How Should Dick Cheney Be Remembered?

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Nov 4, 2025

The discussion kicks off with a deep dive into Dick Cheney's complex legacy, exploring his influential career and decisions during pivotal moments in U.S. history. The hosts also share personal anecdotes, including a memorable dinner with the Cheneys. They critique Eric Holder's controversial remarks aimed at the Supreme Court and examine the implications of gerrymandering leading up to future elections. Additionally, a shocking voicemail left for Senator Sheehy highlights the escalating toxicity in political discourse, prompting a call for restraint and decency.

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Cheney's Outsize Policy Influence

Dick Cheney exerted outsized influence over five decades across defense and the vice presidency, shaping major US foreign-policy decisions.
Jim Garrity and Greg Karambas argue few non-presidents in recent memory matched his policy impact.

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Dinner With The Cheneys

Jim Garrity recounts being invited to dinner at the Naval Observatory with Dick and Lynn Cheney after the 2004 election.
He describes Lynn as a gracious hostess and Cheney as dry-witted and well-versed in foreign policy.

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Unexpected Policy Parallels With MAGA

Garrity highlights policy parallels between the Bush–Cheney era and later Trump foreign-policy positions.
He suggests those overlaps complicate the narrative of Cheney as purely a neoconservative foil to MAGA.

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Join Jim and Greg for the Tuesday edition of the 3 Martini Lunch as they reflect on the legacy of the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, slam former Attorney General Eric Holder for trying to undermine the Supreme Court, and highlight more deranged behavior from the left, this time targeting Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy.

First, they examine the long and influential career of Dick Cheney, from his early days in the Ford administration to serving as Defense Secretary during the Gulf War and later as one of the most consequential vice presidents in U.S. history. There will be considerable debate on the right over his legacy in the Iraq War and his endorsement of Kamala Harris in 2024. Jim also tells us about a special dinner he had with the Cheneys shortly after the 2004 election.

Next, they slam former Attorney General Eric Holder for his latest comments clearly aimed at delegitimizing the U.S. Supreme Court, all because he's frustrated by the right-leaning decisions coming from the court. Holder is also among the people urging Democrats to gerrymander their congressional even more heading into the 2026 midterms

Finally, they recoil at the vile voicemail left for Sen. Sheehy by a woman who is running for local office in Montana. In the message, she hopes Sheehy contracts pancreatic cancer and dies quickly because he supported the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill. Jim says after Charlie Kirk's murder, the Jay Jones scandal, and now this, there are a lot of people becoming detached from reality over politics.

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