Maybe it’s because, deep down, I’m just embracing my inner white trash, but I really find it refreshing when a politician, or an aspiring one, is unafraid to use the words that convey his true feelings, as Cheney did there, and pretty much on behalf of much of the country, who’d love to be able to tell Leaky Leahy to “f off”.
Dubya calls NYT reporter an "a-hole"I recall that "clymer" became a popular euphemism for here on FR, and is still used occasionally.
Gen Patton and Harry Truman also had their problems with raw language. It didn't make them lesser men. They were as American as apple pie, although that may make us religious folks squirm a little.