Report: Cheney Frustrated That Bush Went Soft, Didn’t Follow His Advice The Washington Post reports that former Vice President Dick Cheney’s upcoming memoirs will show a great sense of disappointment at former President George W. Bush — that Bush didn’t take his advice as much in the second term. “The implication was that Bush had gone soft on him, or rather Bush had hardened against Cheney’s advice,” said a participant at a recent gathering. “He’d showed an independence that Cheney didn’t see coming. It was clear that Cheney’s doctrine was cast-iron strength at all times — never apologize, never explain — and Bush moved toward the conciliatory.”
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