Notes from A Sociopath

Just trying out some possible titles for the book Dick Cheney told Sean Hannity that he's considering writing. Maybe he'll throw everyone a curveball and lift a title from Serge Gainsbourg: Rock Around the Bunker. But Steve Benen raises some questions:

First, Cheney is almost comically dishonest, and everyone knows it. Who's going to pony up $29.95 for a book written by someone who can't be trusted?

Second, Cheney may have "a few scores to settle," but it's very unlikely that his book will be a juicy tell-all, with fascinating behind-the-scenes insights. He's too secretive to dish the good stuff.

Indeed, with Cheney's sense of "humor," it's easy to see him demanding all the books be sold in shrinkwrap, and then when you open it you find every line has been redacted, except for the few places where he continues to insist he's "loveable." And just for good measure, he'll make it the first political memoir pop-up book: just as you get to the halfway point, a little cardboard Cheney in hunting gear pops up and shoots you in the face. Har har har.