Robert Schlesinger

Dick Cheney in a Wheelchair, Part Deux

January 22, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

I wrote Wednesday about how Cheney in a wheelchair was a sort of pop-culture Rorschach: What villain does he remind you of?

I should have figured that the "Daily Show" would already have gone there (pick up 2:37 in):

In any case, some readers weighed in with their own votes and nominations. I particularly enjoyed "Penguin" from Batman suggestion and the speculation about how he hurt his back—moving all the deleted E-mails?

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Any updates whether he was walking about after the inauguration? I know a lot of people were suspicious that there was more to this than just a back injury.

Les of VA 1:13PM January 26, 2009

Cheney reminds me of Cheney. He is one of a kind. What's with all this silly stuff about comprisons to movies and such?

of 2:41PM January 22, 2009

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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