Big Dick Cheney

According to Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, Dick Cheney has had a lot to say about the current House of Representatives:

"I’m trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion, but [in] the Congress I served in, that wouldn’t have happened... They are not carrying the big sticks I would have expected."

-- Vice President Cheney, in an interview with The Politico, suggesting Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) don't stand up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

I figured maybe it was taken out of context, so I took a look at the link Political Wire provided, and the Politicos article seems pretty clear on what the Vice President is saying. Am I reading too much into this? What does the Veep mean when he says that John Murtha and John Dingell aren't carrying "the big sticks" when they deal with Nancy Pelosi? Am I assigning too much importance to the fact that Speaker Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House in History? My recollection (assisted by Google) is that Cheney was House Minority Whip for the Republicans -- a party known for falling in line with their party's leadership, especially in the 80's when Cheney was in Congress. As whip, his job would have been to make sure that the rank and file Republicans fell into lockstep with the Minority Leader.

So, am I wrong in thinking that the Veep was accusing Murtha and Dingell of having dicks too small to stand up to a woman? Is that why he was "trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion?"

This man disgusts me. Film at eleven.

/Green Bandit Out.