"...on its bad ones, [Politico] reminds me of the people who were attacking FDR around 1934"

Thomas Ricks rips Politico (after ripping Cheney):

I like Politico but I think Vandenhei, Harris and Allen have built [Cheney] into more than he really is. He ain’t no savant. He has a lot of amateurish mistakes to answer for, most notably his unfounded but official embrace of torture. At this point, Cheney strikes me as a cranky, bald version of abdicated Gov. Palin.

Politico has a lot of good days. But on its bad ones, it reminds me of the people who were attacking FDR around 1934. I would say that Cheney reminds me of Charles Curtis, but I think that is unfair to Hoover’s vice president, and to Native Americans generally.

Lord Cheney...

Remember that scene in The Empire Strikes Back when Admrial Piett accidentally walks in on Darth Vader with his helmet off, and his head partially exposed?

Yeah, kinda reminds me of that.