It may be true, for the present time, that Mr. Cheney is “unpopular.” He certainly is among the far and extreme left, and he certainly is among most of the MSM. On the other hand, I think he remains quite popular among those on the right side of the political spectrum. I have no idea where his popularity stands among “average” Americans who are not political junkies, who go about their lives as best they can, and who continue to get at least their first taste of “news” from the MSM. My guess is that they are in a “wait and see” mode. Hearing the Democrat talking points incessantly hyped by the MSM for the last eight years, they no doubt wonder privately whether there is any fire behind all the smoke. Still, they know what they have seen with their own eyes. They remember 9/11, they remember the images that the MSM no longer wants anyone to see, and they remember their own fear in 2001 that a repeat attack would surely come very soon and that it could be devastating. The idea that we could escape any more attacks for eight years was – at that time – a fantasy indulged only by children. So here the vast majority of American people sit… listening to the hype on the MSM, but observing and remembering what they have seen with their own eyes… and they are quietly and privately making their own judgments about how these disparate points of view can be reconciled.

In the last election, Americans let themselves believe what they heard rather than what they saw with their own eyes. The American people are quietly accepting Democrat rule for the time being, and while their support may be a mile wide, is only an inch deep. The so-called “unpopularity” of Mr. Cheney among these same people is, I think, also a mile wide and an inch deep. The Democrats/MSM would be wise not to demagogue the man or his opinions. The American people are hearing what he’s saying, and they’re remembering what they saw with their own eyes. If they have not yet consciously come to the realization that their own observations match more closely what he is saying than what the Democrats/MSM are saying, they soon will. Though the American people are sometimes fooled, they are not fools. They know intuitively the difference between the bluff and bluster of children and bullies, and thoughtful considered discourse of adults. They know instinctively that what Mr. Cheney is saying is right, although they are hoping against hope that our country’s safety and security will not suffer while the children are in charge.

The Democrats are playing a dangerous game telling the American people that the wolves at the door can be domsticated. If the Administration is lucky, the wolves will be held at bay. For the sake of the safety of my family and my country, I hope they are successful, though I would rather trust in competence than relying on luck. But if luck runs out and we suffer attack or our security is threatened by policy decisions of this Administration, that “mile wide, inch deep” support of the American people will evaporate in a nanosecond.

The Republicans would be well served to follow Mr. Cheney’s lead. Thoughtfully but firmly remind the American people that in spite of all the braying and bullying of the Democrats/MSM, things were pretty danged good for the last eight years. When Democrat policies fail, as I am certain they inevitably will – and disastrously so – the American people will be hunting them down with dogs and they will be eager to put the adults in charge once more. Nothing would please me more than to be able to cast a vote for Dick Cheney for President.

The more peopl see Dick, the more we like it!