WOW! Rachel was @ Cheney's funeral!!!!!!

[elleng]

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Gross.

[elleng]

2. To support Liz, perhaps, and/or her sister.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

3. That''s nice of her.

Perhaps we should have a funeral for the 200,000+ Iraqis and the 4,500 service members killed in his illegal war?

[hlthe2b]

19. Well, i hope anyone you have considered a friend - will think of you and not their disdain for your

deceased family member at a time such as this. Funerals are for the living, after all. Not to mention, Rachel reported for many years on Cheney's culpability for the Iraq war and other offenses. She chose to be there yesterday out of due respect for Liz--someone Rachel would not have agreed with in terms of policy at all, either, but who stood up for those Capitol police and the Constitution on Jan 6 and thereafter.

As you demonstrate, many Dem/Progressives are criticized because, unlike our RW opponents, we can see shades of gray. There is a time and place for black and white thinking, but when it comes to supporting family members who had nothing to do with what made their deceased family members so offensive for so long and so many, I think a bit of empathy is not too much to expect. So, you say, what about the Trump family when their ultimate disgrace finally dies? Well, if you can tell me one thing any of that crowd did to help the American people, defend democracy and the Constitution--as Liz did--then I might agree with you. But, I'd bet the farm that you cannot. Thus, they will get nothing in defense of the horrific man that was their father, husband, or other family member-- even as he disgraces this country for the very last time. As such, I see the situations entirely differently.

[Srkdqltr]

4. So we hate her now? And call her names?

[elleng]

6. We are not small.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

8. I don't watch cable news so I don't care about her either way.

I used to listen to her on the radio when that was a thing.

I will call Cheney a war criminal, though. I'm not willing to rewrite history and cover for Bush and Cheney, like so many others. The Iraq War was illegal, immoral, and those responsible will never see consequences. That is a shame.

[electric_blue68]

14. Not me.

[Ocelot II]

28. I guess some would have us hate on Biden, Gore, Harris, and Dr. Fauci as well,

since they were also there. Or better yet, we can try not to be petty.

[yankee87]

5. Kirking him

Like Kirk, whitewashing Cheney’s legacy. He was piece of 💩 and was responsible for millions of deaths. Fuck him and his daughter.

[elleng]

7. He was my #1 object of hatred, until tmp showed his little prick.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. Indeed.

He was evil personified.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

10. Well now he's dead

Maybe it's gross President Biden and Jill were there? VP Harris? Al Gore?

Funerals are for the family and friends of the deceased. They deserve support and respect.

[JI7]

11. Yes, It was most important to oppose him during the 2000 elections

[ForgoTheConsequence]

21. I think it's gross he was allowed a funeral.

He should have died in prison. I'll save my grief for the hundreds of thousands that died in his illegal war. I hope that Haliburton money can buy a nice place in Hell.

[Mike Nelson]

12. She's been friends with...

... conservatives, all along. I think she was close with one of the big media moguls- maybe Roger Ailes? I was surprised to see learn was close with Greta Van Susteren and, I heard, other conservative TV hosts. I think she is a Cheney family friend.

[eShirl]

13. she used to have Pat Buchanan on her show regularly, in the early days

she'd introduce him saying, "It's Pat!" (reference to an old SNL skit)

[Raine]

17. also she called him Uncle Pat with genuine fondness. :) nt

[Cherrycheeks]

20. Is Buchanan still alive?

[albacore]

15. I was thinking about "Dick" today. I thought he was Satan's understudy....the war and weapons of mass destruction ...

...and all those dead innocents.
Now he seems like a minor figure...compared to trump.
By withholding aid and medical care and food aid overseas as well as this country, trump may rack up a larger body count than Cheney before he takes the dirt nap.
Cheney was evil, but trump is in a league of his own.

[elleng]

16. Cheney was evil, but trump is in a league of his own, indeed.

[SamuelTheThird]

18. Cheney was a War Criminal

bad look, Rachel

[Jbraybarten]

22. People do go to funerals out of respect of other people in the family etc.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. Anthony Fauci, Rachel Maddow and James Carville seen sitting together at Dick Cheney's funeral in DC.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Prairie Gates]

24. Watch this space!!!

[Blue Full Moon]

25. Him and Rove made tRump possible.

[Srkdqltr]

26. Obviously she is more broad/open minded than a lot here

[ForgoTheConsequence]

34. It's a shame that these closed minded individuals are disrespecting this war criminal.

We should make "war criminals" a protected class.

[orangecrush]

27. Kick

[orangecrush]

29. It's called decency.

Something Trump is devoid of.

[Stacey Grove]

30. It's a big club

and we aren't in it.

These people are all part of the same world and financial "ecosystem."

The one most of us ARE NOT a part of.

[surfered]

31. I would have gone, but only to make sure he was dead.

[TheProle]

32. Nuance is for the elite.

We are considered foot soldiers. Party leaders and party-affiliated talking heads retain the freedom to rub elbows with the same people that they have a vested interest in making us hate.

The result is that the former "evolve" and "show class" while we are left to froth at the mouth and carry forward the villainy narratives.

The elite feel no obligation to mitigate nor release us from that specific hatred as it remains useful as a general tactic so, in many case, we end up with bewildered folks saying, "Wait, I thought I was supposed to hate them!"

I prefer to treat the political opposition as just that and not commit my emotional state to the cause of people who will then go glad-hand the very people they train us to hate.

[flamingdem]

33. Well said

We are supposed to carry the narrative that they themselves do not due to friendships with benefits.

[Beaverhausen]

35. Rachel is still a journalist, is she not?

[elleng]

36. Yes, she writes, and she studies.