Darth Vader, beloved

At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington this week, Darth Vader was a hero. Not that Darth Vader; former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney’s unfavorables may be high nationally, but they didn’t care anything about that at CPAC. Mainly, because Cheney has been a one-man conservative wrecking crew against the Obama administration’s national security and anti-terror policies. He was greeted with chants of “Four More Years!” To which Cheney replied, “Oh, knock it off!” The former Veep said the adulation was almost enough to make him run for office, “but I won’t.” Later, Cheney served up the red meat, predicting Barack Obama will be a one-term president. That’s how you play to a crowd.

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