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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
by Liz Cheney
A readable book, sometimes repetitive with its virtue signaling. I bought and read it not to put money in Liz Cheney's pocket but because I wanted to learn more about the select committee's work behind the scenes. I have not read the select committee's report, I should do that.
My biggest question: Why is so little said of Chairman Bennie Thompson's role? Did Nancy Pelosi ask or expect Liz Cheney and her husband Phil Perry to lead the way in mapping out and structuring the Committee's hearings, which seems to be what happened? if so, why? because they're Republicans and therefore slightly less to be distrusted by Trump's base? So little is said about Chairman Thompson that the implication is that he was essentially a bystander.
My other main question is, Who is Liz Cheney, really? She portrays herself as a mom who thinks like a mom, and that's just hard to believe, there is the occasional glimpse of warmth but she seems to be made of granite. She adores her father, in my opinion one of the most despicable men ever to have held public office. She's clearly a diehard Conservative who thinks Democrats are out to "ruin people's lives" by addressing climate change. (If she represented South Carolina would Big Tobacco ever have been held accountable? A moot point, obviously, and of course she seems to embody whiteness itself so hard to think of her representing any place with a significant Black population.)
I think she keeps a lot of the story to herself, and that's understandable, but I'm curious if we'll ever hear more about her efforts from more transparent sources.
My biggest question: Why is so little said of Chairman Bennie Thompson's role? Did Nancy Pelosi ask or expect Liz Cheney and her husband Phil Perry to lead the way in mapping out and structuring the Committee's hearings, which seems to be what happened? if so, why? because they're Republicans and therefore slightly less to be distrusted by Trump's base? So little is said about Chairman Thompson that the implication is that he was essentially a bystander.
My other main question is, Who is Liz Cheney, really? She portrays herself as a mom who thinks like a mom, and that's just hard to believe, there is the occasional glimpse of warmth but she seems to be made of granite. She adores her father, in my opinion one of the most despicable men ever to have held public office. She's clearly a diehard Conservative who thinks Democrats are out to "ruin people's lives" by addressing climate change. (If she represented South Carolina would Big Tobacco ever have been held accountable? A moot point, obviously, and of course she seems to embody whiteness itself so hard to think of her representing any place with a significant Black population.)
I think she keeps a lot of the story to herself, and that's understandable, but I'm curious if we'll ever hear more about her efforts from more transparent sources.