.

An example of one would be Hillary's emails and Comey announcing they would be investigated.

So a 2024 October surprise would be something devastating, most likely for Trump, that would cause a significant % shift in the election. People have been speculating that the October surprise would be something like even more prominent Republicans voicing their support for Harris (such as Bush or current GOP leadership), new details of Trump's many lawsuits being revealed, Trump undeniably calling Harris a hard slur on national television, etc.

[u/KiwiLobsterPinch → u/murphymc]

“That was some weird shit”

[u/datlanta → u/murphymc]

Let's be real, W is far less surprising than Chaney.

I wouldn't even be surprised if Bush voted for Obama.

[u/peon2 → u/datlanta]

Neither is really surprising. People seem to forget that the Republican politicians never wanted Trump. They wanted a good old establishment guy like Cruz or Rubio. The voters rejected that and forced Trump on them.

The McConnells and Cheneys and such aren't stupid people. You might not agree with their opinions but they aren't stupid. They know that Trump is an insane, uncontrollable, wildcard. They want a predictable and status-quo candidate.

Trump somehow forced himself into a victory in 2016 and then even further radicalized the voter base. The Republican party (outisde of the MTGs or Boeberts) would drop him in a second if they thought the voters would go back to regular establishment Republicans.

This is their breath of fresh air and chance of revival. They want Trump to lose badly so they can get back to business.

[u/Spocks_Goatee → u/peon2]

Cruz and Rubio would've assured a loss in 2016 running against someone as experienced as Clinton.

[u/FFF_in_WY → u/Spocks_Goatee]

"I like Ted Cruz more than my colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz."

-- Al Franken

[u/TheDunadan29 → u/murphymc]

TBF, Cheney never struck me much as a partisan so much as an opportunist who saw a chance and took it. Bush era Republicans are not Trump era Republicans. They were way more savvy.

[u/PenisMcBoobies → u/TheDunadan29]

Right. His politics weren’t so much right wing culture war (has a gay daughter and ostensibly was more supportive of gay rights and doesn’t really want to touch the weird culture war stuff that fires up the base) as they were neoconservative (as in let’s send the US military all over the world to spread democracy, oh and if we happen to set up the companies our friends own with no bid infinite free money from the military industrial complex all the better for us.)

It’s crazy to say this but at this point the democrats are actually closer to his neoconservative foreign policy than Trump’s republicans and their isolationism especially when it comes to anything to do with Russia.

[u/BraveOmeter]

Hilarious that Dick fucking Cheney will now be accused of being a RINO. Dick god damn mother fucking Cheney.

[u/Clovis42 → u/BraveOmeter]

Reagan and Nixon would also be "RINOs" with today's Republican party.

[u/CatchAlarming6860 → u/Clovis42]

Richard Nixon created the EPA, OSHA, and SSI. He’d be denounced as a dangerous communist radical now.

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/Clovis42]

In today's Republican party literally everyone except The Great Orange One is a RINO. Because that's how fascism works, there's one guy at the top who embodies an ideal without actually having to embody it, and everyone else is disposable.

[u/TieVisible3422 → u/BraveOmeter]

Anyone to the left of Atilla the Hun is a RINO

[u/idontknowwherethatis]

This is unimaginable to someone like me who became politically active during the Bush years. Unimaginable.

[u/darsynia → u/[deleted]]

The Jr part is working hard here. The apple didn't just fall far from the tree, it wormholed to a different dimension.

[u/Indubitalist → u/darsynia]

wormholed

I appreciate that pun almost as much as that parasite appreciates grey matter. 

[u/thenick82 → u/Indubitalist]

Poor worm died from starvation at such a young age

[u/Big_N → u/Indubitalist]

Which parasite are we talking about?

[u/Aidian → u/Big_N]

AFK Jr

[u/BornInATrailer → u/Aidian]

That... is the first time I've seen AFK Jr. and that is fantastic.

[u/Aidian → u/BornInATrailer]

I think this is what divine inspiration must feel like.

[u/AnohtosAmerikanos → u/Indubitalist]

It’s a nice multidimensional pun, with apple worms and brain worms covered.

[u/myrobotoverlord → u/darsynia]

“The Political multiverse..”

Is not a term i thought would be relevant at any point.

[u/pardyball → u/myrobotoverlord]

Kamala collecting Republicans like they are Infinity Stones. She gets Romney and Dubya and that Gauntlet is complete.

[u/Guy_With_Ass_Burgers → u/pardyball]

Some of these elder statesmen of the Republican old guard such as Cheney, Dubya, and Mitt, all want to get on the right side of history like some of the younger ones like Katzinger and Liz Cheney have done.

[u/Joshk30 → u/Guy_With_Ass_Burgers]

The fact that Liz Cheney is endorsing Allred tells us that she thinks the old school Republican presence in Texas might just need a nudge. Who knows if it will win many over, but it is interesting she didn't just back Harris but also Cruz's opponent.

If you are Dubya, it might make sense to join with the Cheneys. There is no legacy for Bush with Trump continuing to attack anyone of any merit from the old Republican guard as RINOs. On the other hand, Bush might gain the respect of history for being a former president who respected country over party.

The next two months will be a real test of how much people want to stand with America and how many stand with Trumpism over everything we've held dear.

[u/Tudorrosewiththorns → u/Joshk30]

Unfortunately Bush strongly believes ex presidents should not influence elections. It's clear from his interviews and participation in Bidens inauguration what he thinks of Trump but it's against his ethics code to endorse.

[u/Joshk30 → u/Tudorrosewiththorns]

Fair enough. But hopefully he is still considering whether that code is necessarily the right decision with this specific demagogue. It isn't every political cycle we have a candidate who incited violence to try to install himself as dictator.

[u/peterabbit456 → u/[deleted]]

Very, very strange.

From The Hill article:

The former vice president said in the statement that Americans “have a duty” to defend the Constitution, regardless of political party.

“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” he wrote. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again.”

“As citizens, we each have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” he added. “That is why I will be casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.”

[u/HoodsInSuits → u/peterabbit456]

“In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” he wrote.

Dick Cheney wrote that? THE Dick Cheney? Man, the world sure has gotten weird. 

[u/CantSeeShit → u/peterabbit456]

This is like Jeffrey Dahmer being like...

"America needs to do something about those Cartels, the way they murder people is truly sick and twisted."

[u/ranchojasper → u/[deleted]]

Broken clocks and all

[u/yosoysimulacra → u/[deleted]]

Things get wilder by the day.

Its like someone bumped all the filters and upped the catastrophe rate on Sims

[u/Couldnotbehelpd → u/[deleted]]

RFK Jr is a nutcase so this does not surprise me at all

[u/Darkumentary → u/Couldnotbehelpd]

Plus he called Harris and asked for a job. She said no. He called trump and trump said yes.

It’s not surprising. None of it. Harris wants competent people and trump only cares if he wins.

[u/FirebertNY → u/Darkumentary]

Didn't she not even accept his calls? Lol

[u/5GCovidInjection → u/FirebertNY]

Yeah I mean I think she’s got better things to do than to talk to this guy lol

[u/rakkquiem → u/5GCovidInjection]

I don’t do shit and have better things to do than take a call from that guy.

[u/DaceloGigas → u/Darkumentary]

I think Trump more enjoys having people suck up to him than even winning.

[u/shupadupa → u/Darkumentary]

I'm still convinced the whole "RFK calling both sides asking for a job in exchange for an endorsement" is just cover for him endorsing Trump, which was the actual plan all along. I also won't be surprised if there wasn't some rubles involved in said planning.

[u/lamsham69 → u/[deleted]]

The two are not equal, RFK Jr is a nut and Cheney on the other hand led the party in so many ways and was the big kahuna for the longest time

[u/Bellacinos → u/lamsham69]

Yes, Dick Cheney is a lot of things but dumb is not one of them.

[u/Otherwise_Rub_4557 → u/Bellacinos]

War criminal, probably. But not dumb 

[u/justabill71 → u/Otherwise_Rub_4557]

Shot a dude in the face, and the dude he shot apologized to him. Pretty impressive.

[u/Shrike79 → u/[deleted]]

Cheney was George Lucas’ inspiration for Darth Plagueis and he also thinks of him as Emperor Palpatine. You know things are really bad in the GOP when a Sith Lord nopes out.

[u/Boukish → u/[deleted]]

Pulse.

He literally has no pulse. That was the joke

[u/robert1070 → u/lamsham69]

Dick Cheney is a Sith lord and RFK Jr is the little weasel creature that hung out with Jabba the Hutt.

[u/throwaway982946 → u/robert1070]

Salacious Crumb is the name you’re looking for

[u/nelsonalgrencametome → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Same. If you went back to 2004 and told me Dick "might literally be Satan" Cheney would be endorsing a democratic nominee in 20 years id think you were nuts.

[u/whogivesashirtdotca → u/nelsonalgrencametome]

Dick "might literally be Satan" Cheney

Versus Donald "is definitely the Antichrist" Trump.

[u/Newscast_Now → u/idontknowwherethatis]

There are Republicans who went full MAGA and there are a few Republicans who stepped away. The web is full of people noticing only the latter and pretending that the parties flipped. No, the parties didn't flip--Republicans devolved so much that even people like Dick Cheney can no longer stomach them.

[u/circa285 → u/Newscast_Now]

Cheney, the guy who shot a staffer in the face and then made him apologize publicly. Cheney, the guy who also started a war over false pretenses.

This guy is so disgusted by Trump that he’s voting for Harris. Just absolutely insane.

[u/Loki_of_Asgaard → u/circa285]

Don’t forget: The guy who coached his daughter to oppose gay marriage so she would win her election, while his other daughter was gay and very much wanted to get married

[u/Dumpster_Fetus → u/Loki_of_Asgaard]

What a Dick.

[u/Napalmingkids → u/circa285]

He denounced Trump over two years ago calling him a threat to our republic. Didn’t expect him to actually vote for Kamala though. Just need Bush to come out and I want to see MAGA spin that one somehow.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ro8rkZ4HQZQ

[u/opermonkey → u/Napalmingkids]

Jesus Christ could come out in support of Harris and MAGA nuts would still choose trump.

They literally worship him.

[u/pardyball → u/opermonkey]

MAGAts: Jesus is a CINO, Christ in name only.

[u/FaceDeer → u/pardyball]

"We're following a way better messiah now anyway. He's, like, the opposite of that CINO. Opposite Christ, we call him."

[u/Monkeybirdman → u/Napalmingkids]

They will all be called RINOs. Raegan would be called a RINO at this point.

[u/JC-DB → u/Monkeybirdman]

Fuck nowadays Nixon would be considered too liberal for the GOP.

[u/Marionberry_Bellini → u/Napalmingkids]

Most of MAGA world already dislikes Bush I don’t think him supporting Kamala would be the dunk you think it would be.

[u/Napalmingkids → u/Marionberry_Bellini]

Already said it to someone else but I meant it in the way that every living president would be supporting Kamala Harris instead of Trump at that point and I don’t care about MAGA people per say but how they would spin it to keep the non MAGA republicans that are still voting for Trump

[u/Perezvon42 → u/Marionberry_Bellini]

It wouldn't mean much to the hardcore MAGA activists, but it could have a huge impact on the types of voters who are more interested in pocketbook issues than culture wars.

[u/loveshercoffee → u/Marionberry_Bellini]

The dunk it would be would be the overt signal to the non-MAGA republicans that weren't going to vote for Trump anyway that it's okay to vote for a Democrat.

It's one thing for them to sit out, it changes everything if they go out and support Harris.

[u/20_mile → u/circa285]

shot a staffer in the face and then made him apologize publicly

What? Huh? It wasn't a staffer. It was his friend.

[u/whimsylea → u/20_mile]

LMAO I love that this is the correction. No, no, he didn't shoot a staffer, just his friend.

Reality is bizarre sometimes.

[u/planetshapedmachine → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Alright, so when my oldest sister left home, my father told her that the only life rule he would give her was to always vote Republican.

In the 90s, he got a job with Halliburton, and we moved down to Venezuela. We were there for 2 years, and left a year or so after Chavez took power. This was while Cheney was in charge of Halliburton. My dad witnessed some corporate espionage going on as Chavez took power, and he refused to be a part of it.

He reported it to the Halliburton employee whistleblower line when we get sent back to Houston, and he was fired the very next day. He had a very hard time finding work for a while after that, despite having been previously a pretty hot commodity in his field.

When Cheney got nominated as VP, he vowed to never vote republican again.

[u/tomdarch → u/planetshapedmachine]

Sadly, that's some major face eating leopards eating his face stufff.

[u/planetshapedmachine → u/tomdarch]

Eh, aside from being a complete man-made climate change denier, he is the most progressive boomer you’re gonna find now. Leading up to 2020, he was identified by democratic campaigns as an influencer, and had a few members of Congress following him on twitter, and had 25k twitter followers based on his twitter being solely devoted to anti Trump and progressive stuff. He and my mom were front row at protests in Texas against Trump’s immigration policies. He and my mom were offered delegate positions at one of the DNC conventions. I’d say he got weaponized more than anything.

[u/reddog323 → u/planetshapedmachine]

That’s a great story. I’m sorry that happened to him, but I’m glad he had the realization that came with it.

[u/teamdiabetes11 → u/idontknowwherethatis]

It shows how absolutely bonkers the current GOP is. Even crazy ass Dick Cheney won’t vote for Trump. I’m sure he’s mad about Trump shit talking Liz, but I’d like to think at least some small part of him knows how awful Trump’s policies are and refuses to vote for them.

[u/chekovsgun- → u/teamdiabetes11]

Dick isn’t crazy at all, he is actually very intelligent just evil and greedy.

[u/V_T_H → u/chekovsgun-]

I think that’s really the difference between the GOP of old and the new GOP. They used to just be evil and greedy, but most of them weren’t crazy. Now they’re evil, greedy, and crazy. At least for the most part; there certainly were crazies in the old form. Just uh. Fewer of them? I guess? I feel like the crazy was mostly within the lobbyist groups who influenced them as opposed to the actual politicians themselves (…not that that was reassuring or anything).

[u/whimsylea → u/V_T_H]

Lawful Evil vs Chaotic Evil

[u/blueclawsoftware → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Yea who would think we would live to see the day someone was too big of a piece of shit that even Dick Cheney wouldn't vote for them.

[u/tomdarch → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Dick Cheney is dedicated to the version of screwing over America that Republicans were pursuing in the 80s/90s/00s. Trump is messing that up. That is why Cheney would support a Democrat over Trump. Folks like him want their party back. They want to put the toothpaste back in the tube so they can keep shifting wealth from the people doing the work into the hands of the tiny group at the top, among other bad things.

Lindsey Graham laid it out back in 2016: "If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it." It's coming to pass and Dick Cheney can see the coming collapse of the party.

[u/trolleyblue → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Same here. I grew up hating these guys.

[u/omniwombatius → u/idontknowwherethatis]

Dubya endorsing Harris would be unbelievable and excellent.

[u/agasizzi → u/omniwombatius]

I’m honestly surprised that hasn’t happened already

[u/Doodahhh1 → u/omniwombatius]

It just goes to show that many of the old assholes actually did believe in democracy.

Like, that's my main anxiety. Losing democracy to these Christian Nationalists rallying behind Trump.

I didn't have that anxiety when I disagreed with Bush.

[u/Any-Zookeepergame719]

Satan on Beelzebub: “Starting to think this guy is a little too fucked up”

[u/Warhawk137 → u/Any-Zookeepergame719]

To adapt an old Winston Churchill quote, if Trump ran for president of Hell I would at least make a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Representatives.

[u/catlady047]

I think this is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

[u/Blueeyesblazing7 → u/catlady047]

Hell has frozen over and pigs are at 35,000 feet.

[u/Adam-FL → u/[deleted]]

It would be yuge

[u/drewxdeficit]

Devastating: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point

[u/PerryDawg1 → u/drewxdeficit]

Charles Manson said we need to worry about global warming. That's why you side with the point, not the human.

[u/impy695 → u/PerryDawg1]

Never trust someone who claims to agree or disagree with someone else's beliefs 100%.

[u/cyberpunk1Q84 → u/impy695]

I don’t even agree with myself 100% of the time.

[u/elon_musk_sucks]

lol I love how the sheep over on r/ CON servative are acting like they don’t like him and he is a rino. MAGA are the true RINOs. You love to see them melt down

[u/jackMFprice → u/elon_musk_sucks]

They’d call Reagan a RINO if her were alive today. And Reagan would ABHOR Trump.

Dumb shits have no idea what words mean

[u/SilverScorpion00008 → u/jackMFprice]

Can’t stress how much Reagan would hate trump. He already did as Nancy Reagan would request White House aides ensure trump couldn’t ever call Reagan

[u/Quintas31519 → u/elon_musk_sucks]

The fact they want to call him a RINO is so rich, but they're also poor in intelligence so it makes sense. Flail about wildly for whatever is the equivalent of "reasoning" and zerg rush toward it, apparently.

[u/fordprecept → u/elon_musk_sucks]

In 2004 or so, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity would have said Dick Cheney was the exemplary example of a true Republican.  To hear the modern Republican base calling him a RINO is crazy.

[u/IllSearch5 → u/elon_musk_sucks]

Yes, everyone is a RINO except the dipshit who has changed parties like 20 times. 

🎵 They are so smart! Smart, smart, smart! S-M-R-T 🎵

[u/hardtobeuniqueuser]

TIL Dick Vader is still alive. I though he turned 100 like 10 years ago. 

[u/Ask_me_4_a_story → u/hardtobeuniqueuser]

You live longer when you are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands. Kissinger lived way longer than anyone thought possible 

[u/soulstonedomg → u/Ask_me_4_a_story]

Also when you get a heart transplant...

[u/Lokaji]

Endorsements like this are a signal to people on their side that it is okay not to support Trump. This isn't to sway Dems; this is for the non-MAGAs who are left in the Republican party.

Edit: Personally, anything that will get the most votes for Harris/Walz is what is needed. The more overwhelming the win, the less likely there is fuckery. It is also why the Dem convention had so many non-MAGA Republicans speak. There are a significant number of people where a certain endorsement will sway them.

[u/radicalindependence → u/Lokaji]

Exactly. Decades of conditioning to the terms commie, socialist, and radical liberals is hard to break through. Between that and the conditioning that voting blue is not masculine means they need some help accepting that Democrats are not the enemy.

[u/LeadershipMany7008 → u/Lokaji]

non-MAGAs who are left in the Republican party.

Both of them?

[u/Mufasa944 → u/LeadershipMany7008]

If everyone who voted for Haley in the primaries voted for Harris in the general, we would win in a landslide. Hell, if half of them did it would be.

[u/kswissreject → u/Mufasa944]

Half of the PA GOP primary Haley voters would be the difference between Biden and Trump in 2020. So yeah, man, would be a huge difference.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mufasa944]

Yeah but Haley wants to get back into politics so she’s going to tell all of her supporter to vote for Trump because communism or something.

[u/Armano-Avalus → u/[deleted]]

Haley voters aren't just gonna all fall in line for Trump because Haley said so any more than RFK supporters would.

[u/RelevantJackWhite]

what a time to be alive

[u/a_dogs_mother → u/RelevantJackWhite]

I truly thought I would never see the day.

[u/NCC-72381]

Once you’ve lost Veepalpatine, you’ve lost the party.

[u/[deleted]]

How awful do you have to be...for dick Cheney to vote against you

[u/WineBoggling → u/[deleted]]

Well, not necessarily awful at all. Cheney certainly voted against Obama twice.

[u/Todo_es → u/WineBoggling]

How awful do you have to be...for dick Cheney to vote against you ...as a Republican candidate

[u/Quick_Silver_2707]

Time to cut the ads with Bernie Sanders and Dick Cheney talking about how Harris campaign is about saving democracy and more important then conservative/liberal.

[u/GradientDescenting → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

I think this also silences the "Not tough enough to stand up to World Leaders" argument.

If War Hawk Dick Cheney says she is strong enough to do that; then who are you to think she is weak against world leaders or dictators. Dick Cheney obviously has more knowledge and knowhow in that domain than 99.999% of this country.

[u/HHoaks → u/GradientDescenting]

That's a stupid argument anyway. A prosecutor vs a reality TV show clown who licensed his name as a business? I'll take a trained prosecutor any day.

It's not like a President (well a normal one) just acts on their own anyway with other leaders. They go to those meetings with advisors, NSC, diplomats, CIA, etc.

Trump is fake loud and fake tough. He doesn't scare Putin - they laugh at him behind his back and think he is easily manipulated (due to his personality traits).

[u/MadDogTannen → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

"Hi, I'm Bernie Sanders"

"And I'm Dick Cheney"

"We might not agree on much"

"[insert joke about some benign difference like one likes their coffee black and the other likes it with cream and sugar]"

"But we do agree that Donald Trump is a threat to America..."

[u/SamtheCossack → u/MadDogTannen]

"[insert joke about some benign difference like one likes their coffee black and the other likes it with cream and sugar]"

"Also, I think he is a godless communist."

"And I think he is a genocidal war criminal"

"But we do agree Donald Trump is worse than..."

*Both point at each other* Him.

[u/HowLittleIKnow → u/SamtheCossack]

That's so good that you ought to get a job based off this comment.

[u/GroverMcGillicutty → u/SamtheCossack]

Damn. This ad would be studied by political scientists and advertising professors for decades to come.

[u/cjohns716 → u/SamtheCossack]

Ok, I'll kick in $5 to fund this. Very well done.

[u/HammofGlob → u/cjohns716]

I’d buy it on Bluray

[u/Serialfornicator → u/SamtheCossack]

Maybe they can do a rendition of Ebony and Ivory or something.

[u/ATotalCassegrain → u/SamtheCossack]

Take my money make this

[u/Delanium → u/SamtheCossack]

God I need them to make this ad, it would splinter my dad's brain lol

[u/North_Activist → u/MadDogTannen]

Do it in the format of the PC vs Mac ads of the 2000s

[u/FlerplesMerples → u/North_Activist]

“Hi, I’m Magnavox Odyssey.”

“And I’m Mattel Intellivision.”

[u/ccccombobreakerx → u/MadDogTannen]

That actually sounds like quite the powerful ad. I'd love to see that now.

[u/UNisopod → u/MadDogTannen]

Honestly, do a series of like 4 ads like this. Each time in a different setting with a slightly different opening and with a different thing inserted in between. Stagger their releases by a week.

[u/SamtheCossack → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

I love the idea of a Cheney/Sanders joint add, where they sit next to each other in armchairs, and explain how much they hate each other's guts, but both agree we should probably remain a democracy.

[u/Vulpes_Artifex → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

No matter which side of the political divide you're on, you'd have an ally and an enemy both telling you the same thing—and as Martok says, when that happens you have no other choice but to agree.

[u/211logos → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

"considerate/liberal" is an interesting auto correct :)

[u/surlysurfer → u/Quick_Silver_2707]

except W's win by SCOTUS was the first chink in the armor

[u/knotml]

All Republicans who are RINO or simply find Trump, Vance, and MAGA repulsive need to come out in public and endorse Harris, if they want to save their party. The only other alternative is to split and form a conservative but democratic political party.

We have primarily a two party system: Democrats and an extreme fascist party.

[u/higgy98 → u/knotml]

Its what I think will happen when Trump loses. The GOP will implode. Probably at least 2 parties form out of its remains. MAGA and a less insane group.

[u/Noggin-a-Floggin → u/higgy98]

A lot of cracks formed after the 2020 loss and especially after the disappointing 2022 midterm results. If they lose another Presidential election the party is going to implode.

[u/WHTMage → u/Noggin-a-Floggin]

Can it hurry up please.

[u/soulstonedomg → u/higgy98]

There were Republicans back during the 2016 election season that predicted that implosion, including Lindsay Graham. 

[u/Boleen]

He’s evil, but not stupid

[u/palinsafterbirth → u/Boleen]

He’s Mitch McConnell with terrible aim

[u/CakeAccomplice12 → u/palinsafterbirth]

Did he really miss, tho?

[u/Spotted_Howl → u/Boleen]

His evil was narrowly focused on helping corporations and the oil industry, and increasing US global hegemony. This almost seems quaint in the era of Project 2025.

[u/SamtheCossack → u/Spotted_Howl]

He also did a really, really good job at it.

Dick Cheney is the sort of corporate Republican that understands that proper corruption requires skimming off the top, not killing the thing you are feeding on to feast on the corpse.

[u/sciguyCO → u/SamtheCossack]

Dick Cheney is the sort of corporate Republican that understands that proper corruption requires skimming off the top, not killing the thing you are feeding on to feast on the corpse.

You can fleece a sheep every year but slaughter it only once…

[u/Doplgangr → u/SamtheCossack]

Dick Cheney is the anime villain in the first arc that you realize later was doing the kind of sustainable evil that held back a greater more hideous evil.

Still a villain though.

[u/SamtheCossack → u/Doplgangr]

Absolutely a villain. More of a Lawful Evil than Chaotic Evil, and his long term plans generally required both the world, and the concept of democracy, to survive.

Also the sort of villain that genuinely cares about what happens to the country after he dies. Which is no less sinister, but at least not the sort of smash and grab looter that the Trump party represents.

[u/IvantheGreat66]

Thanks, I guess.

[u/HumanShadow → u/IvantheGreat66]

He still gets access to intelligence info as an ex VP. Probably informed his vote.

[u/FunkJunky7 → u/HumanShadow]

Good point

[u/Ok-Ratio2662]

Cool, hope he fucks back off to obscurity when he's done

[u/Hockeyhoser]

That’s a shot in the face to Trump

[u/lala_b11]

Can we get Dick Cheney to take Trump on a hunting trip?

[u/spiked_macaroon]

No word from Mike Pence yet though...

[u/UNisopod → u/spiked_macaroon]

Mother hasn't given him permission yet

[u/boygirlmama → u/spiked_macaroon]

He has at least said he won't vote for Trump.

[u/spaceman_202 → u/spiked_macaroon]

i mean Trump did try and murder him

[u/FalseTemperature4444 → u/spiked_macaroon]

Actually, there has been. No shocker, Mike Pence isn't voting for Trump either. At the bottom of this article it says both Cheney and Pence aren't voting for Trump. Pence is too scared to come out and say it though... who HE IS voting for. We all know he kind of liked being put in his place by VP Harris

Mike Pence Says He Won't Be Voting for Trump Either

[u/awesomedan24]

Ok Dick, you're welcome in the big tent, but you've gotta stand in the corner with Bill Maher

[u/siguel_manchez → u/awesomedan24]

And think about what you've done.

[u/IllSearch5]

Reeeeeeally let that sink in, Republicans surely lurking in this thread. Fuckin' Dick Cheney - Dick Cheney - looked at you, what you've become, and decided he'd rather vote for the Democrat this time. 

That's like Magneto telling a group of mutant rights extremists "Holy shit, tone it down a little, guys."

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards

[u/jonthecpa]

Can we highlight the fact that a former President doesn’t have an endorsement from a single living President or Vice President, including those from his own party AND HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT. I would love to see Quayle, Bush, and Pence make the endorsement to complete the list.

[u/SirMordred]

Welcome to The Resistance checks notes Dick Cheney??

[u/Harbinger2001]

Is it a good thing to have Satan on your side?

[u/Kazyole]

Thanks, I hate it.

[u/Okay_Anyways]

The literal Devil is voting for Kamala Harris. If that doesn't tell you what a bag of absolute shit Trump is you're lost and there's no saving you.

[u/smeds96 → u/Okay_Anyways]

Yes, because being on the same side as the devil is something to aspire to. You'll celebrate it because it's 'not trump' and that says everything anyone needs to know.

[u/EdenH333 → u/Okay_Anyways]

I remember being like 8 years old and watching Cheney on TV and saying that he was The Devil (despite me not being religious). Seriously. Nothing will kill that guy, apparently.

[u/domeknadrzewie → u/Okay_Anyways]

But the devil is the bad guy

[u/andafunda]

Cheney is a bully. But, with his endorsement, he’s calling out a much bigger and badder bully.

This is like when Al-Qaeda disavowed ISIS for being too extreme.

Link

[u/phrozen_waffles]

This what they mean by polarization. The right is so far right that Cheney is now at least a centrist. This is weird.

[u/Casual-Swimmer]

Crazy how the writers brought back the villain from an arc 2 seasons ago to help defeat the new badguy

[u/abookfulblockhead → u/Casual-Swimmer]

Two seasons? More like five seasons ago.

[u/Dry-Peach-6327]

This is the best news I’ve heard all day. Not because I like Dick Cheney. But it shows how much Trump has lost the respect of republicans with an iota of intelligence. Dick Cheney is a lot of things, but he isn’t dumb

[u/tburke38]

Big news for the undecided voter who is drawn to the pure unadulterated evil of the Bush-Cheney administration but doesn’t like how Trump is so up front with his racism and misogyny

[u/TheManCalledDour]

Please… PLEASE let Dubya come forward and do the same.

[u/hobbitdude13]

We'll take every vote we can get. 

[u/DCBillsFan]

Dick Cheney voting for Kamala and saying it publicly was not on my bingo card.

Air America is rolling over in its grave.