This Showtime documentary actually got Dick Cheney to us his story, aided of course with archival footage and numerous talking heads, its a good review of the former Vice Presidents life and an even more reveling look inside his mind. Most politically aware individuals know Cheney's life story in a rough outline, but this doc did a good job of fleshing out some of the more unknown periods for me, I was particularly interested to learn more about a young Cheney's time as union lineman in Wyoming, something I remember him making a brief reference too in the 2004 vice presidential debate, and that I've subsequently been curious to know more about.
The center of attention of course is on the Cheney vice presidency, arguably the most influential in U.S. History. I think there's no doubt that Cheney mislead President Bush on numerous occasions, and once the extent of this finally dawned on the president it had a very negative impact on their friendship and Cheney's influence, a rupture that reportedly is still open today. The thing about Cheney that is most striking from this documentary, but something that I'd long assumed, is that this is a man who doesn't seem to be capable of accepting blame. I honestly think in his mind everything he did in office was justifiable, he just fiats to himself that his ends were noble and hence any means acceptable. I think he understands the criticism's against him, he just doesn't care, and takes a perverse pride in the fact that his not caring irritates so many of his opponents. ***
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