Julian Sanchez reluctantly reports on the real story behind Dick Cheney’s “scare tactics.”

He concludes:

And in context, it’s actually pretty transparent that this is what Cheney intended. So transparent once you look at the full transcript, in fact, that I wonder whether some of the misreading isn’t deliberate, either as a partisan tactic or an attempt to generate a news story.

There are plenty of people who dislike the Veep, but if you’re going to dislike someone, you ought to have a good reason for it. (Read the whole thing to find out what Cheney obviously meant. The article is pointed and concise.)

UPDATE: Double freaky. It’s happened for the second time this week… now Glenn has used my Spock-with-beard reference. Coincidence? Or is it spies? You be the judge.