When was dick cheney born?
He was born in 1938. If not politically then just in terms of the calendar he is a child of this modern era of World War II, of the Cold War. When — whatever his own personal politics might be, he’s part of a culture that has come to take for granted presidential and executive power in a way that had he been born in 1838, I guarantee you he would not have. So in many ways we have a whole generation of policymakers, whatever their ideology, whatever their party, who have grown up with a very different set of expectations about presidential authority.So in view of history, both feel presidential powers have not been diminished what so ever. About VP powers: JIM LEHRER: Before we go then, the final to you first Richard and then Ellen, it’s been said, the clich is that Dick Cheney is the most powerful vice president in history. Is that true?Both agreed Cheney is the most powerful VP in history, though only “as powerful as his boss wants him to be.” Also, as per other discussions, Cheney h
