Report: Cheney Not Appearing At GOP Convention

Conservative magazine the American Spectator reports:

Vice President Dick Cheney will not make an appearance at the Republican convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul next month, according to sources in his office. Cheney has not sought a speaking slot at the convention, nor has his staff sought a role for him at the convention.

The McCain campaign has not gone out of its way to reach out to Cheney, though a segment of conservative Republicans had been pressing the campaign to include Cheney in the convention agenda.

The Spectator says Cheney and McCain don't get along. A Cheney spokesperson tells the LA Times only that "the vice president has a great deal of respect for John McCain and as of last Friday was out campaigning for him."

Comments

[hardlyhikin]

RNC retracted the invitation to have him speak when he responded: "I'll take a shot at it."

[Buddly]

I bet he will be out shooting lawyers,in the face and the trip can not be cancelled

[MPeter]

Why can't someone take this thug hunting and spray him with a pallet gun or just unplug the battery. He is a disgrace to this country.

[neo1]

Nobody can find him!

[thewho77]

Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, John Yoo, Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramhoff, Duke Cunningham, should be there, if they can get out of jail, of course! LOL LMFAO

[RatgurlSD]

Never, since his inception as VP, has Cheney actually performed the duties of the VPOTUS. Why should we expect anything different now?

[Kwaayesnama]

Why not? Is this the man who pushed to send our bravest to die looking for weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. Don't they want any reminders of that at their convention?

[HopeandChange]

If people in this country understood we are voting for the leader of the free world, Cheney would be our next president. Unfortunatly people (on the left) think they're voting for a new best friend, so it's mor important that I like him.

[magnetplanner]

Once McCain trashed Rummy, Cheney was never going to support him.

[AdLib]

Anyone know if this is unprecedented that a sitting VP doesn't address their party's convention?

[sugarmoes]

they don't want cheney to spray everyone with buckshot. but if he did they could use those leftover purple heart bandaids. hmmmm...

[moda31]

it's not like everyone will suddenly forget that cheney and bush are republicans, no matter how hard they try to hide them during the convention.

[JonW]

Back under the rock for some quality time"

[trollsbwild]

What's his choice? After all, the airport bathroom is going to be monitored.

[neo1]

Love that one :)

[WFV]

Wh

[Heavy]

He has puppies to eat.

[bmermaid]

ROFLMAO, but sadly, true.

[mscriblerus]

Well, in Cheney's own words.."So­!!??"

[BADEN]

What? They couldn't location an "undisclosed location" for him?
What? None of his plugs worked there?
What? He wouldn't cross a bridge?
What? His entourage couldn't find a "HuntRUs" nearby?
What? No one would service his machinery?

What?