Cheney Says Bush Was Too Soft

"I think one thing we can agree about this is good for President Bush - when you have Dick Cheney out there saying you weren't crazy enough. That's probably good for his rehabilitation."

clipped from wbztv.com Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes his old boss, President George W. Bush, gradually turned away from his advice during their second term in the White House, showing a surprising independence as he started taking more flexible positions on a range of issues, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. We have the vice president telling friends that toward the end of the eight years that the president went soft, that he wasn't tough enough on their policies. And that's been the vice president's complaint since they got out. "Now we're talking about after we've left office. I have strong feelings about what happened. ... And I don't have any reason not to forthrightly express those views." He'd showed an independence that Cheney didn't see coming." According to Allen, however, Cheney's book may end up helping Bush's public image.