Cheney Skips White House Holiday Party To Go Hunting

Washington Post:

Missing from Monday night's black-tie White House holiday ball for all three branches of government was one very prominent official of the executive branch: Vice President Dick Cheney. He was away on a life-threatening mission - at least for the brave souls who joined him.

Members of Congress flocked to the White House in their tuxedos and gowns for well-spiked eggnog, gourmet nosh (the crab cakes and chicken fingers were big hits) and photos with President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. And some of them noticed that while the Bushes stood for hours on end saying "cheese" with hundreds of lawmakers, justices, Cabinet officials and select staffers - Cheney was nowhere to be found.

Read the whole story: Washington Post

Comments

[Stevealmi]

I have waited to see if reality would catch up with anyone but it has not. Would his press secretary tell the truth when she never tells anyone where he is? The fact that OPEC was meeting may have something to do with his secretary telling the press he was "hunting". It would be kind of funny if he was hunting but he was probably plotting how we can lose more revenue to oil producing countries.

[Kally]

He's coming to get you Scotty....ha ha

[ButterflyWeed]

Quietly celebrating yet another near-death experience, Dick recedes to his wilderness roots, reconnecting with inner-self by gripping his faithful cold gun.
Secure in knowing his Washington-insider crowd fattens on voter-provided festivities, Dick quietly changes the oil in his heart.
As he vows to outlive his critics, he makes "insurance call" to former IL Governor George Ryan, verifying the prison cot next to his is occupied. Together, they mourn the passing of their buddy Henry Hyde and wonder if Hyde is doing a casket spin over Hill's run for Presidency.
Reporters have failed to confirm if Karl Rove has accompanied Dick on his hunting trip.

[linkay]

"Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound of my gun.
Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound

Cheney's got a gun
Cheney's got a gun
His whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun. . ."

[DELICIOUS]

SKATBOARDING DOWN A GLAZIER SHOULD BE GOOD EXERCISE FOR THE OLD B@$T@RD.

[lefilmnoir]

The Armchair Napoleon's War Record
(copied from a response to the Post piece)

January 1959, Cheney was at Yale, bypassed because he was a young 18, if we can imagine that;
January 1963 (1st deferment)(Casper Community College - wherever the hell that is);
July 23, 1963 (2nd deferment)(Univ. of Wyoming);
October 14, 1964 (3rd student deferment since he was somehow married);
November 1, 1965 (4th deferment as a graduate student - getting smarter); and
January 19, 1966 (5th deferment, hardship exemption because he managed to knock up his wife)

[Grannysue]

Please, Please, Please, tell us that he took Bush and Condi with him!

[lovethesinner]

Cheney: "Bah humbug! Nobody wants to bomb Iran. Let's get drunk and shoot small creatures."

[JustinKase]

Looks like a major 'in your face' moment (oops... no pun intended)

[RnR]

With his well known sense of fair play he's probably aerial hunting wolves in Alaska along with the rest of the filth that engage in that practice (State of Alaska legislature included for enabling it).

[Independent voter]

Too bad he didn't take president CF with him

[BPCentrisAmerican]

President Cheney needs time away to get his head straight, you know out of his ass by shooting something with his overpriced 18 gauge pea shooter to prepare himself for appearances on the Ministry of Propaganda, Faux News, neocon central, AEI, Rush, The Heritage Foundation and the rest of the bullshit Washington think tanks, maybe even Meet the Press to gin up support for another oil war with Iran. Just can't wait to field test those low yield nukes and get more US soldiers killed and mutilated. John Bolton was on CNN with the Wolf-man last night already paving the way. Shame on CNN for giving this lunatic credibility. So Cheney will be making the rounds after Bush's unconvincing press conference yesterday. Put your boots on because the BS could start piling up as early this weekend. So much money to be made, so little time.

[KansasKowboy]

The real axis of evil: Cheney, Rove, and Bush

[Xrepug]

EVERBODY RUN FOR COVER !!!

[PaleMail]

The Post story mentions neglects to mention the third party in the fateful Cheney expedition with old Whittington, the comely Ms Pamela Willeford.