this is a day or two old

but i just found it. the headline says it all (and more)


Is media granting Dick Cheney too much airtime?
Greg_Sargent
Politico's lead story this morning, coming just before President Obama is set to announce a momentous foreign policy decision with far-reaching consequences for our country and the world, was an interview with Dick Cheney. The headline blared: "Cheney slams Obama's `weakness.'"

But is this news? Is it remotely surprising or even noteworthy at all?

Politico is only the latest outlet to grant Cheney a platform to defend his legacy and to launch political attacks on the current president. The amount of airtime that has been granted by the networks and other news outlets to Cheney and his daughter, Liz Cheney, has been nothing short of extraordinary. Why is it happening?

Is Cheney a lead spokesperson for the G.O.P. on foreign policy? He's a private citizen with no policymaking role whatsoever -- leading G.O.P. Senators more properly hold that role. What's more, Cheney's foreign policy views are far out of the mainstream. Is he a contender for the 2012 G.O.P. nomination? Nope. He has flatly ruled out a run, and the recent Washington Post poll found that he's not on the radar of the G.O.P. electorate at all for 2012...........

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