this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024

237 points (94.4% liked)

Not The Onion

12209 readers

406 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

237

Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney to vote for Democrat Harris, Liz Cheney says (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 21 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 75 points 2 months ago

And Cheney was a fucking monster so like that’s saying something.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 months ago

That tells enough about the Republican party's current direction.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can’t believe I upvoted Dick Cheney.

[–] explodes@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a timeline to be in.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago

Dick’s upvoted for Harambe.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

JimmyBigSausage upvoted Dick.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What a dick!

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of course, he’s not a republican, he’s a conservative.

[–] heyoni@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, there’s such a difference now. Republicanism is no longer a set of values, it’s a cult. Nothing can undo the damage that’s been done.

[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ironically, the amount of damage done makes it almost fixable. Trump going so far off the deep end will eventually allow whatever conservative political body forms after he's out of public life to disavow Trumpism.

Compare the Trump movement to the Tea Party movement and you'll see what I mean. The Tea Party wasn't too far away from the existing Republican platform, and the movement was comparatively tame. Because of that, the Republican party would not be able to separate itself from the Tea Party movement if they tried.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

after he's out of public life

Preach Lemming!

That's the only thing that matters now. I can't see or hear him anymore. Also, he has damaged humanity enough.

It's like his fucking toxic aura spread around the world and divided societies in 2 extremely opposed factions.

The grabbers and the not-grabbers.

[–] az04@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

[–] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 months ago

He's still alive?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You know what? I fuckin hate the guy, but in the context of “let’s stop the goddamn fascist kleptocrats”, I’ll take it.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

The ends justify the means eh?

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That guy epitomizes everything that went wrong with Iraq and the Nixon administration. I wouldn't believe there's anything good about him until now.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago

This doesn’t make him good, it’s just the point that trump is a bridge too far for him.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I figured this post was gonna be about the ghoul dying. Strange times.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I thought i just ate an onion, but it wasn't one.