Dueling Rippers

"Nuke 'em, I says."
"No--we should invade without a plan. Then accuse the Democrat Party of assisting Al Qaeda."

In the past I've written that Shrub is sort of a perfect storm of a president, if not a human being: he combines the arrogance and snobbishness of a New England blueblood with the stupid and ultimately destructive habits of yer average Texass redneck.

Attaturk, though, hits the nail on the head with his description of the nominal number two:

The worst President of all time, meets the worst possible pairing of all-time as Vice President. The Bush Administration is sort of how George Wallace & Curtis LeMay would have worked has the former somehow been elected and then decided to go on a vacation for four years.

For Cheney has all the keen geopolitical acumen and desires of Curtis LeMay, without the military medals or the admission that he might be a war criminal. There could not be a worse pairing for the weak-brained but messianic Bush than the strong-willed and ideologically crazy Cheney. Combine that with a national disaster that sets them loose and you have the worst combination of events we could have had for this pairing. It's like Squeaky Fromme and Charles Manson ran for office. In fact, I suggest Bush name his pamplet, I mean memoirs, "Helter Skelter".

In other words, Cheney is sort of like a General Ripper...but without the warm personality and sense of humor.