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Cheney goes for laughs at media dinner
MSNBC/AP ^ | April 17, 2008

Posted on 04/17/2008 12:35:42 PM PDT by chickadee

By tradition, the guest of honor pokes a little fun at himself before the audience of media members and guests.

The vice president worked in a reference to Democrat Barack Obama's controversial comments about "bitter" voters and his own hunting mishap. He thanked the attendees for the kind welcome, saying, "You're not the kind to look down on a bitter man who clings to his guns."

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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: banglist; bitter; cheney; comedy; correspondents; dickcheney; media; video
I've always like Cheney's delivery.
1 posted on 04/17/2008 12:35:42 PM PDT by chickadee
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To: Salena Zito

Related topic PING! :)


2 posted on 04/17/2008 12:38:31 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: chickadee
I wish we had super delegates so we could go ahead and have Cheney for 4 years. If anything, as a present for Helen Thomas.
3 posted on 04/17/2008 12:39:43 PM PDT by mnehrling
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To: chickadee
I've always like Cheney's delivery.

Which is better than his aim. (-:

4 posted on 04/17/2008 12:42:42 PM PDT by PeterFinn (Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan - my two favorite Presidents.)
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To: chickadee

Romney’s #5 was the best.

Romney said the reasons he dropped out, in reverse order, were:

No. 10: There weren’t as many Osmonds as he thought.
No. 9: Got tired of the corkscrew landings of his campaign plane while under fire
No. 8: As a lifelong hunter, I didn’t want to miss the start of varmint season.
No. 7: There wasn’t room for two Christian leaders in the presidential race
No. 6: I was upset that no one bothered to search my passport files.
No. 5: I’d rather get fat, grow a beard and try for the Nobel prize.
No. 4: When my wife realized I couldn’t win the GOP nomination, my fundraising dried up.
No. 3: Got tired of wearing a dark suit and tie, and I wanted to kick back in a light colored suit and tie.
No. 2: I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.
And the No. 1 reason Romney dropped out: His campaign relied on a flawed campaign strategy that as Utah goes, so goes the nation.


5 posted on 04/17/2008 12:45:57 PM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: chickadee

This was SO funny.


6 posted on 04/17/2008 12:46:27 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (0'bambi: the audacity of hype)
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To: chickadee

Lol, I saw some of this on cable. Dick was MUCH better than the professional comedian that followed him.

The Misses didn’t look so bad either.


7 posted on 04/17/2008 12:48:06 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: chickadee
Dam it Dick. Why didn't you run! You would have been one of the great ones.


8 posted on 04/17/2008 12:49:16 PM PDT by McGruff (Support Rush's Operation CHAOS - Crush Hillary And Obama Simultaneously)
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To: Hoffer Rand

Thanks - we owe this laugh to Rush. He talked about it on his show, so I dug up a video and article so that we could all enjoy it.


9 posted on 04/17/2008 12:49:45 PM PDT by chickadee
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To: chickadee

I rolled in the floor when Cheney gave his ending remarks by offering to give the media the same advice that he gave senator Patrick Leahy on the senate floor.


10 posted on 04/17/2008 12:52:05 PM PDT by OB1kNOb ("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
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To: chickadee

And the Veep recounted how he asked his wife at the breakfast table if it bugs her that people call him “Darth Vader.” He said she answered, “Not at all. It humanizes you.”


11 posted on 04/17/2008 12:57:08 PM PDT by Loud Mime (One Embittered, Church-going gun owner reporting for Duty!)
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To: McGruff

“You would have been one of the great ones.”

He HAS been one of the great ones. But yes, I too would have loved to seen this guy as my president.

We are really going to miss him.


12 posted on 04/17/2008 12:58:39 PM PDT by Gator113 (Hey Democrats, "I drink your milkshake.")
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To: chickadee

At least there’s something to love about the latter years of the Bush administration.


13 posted on 04/17/2008 1:00:52 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: chickadee

And I’m grateful that you didn’t “dig out” that video that Rush was discussing at the end of his broadcast today...


14 posted on 04/17/2008 1:02:41 PM PDT by weegee (Religion is the opiate of the masses MARX1843 They get bitter, they cling to...religion OBAMA2008)
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To: chickadee

My secret confession - I’ve always found the VP to be a hottie!! Like to get a poster made of that picture of him in the shades!


15 posted on 04/17/2008 1:08:19 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: PeterFinn

Better hunting with Dick than driving with Ted.


16 posted on 04/17/2008 1:09:24 PM PDT by thulldud (Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
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To: KosmicKitty

You’ll have to fight me for him, KosmicKitty! He is THE MAN. Love that lopsided grin of his.


17 posted on 04/17/2008 1:12:14 PM PDT by HanneyBean
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To: HanneyBean

And me! Cheney has a lot more than gravitas:)


18 posted on 04/17/2008 1:18:47 PM PDT by chickadee
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To: weegee

That would have been “armageddon”:)


19 posted on 04/17/2008 1:19:49 PM PDT by chickadee
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To: chickadee
Cheney was great! Much funnier than the “professional comedian” who followed him.
20 posted on 04/17/2008 1:22:05 PM PDT by tips up
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To: snugs

Gotta PING the Cheney Chick! (BIG TIME!!!)


21 posted on 04/17/2008 1:29:09 PM PDT by Christian4Bush ("41-David, you are clear for end of watch." Rest in Peace, SWAT Officer Randal Simmons.)
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To: chickadee

I wish the VP would reply to Murtha’s, “he’s too old”, comment regarding McCain.

How about this... Well if we’re going to start eliminating candidates based on age, what’s next, not enough testosterone? If that’s the case, then the two Democratic candidates shouldn’t be let any where near the White House. Although of the two, my money would be on Hillary for the higher t-count.


22 posted on 04/17/2008 1:31:03 PM PDT by anonsquared
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To: anonsquared
Although of the two, my money would be on Hillary for the higher t-count.

Indeed. Remember the old Spy magazine cover with the "Hillary's Big Secret" theme? LOL!

23 posted on 04/17/2008 2:01:01 PM PDT by Charles Martel (The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
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To: chickadee

Gravitas!


24 posted on 04/17/2008 2:23:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain is rock solid on SCOTUS judicial appointments. He voted for Ginsberg, Kennedy and Souter.)
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To: Charles Martel

25 posted on 04/17/2008 6:52:55 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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To: chickadee

26 posted on 04/17/2008 6:55:31 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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