CALL ME SNAKE

I’ve been giving this Cheney thing some thought and have concluded that he is, without a doubt, an experienced liar. And a brazen liar. But not a particularly skillful liar. What’s holding him back from greatness–he has the poker face to be a splendid liar–is the brazenness or what perhaps might be better called arrogance. When he lies, he puts it right out there, defiantly, challenging the doubters to prove that he’s lying, confident in his power that they will not have the gumption to do so. If he were humbler and more casual, given his raw talent, he could prove to be one of the greatest all-time liars we’ve seen in the lower 48. But he’s got a lot of hard work ahead of him–starting with a reading assignment, “Lying” by Sissela Bok–as well as a lot of bad habits to break. Frankly, I’m not sure it’s in him. You really have to want to be great, and he may settle for “good enough,” which seems to have worked well for him all these years.