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riversedge

(78,815 posts) Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:41 AM Nov 4

✨I will remember him (Dick Cheney) for breaking with the regime last year and voting Democrat. [View all]

I was shocked last year when I saw this note from Dick Cheney.
Today, I hope his family finds peace.

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🙏🏻 #RIP Dick Cheney died last night at 84, surrounded by family.

✨I will remember him for breaking with the regime last year and voting Democrat.

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✨I will remember him (Dick Cheney) for breaking with the regime last year and voting Democrat. [View all] riversedge Nov 4 OP

I will have to say.... FarPoint Nov 4 #1

Voting against Trump is a VERY low bar. RandomNumbers Nov 4 #17

Redemption growth, the goal for change, this is why we protest ...to evoke change. FarPoint Nov 4 #18

..which meant standing up for his country and his daughters. lostnfound Nov 4 #2

There's one dead piece of shit for his family, one giant sigh of relief for mankind. Blues Heron Nov 4 #3

man people will rehabilitate anything these days WhiskeyGrinder Nov 4 #4

Dick motherfucking Cheney. Iggo Nov 4 #20

His one and only good deed. nt PunkinPi Nov 4 #5

I'm neither sad nor happy. harumph Nov 4 #6

Honestly his death doesn't hit like I imagined it would in the early 2000s. BannonsLiver Nov 4 #16

It's because we are not up against one person, harumph Nov 5 #23

He saw the end of the road he paved, and removed one cobblestone in protest . . . hatrack Nov 4 #7

My condolences to his family. GoCubsGo Nov 4 #8

Kick dalton99a Nov 4 #9

I was astounded myself. But then I remember Darth Vader redeemed himself in Return of the Jedi. nycbos Nov 4 #10

I know in my own life, as the years have clicked by... hamsterjill Nov 4 #11

I personally interacted him twice. haele Nov 4 #12

The sneer lildDemz Nov 4 #15

Only met him once when he was SecDef sarisataka Nov 4 #21

Kick orangecrush Nov 4 #13

Death bed conversion. Tbear Nov 4 #14

I'll remember him for getting rich off all them dead Iraqis and all them dead service members. Iggo Nov 4 #19

Hitler liked dogs sarisataka Nov 4 #22