We're going to step outside the scope of presidential candidate care today and talk about a little Dick named Cheney.

A pair of satirists, political mannies if you will, have published Young Dick Cheney: A Great American, a book about the adventures of their rascally charge, vice president Dick Cheney. The authors, frequently heard on NPR, recount in meticulous detail (plus footnotes!) the story of a secretive yet sensitive boy from Wyoming with a shoot-from-the-hip, shoot-in-the-face style all his own. 

From the promo:

A wickedly funny faux-children's biography recounts Young Dick Cheney’s youthful lust for guns, oil, and the girl of his dreams.

He was born among the big skies and cow pies of the Great American West. And yet from these humble beginnings, he would grow to become the most famous, most powerful Dick ever to inhabit the Vice Presidency. In this often shocking, frequently touching, clearly unauthorized biography, faux journalists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin (National Public Radio) reveal the inspiring and sometimes even true story of Richard B. Cheney—frontiersman, freedom fighter, fatty.

The book is not quite ready for circletime reading (publication date April 1, 2008, of course!). But you can pre-order a copy today.

Photo: Alternet.org