2007-03-22 03:27:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week.
On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, became an argument about Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co., an international energy services corporation, and President Bush's judicial nominees. The exchange ended when Cheney offered some crass advice.
"**** yourself," said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency.
2007-03-22 03:29:15 · update #1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3699-2004Jun24?language=printer
2007-03-22 03:29:54 · update #2
This question was in response to a conservative who asked if Reid was hateful when he made a remark one year ago
2007-03-22 03:35:47 · update #3
No, if you remember, at the time, Republicans said that wasn't a big deal.
Edit: I LOVE that the two people below me resorted to, "That was three years ago!" as a defense.
Clinton hasn't been President for over six years and they're still beating THAT dead horse, but don't bring up anything that any Republican ever did wrong.
2007-03-22 03:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Considering that Leahy had just questioned the integrity of Cheney a little bit before, and then tried to act all buddy buddy with him, Cheney's response was most appropriate.
2007-03-22 10:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually it seems quite consistent with how Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield carried out diplomacy in the first 5 years of this administration!
2007-03-22 10:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ohhhhhh dear...Well, boys will be boys...I suppose. No, he wasn't out of line. He's probably getting tired of hearing this stuff about Halliburton. Ya got to admit, all these political footballs have gone way beyond the reasoning of the average citizen. Make politics very sickening.
2007-03-22 10:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by chole_24 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've actually met Pat Leahy.
Dick Cheney was dead on target.
2007-03-22 10:37:56 · answer #5 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
geez. lets take cheney out for a quail hunt and shoot him in the face. quit dredging up the past
2007-03-22 10:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by plhudson01 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cheney is a hack.....I love that Leahey got under his skin that bad.
2007-03-22 10:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah! My Professor Yusef bin Gobilz at the Liberal Institute of Education (LIE) always says to drudge up news from a couple of years ago to get the party-base whipped up!
2007-03-22 10:31:08 · answer #8 · answered by Indy Plume 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋
I thought they were gay lovers having a private conversation.
2007-03-22 10:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He repeated what millions of Americans do and SHOULD think about Dems since Dems want to screw our country for our kids.
2007-03-22 10:31:28 · answer #10 · answered by duck 2 · 4⤊ 4⤋