Dick Cheney's Dream Of Italy
“Mr. Cheney’s long struggle with heart disease is a recurring theme in the book. He discloses that he wrote a letter of resignation, dated March 28, 2001, and told an aide to give it to Mr. Bush if he ever had a heart attack or stroke that left him incapacitated. And in the epilogue, Mr. Cheney writes that after undergoing heart surgery in 2010, he was unconscious for weeks. During that period, he wrote, he had a prolonged, vivid dream that he was living in an Italian villa, pacing the stone paths to get coffee and newspapers.”
— I am just fascinated by the idea of Dick Cheney’s comatose Italian reverie. Like, who was he in these dreams? Was he Dick Cheney as we know him, unrepentant son of a bitch with a total disregard for the great American principles? Was he some kind of fantasy Dick Cheney, who had never done anything wrong and was living out his life as a retiree in some lovely Italian beach town? Or was he like Michael Corleone at the end of the bad Godfather movie, abandoned by his family, bereft of companionship, forced to spend the duration of his days in contemplation of the horrific deeds he had committed and how they tore everyone he loved asunder? I mean, I guess I could buy the book and find out, but you think I want to put money in that guy’s pocket? I’m just gonna tell myself it’s the third option outlined above and move on.