To say that it was chickenshit, excuse the expression, is an understatement. It was gratuitous, and it was petty, and it appeared vindictive to me, and it was utterly beneath the dignity of a person of Cheney's achievement. I mean, Dick Cheney coming into my life has been like a black cloud.
~ Frank Keating
None of this is really news (except for the Tulsa World publishing the word "chickenshit"). Dick Cheney has been characterized as a materialization of a real life Sith Lord for quite awhile now. So, when former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating suggested to the author of Angler that being introduced to the current Vice President was "like a black cloud" coming into his life, it mainly sounded like sour grapes.