Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Cheney had volunteered to step down in 2003 so Bush could pick someone else as his 2004 campaign running mate. Bush considered the offer, writing that while Cheney "helped with important parts of our base, he had become a lightning rod for criticism from the media and the left." While Bush did not like Cheney's image as described by critics, accepting his resignation offer would help "demonstrate that I was in charge." |