After a long, hot and very racist summer, politicians are returning to D.C. this week to once again take up the mighty business of not governing the U.S. empire and fundraising for the next election, which in this case happens to be arriving in a matter of weeks, not years (though the politicians would be fundraising about as feverishly, either way).

So with those upcoming midterm elections in mind, the House GOP, according to a report from Politico, plans on Tuesday to receive a pep talk of sorts from that most charismatic and engaging of public speakers — former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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According to Politico, Cheney's talk will attempt to "highlight the importance of keeping a GOP House majority," a goal that one would think Republican members of the House already share with adequate enthusiasm; and one, moreover, that nearly every analyst says the GOP can achieve on autopilot, due to gerrymandering and demographic trends.

Nevertheless, the man whose most famous pronouncements have come not in front of a podium but in conversation with colleagues and friends — "Fuck yourself" and "Reagan proved deficits don't matter" being two choice examples — will do his best to rally the faithful with his words.

More context for Cheney's address from HuffPo:

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