Something told us that there weren’t many reunion luncheons taking place between Dick Cheney and Colin Powell anyway, but now that the former vice president is out with a memoir taking “cheap shots” (Powell’s characterization) at the former secretary of state, well, the gloves are really off.
The book excerpts began trickling out last week and in the interest of pumping up sales they include what we can only assume are the juiciest bits. And for a man who claims to be horrified by President Barack Obama’s incessant bashing of the Bush administration, well, Cheney apparently makes his own contributions to that effort in print.
He refutes Cheney’s claim that he essentially chased Powell out of a job, arguing that one-term was always his deal. We were also pleased to hear Powell come to the defense of Condoleezza Rice, who comes in for “condescending” criticism in the book, too.
For Powell, yes, there is a healthy element of face-saving here. His reputation suffered mightily when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq after he told the world they were there. But in a steel cage match to measure integrity our money will be on Powell over Cheney any day.
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Don't expect Powell to have any love for Rush Limbaugh either.
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