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Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney

By Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, Aug 30, 2011

As the former vice-president releases his memoir, it's useful to recall the many reasons Americans disapproved of his tenure.

When Vice President Dick Cheney left office, his approval rating stood at a staggeringly low 13 percent. Few political figures in history have been so reviled. As his memoir, In My Time, hits bookstores today, and he does a series of friendly interviews in the press, some Americans with short memories might wonder, “Why is it that so few were willing to endorse his performance in office?”

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