Cheney Went Hunting At Club That Hangs Confederate Flag

NY Daily News:

Nobody got shot, but Vice President Cheney still fired up controversy Monday when he went hunting at a private club that hangs the Confederate flag.

A Daily News photographer captured the 3-by-5 foot Dixie flag affixed to a door in the garage of the Clove Valley Gun and Rod Club in upstate Union Vale, N.Y.

"It's appalling for the VP to be at a private club displaying the flag of lynching, hate and murder," said the Rev. Al Sharpton. "It's the epitome of an insult."

Read the whole story: NY Daily News

Comments

[VivaZapata]

03:23 PM on 10/31/2007

10/30/07 6:19pm I started a bruhaha, but I didn't think anyone would defend this business of the confederate flag. Kemp bringing up tawanna brawley, a disturbed young woman, who acted badly is a long way from institutionalized bigotry. I guess empathy is too much to ask of him and his ilk.

[hootie1fan]

10:05 AM on 10/31/2007

Have you ever seen these Confederate-flag-is-not-a-racist-symbol-but-our-history defenders flying a British flag?

The last time I checked they were part of our history too.

[seamusnh]

10:55 AM on 10/31/2007

If someone who has ties to Britain wants to have a British flag on their property, who cares? I've seen them painted on the roofs of mini-Coopers...

[hootie1fan]

11:10 AM on 10/31/2007

The point I was attempting to make is that the justification many Confederate flag defenders use is that the flag is a part of history. Historical significance is their justification.

If you bought this logic, and I don't because I know too many of these people, then the next question to ask is why not other flags? We were British colonies, but no one, save a few Anglophiles, flies the Union Jack.

[hootie1fan]

01:52 PM on 10/31/2007

Ever seen a Confederate flag and the Union Jack flying side by side?

[Nyla785]

09:36 AM on 10/31/2007

Why the surprise? We all know the Repubs generally have a 'white guys first' agenda--that's not a far step from being blind to racism.

[A Meat Beetle]

09:28 AM on 10/31/2007

This guy is only capable of hunting caged animals and there are some (less and less every day, though!) who think he can protect us from terrorism? I don't think so!

[Witchitalineman]

09:26 AM on 10/31/2007

And this surprises you?

[hootie1fan]

09:25 AM on 10/31/2007

Has Dick Cheney ever ACTUALLY hunted anything that wasn't domestic and released in a canned hunt?

Canned hunting if for weenies and men who are clearly overcompensating.

[wsblake]

07:52 AM on 10/31/2007

and it's not even real hunting- the animals are penned in and can't escape- what a heartless, despicable piece of shit.

[A Meat Beetle]

09:04 AM on 10/31/2007

Yep, that's the sort of thing bullies and sadists do. I joked in a post here the other day that he was going to "hunt" tethered puppies and kittens. I'm not so sure it was a joke after all!

[Stevelagain]

04:48 AM on 10/31/2007

Slow News Day? Hillary's taking bribes (contributions) from Criminals! So there.

[StillAmused]

06:34 AM on 10/31/2007

So... where?

Oh, THERE! On some other thread not dealing with Cheney's canned hunt.

It's okay, flower girl... still counts toward your quota.

[wsblake]

08:03 AM on 10/31/2007

stevelagain, which is why republicans should love her- she's as wicked as you are-

[maizie]

11:32 PM on 10/30/2007

I wish Huffington Post would stop posting items about Bush and Cheney. It's embarrassing. These two bullies are not going to stop. Must we call attention to how weak and beaten down we are?

[excitablerooster]

11:07 PM on 10/30/2007

Is the club located in his house?

[JulieSA]

10:11 PM on 10/30/2007

Oh good heavens. It's inside a garage, in New York.

The Church of the Pertually Outraged is looking pretty silly.

[sparkandy]

06:04 AM on 10/31/2007

Amen to that Sister!

[doug108]

09:59 PM on 10/30/2007

Oh my God. How shocking. And, did you hear the latest on this guy? He lied his countrymen into a war that has cost nearly a million lives, all told, and he totally doesn't even seem to care. I can't wait to see what he gets up to next. He's a hoot!

[StillAmused]

09:51 PM on 10/30/2007

Okay, I'll bite... this shows up in my profile as originally posted at 9:31, but not on this page -- another HuffMystery.

Try, try again...

The notion of this pasty, battery-operated, soulless war criminal seeking still further stimulation of his shriveled prostate by killing helpless creatures pretty much summarizes the essence of the BabyBush administration and its fecal legacy.

Would it really be such a big deal to legislate that no sociopath may henceforth hold the office of President, Vice President or any cabinet post?

[StillAmused]

09:55 PM on 10/30/2007

Drat!

Can we get Deadeye Dick to shoot the friggin' HuffPo "Refresh" button?

What's next? Random jumps to threads of THEIR choice?

My browser is deeply offended.

[mcnary]

09:51 PM on 10/30/2007

The great joke is that this yahoo needs to have pet chickens released so he can kill something, why didn't they just release a few homeless folk and let him shoot them? What does it matter he just needs to kill something, what a sap.
As for that flag.... but of course..It is after all Dick Cheney

[macjon]

09:33 PM on 10/30/2007

The cheney confederate flag and the republicon candidates not showing up for a black debate show the continuity of the repub-LIE-CON party ideas and thoughts.