Rachel Maddow: Cheney Book Cover 'Pictorially Makes Him The Guy Who Killed Bin Laden'

Dick Cheney's new book has a spiffy new cover out, depicting the former vice president looking stately in the White House. That image, from the East Room lighting down to the position of the flag on Cheney's lapel, has Rachel Maddow feeling a bit of deja vu, and a little bit of outrage, as the picture looks exactly like the image of President Barack Obama announcing that American troops had killed Osama bin Laden.

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[inkedbearsoul]

This is a non-story, Rachel. This feature would be more at home in Fox News.

Cheney is still an unethical, heartless, greedy asshat.

[irvykinneas]

i love rachel but this video is 3 minutes too long

[pauseTV]

Lame story ... all it does is give free publicity to that shithead's book.

[WeGotTehPie]

Wow. 1) You can't bash a man for wearing an extremely common, extremely conservative suit. Sure if Obama had been wearing some crazy "high fashion" suit that would go out of style in two months and then Cheney copied him then sure. 2) In regards to the tie a solid red tie is also known as the "power tie" and common with politicians and anyone else in leadership (i.e. your boss). 3) Of course the pin is in the same location you wear pins in the hole of your lapel. Why would you ruin a nice suit?

[libyanlight1]

This is a mysterious man with a direct line to the Military and the Industrial Machine it controls. In the game of politics and interests the chess board is littered with the bodies of the currency of profit. Right or Wrong is a matter of opinion. Follow the eyes of Russian and China as they stare into India and ponder the control of energy pipelines. The United States military is the Biggest Business in the World. Cheney supplied the apparatus to unleash the Commercial interests.

[NathanNicholas]

yeah, but Obama is thinner

[RoscoesRiffs]

Nice analysis.

[libertydogfight]

I would not pay one fake copper US penny for any book of the DICK Cheney. This New World Order European Royal-Bush LACKEY needs to just get along with his final journey to HELL-since his Traitors life was serving SATAN.

[GildyGury]

Shame.blago wanted but didnt do shit n goes to hoosgow4nothin while these warmongooses enjoy freedom,write shity boox n r not arested.talk about justice n freedom in usa.lol!I wonder how could 'lovin God' alow such scum to reach 70 with kilers like bush,rumy write milion dolars boox?only purpose of these boox is to use em as evidence to put em in jail n when u out of toilet paper to wipe asses! Thats not waste!

[lithead]

There's something called "subliminal association." Cheney is definitely going for it here when he appears in the this shot. Whether or not he was specifically going for replacing Obama with himself in the American unconscious is not provable.

But this does create the subliminal association with Cheney and the White House halls of power. That is obviously why he's been placed in that setting. This isn't conspiracy theory. It's a well-known theory of advertising. Go ahead and look it up.

[mymatemartin]

So..... this is a new Cheney 'cover' up???

A bit of a stretch this time Rachel. See what you're saying and yep the picture will be / can be contrasted by anyone wishing to do so but whether it was intentional or feeds into a broader manipulation of social memory.... I'm not sure.

[Overbruce]

they are definaltey trying to rip-off the presidents speech but the question is how many people will buy the book with that subconscious connection