Opinion

Yeas & Nays


[Print]  [Email]        

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.”

 




Follow The Examiner

To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 8.0 or later installed. Click here to get the latest Flash player.


Most Popular Headlines



 


 



 

Reader Comments

All comments on this page are subject to our Terms of Use and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Examiner or its staff. Comment box is limited to 250 words.

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."

 


Post a comment


Email:
(This will not be displayed or shared. Privacy Policy)

Display Name:

Comment:




Sports

President of the Italian Tennis Federation Francesco Ricci Bitti and U.S. Fed Cup player Melanie Oudin meet the media ahead of the Fed Cup tennis final between Italy and the United States, in Reggio ...

ITF president says hefty fine — not ban — likely for Serena Williams over US Open tirade

Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said. Full story

Politics

Demonstrators chant on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a Republican health Care reform rally. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation

Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full story

Entertainment

'Golden Girls' star McClanahan has bypass surgery

Rue McClanahan, who played sexy Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls," was recovering Thursday from heart bypass surgery at a New York City hospital. Full story