Liz Cheney and America’s Political Realignment
I don’t hate Liz Cheney. In fact, I rather like her even if I might disagree with her on stuff. But many people who once cheered on the Cheney family now dance on her political grave and many of those who vilified the Cheney family now light candles for her sainthood.
Liz Cheney is just the latest victim of America’s political realignment. This is happening in both parties, but most visibly within the GOP. Cheney is not a bad person even as some must engage in post-modern emotional outbursts on Twitter to condemn her to show their own loyalty to their tribe. But the people of Wyoming aren’t bad either for deciding they want to move on and chart a new way forward beyond the Cheney dynasty.
We’re in a great political alignment and I personally think we need to be accommodating and graceful to everyone who finds themselves out of sorts and looking for their place in the American political landscape. Take a listen…
Liz forgot the first rule of politics: Pay attention to the needs of the folks who voted you in... or they can just as easily vote you out.
I never liked the Cheneys,, as I always saw them as full-fledged members of the Uniparty; dedicated to the neocon stupidity of endless war and believers that "bipartisanship" meant doing what the Left wanted and bragging about the crumbs it tossed them as a twisted reward.
The question remains: Does Liz Cheney, who forgot to represent her own state during her 6 years in Congress while managing to expand her net worth from $7 million to $43 million during the same period, actually think she can be taken seriously as a Presidential candidate after losing a PRIMARY election by 37 points?