Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires.
By on Oct 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Cheney falls asleep during Cabinet meeting on wildfires.
During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California. A Cheney spokeswoman “laughed it off,” telling CNN that the vice president was “practicing meditation.” CNN’s chyron reported that Cheney was seen “meditating” — rather than sleeping — during the cabinet meeting. Watch it:
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anyway we can keep him in that state?
October 25th, 2007 at 12:02 pmIt’s a shame he didn’t fall ‘asleep’ for ever.
∞
October 25th, 2007 at 12:03 pmquick! shoot him in the face.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:03 pm“Meditating”? Does James Dobson know about this? That meditation stuff is BOOODIST!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:04 pmhe was talking with satan….
October 25th, 2007 at 12:08 pmHe gets tired when he’s not in his Vader suit.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:10 pmNot sure if that’s a bad sign or not.
On the one hand he could be tired from all of that planning to attack Iran.
On the other hand maybe he’s just tired (a good thing- hopfully less dangerous all tired like that).
Sleep away! The more he sleeps the better off the planet is.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:12 pm“Yawwwwwn. Domestic disturbances.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:12 pmWake me up when it’s time for cocktails.”
I meditate too… I meditated for about 8 hours last night. Nice, restful, rejuvenating…
October 25th, 2007 at 12:13 pmThat little nap was the period of least damage he’s done to this nation since he got involved in national politics, with Tricky Dick Nixon.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:17 pmCheney get’s tired during the day. The Lord of Darkness spends most of his nights reading through political foe’s e-mails, drinking the blood of middle class children who die from lack of healthcare, playing “bomb Iran” with his anatomically correct GI Joe dolls, running the underworld and making sure his image is blurred by Google Earth. He tries to spend as much of the daylight hours as possible secured in his man-sized safe that he has had filled with “mother earth” that was flown in from Transylvania. Running the world is “hard work” and if you don’t like him ignoring domestic issues so he can catch up on his sleep then you can all just go Cheney yourselves!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:20 pmIt’s always funny when I’m in a large client meeting and one of the clients falls asleep when one of his colleagues is talking!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:20 pmUnless it has to do with war crimes, bombings, torture or shooting old men in the face, Dick Cheney can’t be bothered.
-GSD
October 25th, 2007 at 12:22 pmCheney’s only interested enough to stay awake if there’s bombing involved.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:23 pmmaybe next time we might get to hear him snoring. Sorry, I mean ‘chanting his mantra’
October 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pmA Cheney spokeswoman “laughed it off,†telling CNN that the vice president was “practicing meditation.†but had a harder time explaining away the drool.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pmshouldnt he have been handing from the ceiling while he “meditates”?
October 25th, 2007 at 12:26 pmHe doesn’t need to be awake, he gave them their talking point’s before his nap…….Worst person in the world, watch while mr evil sleep’s…Awake or asleep, nothing is safe untill this monster is behind bar’s……Blessings
October 25th, 2007 at 12:27 pmSomebody tricked him and said the meeting would be about Iran. Fires? No need to pay attention.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:27 pmDid anyone else notice Cheney’s hands shaking or am I seeing things?
October 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pmIt’s good to see that they are monitoring the situation…
October 25th, 2007 at 12:29 pmin their normal way. With their eyes closed.
I was born at night…….but not last night!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:32 pmMaybe he was making ‘mean girl’ faces?
October 25th, 2007 at 12:32 pmDarth is not interested in the fires in California. There is mostly loss of property from the fires. If more people were being killed by the fires Cheney could stay awake. Maybe if the feds would bomb Cali, Cheney would liven up.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:34 pmFires have little to no effect on the VP’s international bunker system.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pmCheney is running on borrowed time, health wise.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pmHe has a pacemaker, running on it’s second set of batteries, and I’m sure his daily chemical cocktail of drugs requires fine tuning.
His sour and angry demeanor is counterproductive to good health.
Combine these elements with a regime that is demanding, and increasingly out of control, and the conditions are ripe……
Somebody in the room should have yelled “Halliburton!” That would have woke him up.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:41 pmthe evil drift off…
October 25th, 2007 at 12:44 pmThat’s because he wasn’t in his coffin.
You know – vampires get *very* tired during the day.
October 25th, 2007 at 12:47 pmQuick, somebody burp him!
October 25th, 2007 at 12:55 pmThat’s because he wasn’t in his coffin.
You know – vampires get *very* tired during the day.
Comment by Leftside Annie — October 25, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
Be careful there! It’s comments like yours that will get TP named to one of the top 10 evil organizations.
Heh!
October 25th, 2007 at 1:01 pmQuick. Lock him in his man-sized safe before he awakens!
October 25th, 2007 at 1:04 pmDickhead figured : “What the hell ……..I’ve never heard this dipshit speaking intelligibly ; he sure as shit ain’t about to start now.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI might as well get some rest and have my coffin cleaned out and resodded with dirt from my Transylvanian homeland”
i don’t think you’re “meditating” when you have drool curving off the side of your lip and onto your lapel.
it’s called nap time.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:14 pmDarth is just saving his energy for the real “Heavy Lifting” coming in a month or so. Gotta get those bunker buster bombs built so he can “get some” in Iran!
But he is missing a great opportunity to get his butt-sucking buddy, Prince-of-darkness more business by sending Blackwater to SOCAL to do some more mercenary work for us all.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:14 pmI have heard on tv – probably on Olbermann – that Cheney is very sick and staffers gossip about how bad it is.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:20 pmI have heard on tv – probably on Olbermann – that Cheney is very sick and staffers gossip about how bad it is.
Comment by mo2 — October 25, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Yeah
But mental illness doesn’t tend to reveal itself in the form of sleeping ……………
October 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pmThis really says it all. He doesn’t care enough to stay awake. If it were about killing kittens or obliterating Medicaid I’m sure he would be wide awake.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:32 pmReally. Does this surprise anyone? I mean, come on. Dubya feel asleep not only during 9/11 (deer in head lights for 7 whole friggin’ minutes), but also Katrina.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:32 pmWhat is surprising is that the fires involve mostly rich white folks. One would think that Darth could muster enough energy to stay awake for that, even if only to contemplate how Halliburton could profit from it.
Sleep Dick Sleep, let the long dark slumber take you to the light…what? The light is red, like fire and it’s hot? Well, can’t say you didn’t earn it.
Buck Fush
October 25th, 2007 at 1:41 pmQuick, somebody burp him!
Comment by xenon
Ewwwwwwww! Stop it. I just ate lunch.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pmOf course he fell asleep, there was nothing about profits in the meeting.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:53 pmComment by ES — October 25, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Exactly. Pain and suffering of fellow Americans not of his own making is not interesting enough to keep Dick awake – or Chimpy interested in anyithing but another Jeffeson Square photo op.
Hey Strat_92117 – orange skies again? Too eerie, huh?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pm… my ex-husband always called it “watching my eyelids”…
i still hate it when someone tries to insult my inteligence…
October 25th, 2007 at 3:14 pm…
Yup, the Supreme Leader is up all night watching Dubai Market Watch on cable to buy and sell his stocks and Halliburton shares and falling asleep during his daytime job.
And it is pretty pathetic of CNN to buy into Dick’s story of meditating. Yeah, Dick was meditating over his successful 19%rise in his Halliburton stock.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:35 pmno big deal.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:39 pmhe does that when hunting too.
He’s counting quail, hopping over a fence.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pmOne day he is going to fall asleep for the big dirt nap and everyone will just tiptoe around thinking he is nodding off or “studying his paperwork”. Wonder if the Secret Service have to draw straws to go hunting with him.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:49 pmThe deal with pacemakers is that they do keep on ticking even if the rest of the body wants to say goodby, saw this once with a relative who had diabetes and heart congestion. It took ALOT to shut him down.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:51 pmPleasant dreams little psychopath.
- Tom
October 25th, 2007 at 5:12 pmHe was up late last night screwing us.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:47 pmLooks like he is having fantasies of waterboarding baby quail if you ask me.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:58 pmMeditating on the value of his Haliburton options once he gets his bunker busters dropped on Iran and gets WW3 underway. He’ll be rich! Filthy rich!
October 25th, 2007 at 6:04 pmNo problem really, someone just forgot to plug him in for a recharge.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:37 pmDid anyone else notice Cheney’s hands shaking or am I seeing things?
Comment by IgnoranceIsNotBliss — October 25, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
Yes, I saw it too. Perhaps that’s why you always see him holding his hands together in meetings (looking like an evil spider in his web); asleep, he can’t control the slight palsy.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:48 pmHe had no interest because there is no OIL involved.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:51 pmHope nobody will hire Halliburton to rebuild here (SoCal) – but this would wake him up!!!
He almost looks human in this picture.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:11 pmWell i wanted to make a comment about the BIG C, but the site is going crazy in my browser. Keeps locking up when I try to post.
Anyway, Cheney must be losing a little sleep at night, or he is roaming around the streets at night looking for a friend. Surprised his weak heart can take this kind of stress.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:39 pmOh right…..he’s void of emotion or sensibility…
What is it detectives say about arrested murderers? Put them in a cell, and if they fall asleep they’re guilty, because the heat is off. Coincidence? :)
October 27th, 2007 at 8:00 amYou all are way off. After this shot Larry Craig crawls out from under the table smacking his chops.
October 27th, 2007 at 8:03 am“Maybe if the feds would bomb Cali, Cheney would liven up.
Comment by jer3saw”
How many times must I tell you liberals, STOP GIVING THE NEOCONS IDEAS!
October 30th, 2007 at 4:24 amcheney too has been tired to need the nature therapy help to improving energy。
October 30th, 2007 at 6:11 am