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A casual Cheney cruise causes consternation

By: Jeff Dufour
Editor at Large/Columnist, "Yeas & Nays"
08/20/08 10:31 PM EDT

Vice President Dick Cheney arriving in Birmingham, Al., for a fundraiser at Shoal Creek Country Club, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.

Beep, beep veep!

A Yeas & Nays spy tells us that some D.C. tourists to Vice President Dick Cheney's hometown -- Jackson Hole, Wyoming -- grew a bit frustrated with the veep after some mechanical difficulties on Air Force Two delayed the flights of several travelers. (Cheney made the Wyoming visit, in part, to vote in a local primary election and attend some fundraisers.)

Passengers in the Jackson Hole airport were left to stew for several hours due to the problems on Air Force Two and the delay was protracted when Cheney reversed course after departing, and returned to the airport.

One plane of disgruntled fliers were told by a joking pilot, “He forgot his cell phone.”

 




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Aug 21, 2008

If John Edwards or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or John Kerry or Jesse Jackson or Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi or Bob Menendez or Teddy Kennedy or Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow or George Soros or George Clooney or E.J. Dionne or Donna Brazile or somebody from MoveOn or the National Organization for Women pulled a tarmac maneuver like this in some posh resort town, the conservative blowhards would be going ballistic with their hackneyed, "They're a bunch of better-than-thou elitists who hate the little guy" complaints.

 

Aug 21, 2008

@dmkolvek : True. Republican attacks usually are more introspective and self loathing.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Let me guess he forgot his keys.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Too bad there weren't problems with his mechanical heart.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Or maybe Lynn couldn't remember if she'd unplugged the iron, or they just had to go back and make sure they'd locked their back door.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Or maybe they just couldn't leave until they'd made SURE the iron was unplugged and the back door was locked.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Oh, and he wasn't getting a $200 haircut? Jeebus!

 

Aug 21, 2008

And I'm sure Cheney had his "So" ready for the first complain he heard. Stupid elitist pig.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Yea! Cheney should live in a cardboard shack like Obama's half brother!! TAKE THAT!!!

 

Aug 21, 2008

Or maybe it just finally hit him: My daughter's a lesbian and I'm in a party that hates gay people.

 

Aug 21, 2008

Your friend and mine screws up again.

 

Aug 22, 2008

Hey, royalty has its perogatives. "Make way, make way, the King is coming."

 


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