Cheney Gaffe: Identifies Hugo Chavez As The President Of Peru

Washington Post:

Asked about the influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a harsh critic of the Bush administration, Cheney said that Chavez "spends a great deal of his time worrying about us and criticizing the United States" and that "my own personal view is that he does not represent the future of Latin America."

Apparently forgetting that Chavez is from Venezuela, Cheney added: "The people of Peru, I think, deserve better in their leadership. But that's obviously a matter they've got to resolve for themselves."

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Comments

[getoffmedz]

01:30 AM on 11/04/2007

Dementia in the aged is a terrible thing.

The Vice President has been showing major signs since he shot the attorney in the face in Texas.

[TheIndependenceParty]

01:35 AM on 11/04/2007

Could be the old bean is crapping out at last. Lots of hardware wired in his heart of course, few clots here, couple of missed beats there, ... eventually he will die like all of us, but sooner rather than later. Banging the butt of a shotgun against his pacer doesn't do it any good. And a "nukular" blast anywhere close by would render his pacemaker/defibrillator a mindless and motionless paperweight. So, Dick, ... don't start a fight you can't finish, nor a sentence either, for that matter.

And also, when you are at a loss for the name of a nation you should have remembered, ... don't peek in your pocket at the airline ticket to Paraguay, and declare "Peru" to be under the control of a Socialist DickTator like Chavez.

We know you are a bit long in the tooth, an admitted vasopath, and wired together beyond your prime functioning as a human, let alone the second most powerful person on the planet.

Should we assume that when your mumbling ceases at last, ... and the signs of life ebb from your grim visage, and your clenched jaw relaxes, ... that we can approach your body and fold your arms across your chest? Or should we use a wooden handled rake, to avoid the risk of multiple deaths at the same instant. I might have read that in a Boy Scout manual about saving victims of electrocution.

Rest assured we have arranged for a wooden casket, ... better insulating qualities as we understand it. This will require a fire brigade to stand by, however, lest your defibrillator cause you to self-emolate and act as tinder for your casket to burst into flames. Homeland Security seems to insist upon it, ... We hope you understand! The alternative was to push your bier on wheels straight out the door, and down the many steps into the parking lot where we could either hose you down bigtime or apply a thick layer of foam. Your choice.

We understand these are difficult decisions, Mister Vice President. Please understand that the American People do not give a shit.

[olivia]

10:28 PM on 11/03/2007

H.R. 333 needs one more representative to support it so that Pelosi cannot scuttle it.

[realitytrumpsbull]

07:55 PM on 11/03/2007

So, leaders of the free worldererer can't find
parters of iter? Is that like junior miss
america or whatever where she was talking about
kids not being able to find america on a map?

[MilwaukeeMike]

07:18 PM on 11/03/2007

I'm sure he's thinking 'Peruvian, Brazilian, whatever, they're all illegal Mexicans.'

[fact finder]

06:32 PM on 11/03/2007

One question . Who cares what addle brain pain in the face says .?

[tkk]

06:31 PM on 11/03/2007

Yes, and the people of the U. S. deserve a better leadership than Cheney and his BFF Bush.

[patriotscholar]

06:24 PM on 11/03/2007

Ok, that's enough. Step down, Dick, before your memory is totally gone. Oh...wait...too late.

[KeysDan]

06:21 PM on 11/03/2007

Looks like its hard for Dick to keep his country's straight. We shocked and awed Iraq when he meant to attack Iran, but it is not a mistake that he cannot correct.

[VivaZapata]

06:19 PM on 11/03/2007

Dear Masses Are Asses,
Chavez has the audacity to disagree with my administration that only has good intentions towards the poor people of Venezuela. An oil rich country like Venezuela shouldn't have much poverty. I'm sure the 7 sisters were kind and generous, but the multitudes just didn't know how manage their money.
Sincerely,
Dick Chaney

[gevan]

06:05 PM on 11/03/2007

Cheney just likes to say the word "Peru". He likes the way it makes his lips look. Try it, "per-roo"!

[partyofone]

05:32 PM on 11/03/2007

Oops, good Bush and Cheney didn't send the CIA to forment a coup in Peru. It's hard to keep all those countries straight, don't cha know.

[cropper]

05:12 PM on 11/03/2007

Of course there is just no way that Cheney does not know which country, but has transposed well known facts. It reminds me of my uncle when he was just beginning to exhibit signs of Alzheimer's - he too would fall asleep as inappropriate time, and make an increasing number of transpositions such as London for Paris. That progressed to calling family members by the wrong names, forgetting where he was and all the other manifestations of that disease.

That sort of lapse might account for the hunting accident hed had.

[zendem1]

05:08 PM on 11/03/2007

Next we'll hear that Chavez is close to producing a nuclear weapon.

[StillAmused]

04:54 PM on 11/03/2007

Time for fresh batteries in the Energizer Satan.