Cheney

This is an excellent article on Cheney. Its a must read: Dick Cheney's Psychology | Part 2: The "Attendant Lord"

"Bluffing, which comes from Cheney's passivity, was a characteristic noted by his Yale roommates. Biographers and profile writers cite many instances of Cheney's lies and deceptions. They construct the reality his patron wants to hear. But Cheney's lies begin at home. The whole structure of his dependent relationships involves lies. He can't tell his dominant partners what he's really feeling, or even what he's really doing. He is an amoral public official. He will say or do almost anything that serves the purposes of the symbiotic relationship. The patron's needs are the greater good which justifies any means. Then Cheney's anxiety, aggression, silence and emotional detachment (one associate described him as "the coldest fish there is" ) come into play in achieving the ends."