Ex-Veep Cheney weighs in on gay marriage: President Obama? You've been Dicked.

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by Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor
Illustration by Jack Brummet, Editor-in-chief

How often in the last nine years has Dick Cheney taken a stand to the left of our current President? As far as I can tell, once. On Monday. Ex-Veep Cheney, who has made a hobby lately of defending his administration's choices, did the right thing and came out squarely in favor of gay marriage (not unlike another arch-conservative, Ted Olson). And he did it with sincerity and panache. Barack Obama, in the meantime, is left to babble about civil unions.

Incredibly enough, Dick Cheney took time from his relentless defense of the former Bush administration to say, yeah, gay marriage is OK. Barack Obama, for possibly ethical, but more likely politically expedient motives, sticks with the civil union dodge.

I would almost grant Dick Cheney an All This Is That halo , but I just can't bring myself to do that. The ATIT halo is only awarded to real heroes (like Mario Cuomo or the hero pilot Sully). After all, Mr. Cheney has spent the last six months spouting his self-justifying gibberish to anyone who would give him the time of day, in hopes of derailing Barack Obama (or at the very least, burnishing the Bush Administration's pathetic "legacy"). But like the stopped clock that is right twice a day, even Ex-veep Cheney gets it right every now and then.

Mister President, I think you've been Dicked.
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