During a discussion of President Obama’s bow before Japanese Emperor Akihito on Fox News Sunday this past weekend — after host Chris Wallace aired a videotape of Vice President Cheney choosing not to bow before the Emperor in Feb. 2007 — Liz Cheney quipped, “you could also look at the comparison and think, Cheney 2012.” On Fox News yesterday, Cheney further explained her promotion of her dad, saying, “I have to tell you, he’s my candidate. But I have yet to get him on board with the concept.” In Texas yesterday to endorse Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) in the Texas governor’s race, the former vice president adamantly rejected the idea:
When she took the stage, Hutchison noted a Sunday cable show in which daughter Liz Cheney suggested her father might be a good presidential candidate in four years.
“I wasn’t sure when I saw Liz Cheney on TV Sunday, I thought this might be the start of Cheney 2012,” Hutchison said.
A member of the crowd shouted, “We need you, Dick.”
Cheney shook his head.
“No chance,” he said.
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