Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick Dick... DICK!

"How many dicks is that?"

"A lot."

(You win the Friday gold star if you know what movie that's from. Answer at the bottom of this post ~ no cheating! Take a guess first.)

Our terror-in-chief is at it again. During a visit to Japan, Cheney had this to say about Nancy Pelosi and other DemocratIC leaders' stated desire to withdraw our forces from Iraq:

If we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we'll do is validate the Al Qaeda strategy. The Al Qaeda strategy is to break the will of the American people. In fact, knowing they can't win in a stand-up fight, try to convince us to throw in the towel and come home and they they win because we quit?

Spoken like a man who successfully dodged the draft in the 1960s and who has never realized the true cost of war. Hey, I don't know it, either, but as an unapologetic liberal, I can tell you that my stance on war is that it's the absolute last resort, not the first, second, third or even 10th option. I would go out of my way, if I were president, to prevent war, not start one. Too bad this administration didn't have that point of view prior to invading Iraq.

Anyway, this is an old page from Dick's playbook - he's been doing it for years. If opponents disagree with you, they are siding with our enemy and helping them to win. The other time I vividly recall Dick using this tactic was in the months after September 11, when opponents had the audacity to question a few of the many controversial laws that were rammed through Congress by this administration. In one particular instance, when some questioned the USA PATRIOT Act, there was Cheney on television, saying opponents "sided with the terrorists."

One thing is clear -- we are yet to see the depths of depravity this man will go to over a political disagreement. There is virtually nothing Cheney could do or say that would surprise me anymore. We all know he has a bad heart, but I say he has no heart. He's a gutless turd. A coward. An attack dog. A strict ideologue. And most of all, he's not a real man, because real men don't belittle political opponents by saying they side with an organization that killed 3,000 Americans and injured scores more. We deserve better from our vice president; we deserve one who's willing to leave that kind of hateful rhetoric to the intellectual calisthenics of Michael Savage.

What's more, when offered a chance to apologize earlier today, Cheney dismissed that with an acid tongue, like he does most things.

"If you're going to advocate a course of action that basically is withdrawal of our forces from Iraq, then you don't get to just do the fun part of that, that says, 'We'll, we're going to get out,' and appeal to your constituents on that basis," Cheney said from Australia.

Responding during an interview today in Sydney with ABC News, Cheney said, "I'm not sure what part of it is that Nancy disagreed with. She accused me of questioning her patriotism. I didn't question her patriotism. I questioned her judgment.

"You also have to be accountable for the results," he continued. "What are the consequences of that? What happens if we withdraw from Iraq? And the point I made and I'll make it again is that Al Qaida functions on the basis that they think they can break our will. That's their fundamental underlying strategy, that if they can kill enough Americans or cause enough havoc, create enough chaos in Iraq, then we'll quit and go home. And my statement was that if we adopt the Pelosi policy, that then we will validate the strategy of Al Qaida. I said it and I meant it."

When given the opportunity to distance himself from remarks he made about Pelosi, Cheney replied, "I'm not backing down."

To her credit, Pelosi didn't take the bait, refusing to slam Cheney or take any pot shots of her own. Following Dick's initial remarks, Pelosi publicly stated, "I hope the president will repudiate and distance himself from the vice president's remarks." She called the White House, and as close as she got to Bush was a conversation with White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten.

Thus far, President Bush has been mum on Dick's remarks, which should surprise no one. Dick is W's attack dog - the president is wise enough to know that he could never get away with saying such things, but he knows that Cheney is more than willing to take shots at Pelosi and other DemocratIC leaders, and do it publicly. If Dick keeps this up (and he's showing no signs he won't), I'm going to start calling him Spiro T. Cheney.

Not only will President Bush give Dick a high five the next time he sees him, but I'm sure that Australian Prime Minister John Howard did the same thing when Dick arrived. You might remember Howard making remarks similar to Cheney's a few weeks ago, but about Barack Obama.

Quite naturally, Dick's visit Down Under was met with plenty of protests. A few pics...

Above, an Australian protester draped in an American flag drags a carcass behind her in protest of Cheney's visit and the War in Iraq. I don't find images like these at all pleasant, but they are an indication of how we are perceived around the world. It seems wherever the president or vice president go, they are met with skepticism at best, outright hostility at worst.

Above, protesters outside of Cheney's hotel. However, the news wasn't all bad for the vice president...

What's this? Members of the Republican National Committee made the trip with Cheney? Just kidding.

Of course, I vehemently disagree with the sign's opinion, but to me it's newsworthy because it's a site seldom seen when our leaders travel abroad these days.

Cheney's Pelosi remark wasn't his only doozie during his trip, but that's a separate post (about Great Britian's withdraw).

Anyway, keep up the hateful work, Mr. Vice President.

Photos from AP
Information for this story was taken from AP & ABC News
The headline refers to Reservoir Dogs, a 1996 gangster film for the ages