The war lover doesn't fall far from the war criminal

Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is seeking the Wyoming senate seat from her father's 30 year friend, incumbent Mike Enzi. Normally, we progressives ignore a primary fight between two arch conservatives where the winner is assured election against a nominal Democratic opponent. This primary fight is different. Liz Cheney must not become US Senator. She has spent the last four and a half years championing her father's record of unleashing criminal war in Iraq that killed hundreds of thousands, squandered trillions of our precious, limited treasure and left Iraq a smoldering, war torn shell of the once stable country it was, albeit under totalitarian rule. She has delighted in Pop's use of torture and his stunning braggadocio that he'd torture again if he had the chance. Liz projects a near sociopathic, ghoulish delight in defending dear ol' dad's policies on the innumerable news shows she appears when responsible media outlets should shun her and her repugnant views.

Since Barack Obama, a near polar opposite of the blood lusting Vice President, became president, Liz and Dick have worked the media in tandem to destroy him every chance they get. Liz opened her senate campaign by asserting Obama isn't serious about disarming al Qaeda, conveniently omitting that Obama had Osama bin Laden murdered and has rained hundreds, maybe thousands of drone bombs down on al Qaeda operatives. Cheney the Younger doubles down on this lunacy by claiming Obama actually wants to make America weaker. She's defended "birthers" by asserting "people are fundamentally uncomfortable with an American president who seems to be afraid to defend America and stand up for what we believe in". Translation: President Obama is a non American "other" who supports terrorists and must be stopped by Cheney Family Values. The importance of her election extends far beyond the barren expanses of Wyoming. The Beltway Neocons view star power Liz as their hope to win back the traditional war mongering GOP from libertarian and anti war super star Rand Paul (R. KY). He may have the momentum right now but Liz has got the truly important M Word, money, from her father's years long war profiteering.

As the father of two daughters I certainly appreciate unconditional daughter father love. Liz Cheney has taken this laudable concept a tad too far. She demonstrates that in the Cheney crime family, the war lover doesn't fall far from the war criminal.