Who Is Vice President Cheney?

Vice President Dick Cheney receives applause from Major Thomas Turner, left, and members of the 101st Airborne Division after making remarks at a rally in Fort Campbell, Ky., on Oct., 16, 2006. TIM SLOAN / AFP / Getty Images

As Dick Cheney Prepares to Depart,
His Mystery Lingers -- Time Magazine

A few weeks ago, outgoing White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten gathered nearly a dozen former chiefs of staff in his corner West Wing office and held a courtesy orientation session for Rahm Emanuel, the next man to assume the second hardest job in Washington.

The idea was for each former chief to give Emanuel some practical advice on how to function in his new role. And so around the table they went: Donald Rumsfeld reminded Emanuel that no one is indispensable. Sam Skinner talked about the importance of taking Sundays off. Former Reagan chief Ken Duberstein urged Barack Obama's incoming chief to remember that the President is always the chief and everyone else, by contrast, is merely staff.

Then it came time for Dick Cheney, who like Rumsfeld had served more than three decades ago as Gerald Ford's chief of staff, to offer his thoughts. Sitting at the end of the table, the 67-year-old Wyoming native looked at the august group and said in his usually dry style, "Above all else, control your Vice President."

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My Comment: Typical of the main stream media .... trying to read more than what is there. He may have been the last man to talk to President Bush on important issues, but it was/is still is President Bush's decision. I am also sure that both men know that.

Vice President Cheney's job has always been to be the man to replace the President in the event of the President's incapacitation. In this part .... he played his role extremely well.