Daisy Chain of Cheneys

[spanone]

I imagine that if you called the new consulting firm of Cheney, Cheney & Cheney and got put on hold, you’d hear the “Ghostbusters” theme:

“If there’s someone weak,
if you’ve sprung a leak,
if the world looks bleak,
if you hide and seek,
who ya gonna call?
OBAMABUSTERS!”

It’s hard to believe that the Bush dynasty, which limped away in disgrace after smashing our economy and the globe, has spawned another political dynasty.

But Jason Horowitz reported in The Washington Post that Mary Cheney, the younger daughter of the former vice president, is starting a consulting firm modeled on Kissinger Associates.

Since it involves the Cheneys, it’s shrouded in unnecessary secrecy. But Mary’s friends say her plan is to make it Cheney cubed, bringing in her dad and big sister, Liz, when those two finish cleaning out the Augean stables of Dick Cheney’s legacy for his memoir.

Horowitz wrote that Mary, who is expecting her second child with her partner, Heather Poe, next month, may be hanging the shingle for the “gruff clan who speak in dour unison when bashing the current president, second-guessing the previous commander in chief and chiding wayward G.O.P. leaders.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/opinion/14dowd.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

[Berry Cool]

1. Aw jeez, isn't Liz bad enough?

They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky,
They're altogether ooky,
The Cheney family!

I mean, Liz and Tonya Harding--separated at birth?? And now Mary wants on board too??

Edited to add: Did Dowd or the NYT realize what an ugly mental picture was being created with that headline alone?? :scared:

[Orsino]

2. This is why dynasties are bad.

There should be no royal road to political influence.