At no time in the history of the Republic of the United States of America has either the previous Chief Executive, OR his VP decided to maintain their national spotlight for the intended purpose of raising their issue's at the expense of the NEW administration. Specifically, Dick Cheney has illustrated the NEW administration's policies that HE disapproves of, and he does so outrageously, by personally insulting, AND disrespecting both the President as a man, AND the High Office that he holds.

Obviously, Dick Cheney is a man not in possession of the historical facts about U.S. tradition concerning ANY prior administration's role after relinquishing their Constitutional authority at the swearing in of the new Chief Executive, but even if he were, I do not believe Dick Cheney would pay those tradition's an ounce of respect OR heed.

I also wonder about the calculus used by those on the political (R)ight enabling them to blindly support a man who would appear to be PERSONALLY opposed to what the rank & file (R)ighties support. Cheney received FIVE deferments from fighting in a War (Vietnam), plus he has had FIVE heart attacks paid for by American TAX payer's under a free unlimited health care policy, and yet he behaves without an ounce of grace toward more than half of all Americans.

The man is a sociopathic scoundrel and hopefully history will record it that way.