Obama: Cheney "The crazy uncle in the attic"

CNN Politics ^ | November 3, 2007 | Peter Hamby

[2ndDivisionVet]

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (CNN)–At a campaign event saturday, Sen. Barack Obama called his distant cousin, Vice President Dick Cheney, "the crazy uncle in the attic."

Obama was referencing the recent revelation by the Vice President's wife, Lynne Cheney, that he and the vice president are distantly related.

"For the first time in a long time, the name George Bush will not appear on the ballot," he told the crowd of about 500 at Converse College in Spartanburg. "The name Dick Cheney, my cousin, will not appear on the ballot. We tried to hide the cousin thing. Everybody has a black sheep in the family. The crazy uncle in the attic."

[2ndDivisionVet]

Senator, you are not fit to shine Vice President Cheney's shoes. You can take that any way you want to...

[G Larry]

Umm...as opposed to the snot-nosed, know-it-all nephew?

[LADY J]

Disgusting remarks!

This from another low class senator!

[Lexington Green]

Obama ain’t a pimple on Cheney’s arse.

[Trueblackman]

This from Cheney’s Token Cousin, who had a drug habit because of his racial background.

[Bahbah]

Not very classy.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

The C.A.C.U. (The Coalition of Attic Crazy Uncles) should be up in arms about this! Where’s the megaphone? Where’s Al Sharpton! Where’s the A.C.L.U.?

(Hey, CACU and ACLU have almost alike initials...)

[MNJohnnie]

Senator, Dick Cheney in a single day accomplishes more then you ever will even if you serve 100 year in the US Senate. Senator, your entire career will be nothing but a quickly forgotten footnote in the history books.

[bmwcyle]

bmwcyle: Obama, the circus star that works for peanuts.

[Cobra64]

“Ears” should read Cheney’s resume before he makes those remarks.

[Judith Anne]

Obama: You’re a cute kid. Mr. Cheney is a MAN.

[roses of sharon]

Is Oba shaving yet?

[tflabo]

Hardy har har Obama....Cheney is one of the best VP’s the USA has ever seen. You are just a vacuous pretty boy media darling bloviating egoistic Senator....and we got plenty of those useless idiots. You running for POTUS is the biggest laugh of all.

[Vision]

Obama is a simple narcissistic fool with a silly name.

[pandoraou812]

"The name Dick Cheney, my cousin, will not appear on the ballot. We tried to hide the cousin thing. Everybody has a black sheep in the family. The crazy uncle in the attic."

How dare Obama.. However if I were the Cheney family I sure wouldn't want a former (?) Muslim in my family tree either. I think Obama has it wrong, the Cheney's have the black sheep in the family. Why anyone would want to be related to Obama is beyond me.. I don't know why Obama has to sink to such a low. How come nobody is yelling about this insult? Oh I forgot people who are like him can say anything they darn well please.

[Diogenesis]

[ripley]

obama says that vice president cheney is the crazy uncle in the attic.

i used to have respect for mr. obama. now i would think of him as the stupid a## in a suit considering his insulting stupidity.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"“Ears” should read Cheney’s resume before he makes those remarks."

But he was a "neighborhood activist" and a state legislator, and went to a good law school. Surely that qualifies someone to run the most powerful nation in the world, doesn't it?

[L98Fiero]

As a member of the Crazy Uncle community, I am offended and demand an apology!

[DTogo]

Everybody has a black sheep in the family.

Does the make Cheney "the first BLACK vice president"??