He doesn’t need the money. He has no further political ambitions. He is not hot for interns. He is not a torture freak. He knows that he is toxic and despised by the drive-by media and the Democrat party and the left in this country. What motivation does Dick Cheney have to go out and say these things? Is it possible that Dick Cheney is motivated by national interest? Is it possible that Dick Cheney is motivated by love of and for his country? Is it possible that Dick Cheney is speaking from his heart and is not speaking politically?

Or: Cheney is aware that he’s a war criminal who spat on the Constitution and authorized torture, and if he doesn’t politicize the shit out of the current process of illuminating the Bush administration’s failures and abuses, he and/or those who served under him could very well be punished. While I respect Bush for staying out of the fray, his silence is becoming increasingly eerie. If both he and Cheney stayed mum on the torture issue, it would be interpreted as nothing less than a blatant admission of guilt.