Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians.
Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians.
At the National Press Club today, Vice President Dick Cheney raised the ire of West Virginia lawmakers when he made an offhand incest joke about the state, saying he “had Cheneys on both sides of the family and we don’t even live in West Virginia.” West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sens. Robert Byrd (D) and Jay Rockefeller (D) and Reps. Shelley Moore Capito (R) and Nick Rahall (D) all condemned Cheney’s attempt at humor. This evening, Cheney’s spokesperson, Lea Anne McBride, put out a statement apologizing for the Vice President:
The Vice President’s offhand comment was not meant to hurt anyone. On reflection, he concluded that it was an inappropriate attempt at humor that he should not have made. The Vice President apologizes to the people of West Virginia for the inappropriate remark.
(HT: Huffington Post)
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When did West Virginia legalize gay marriage?
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 pm/snark
Cheney never apologizes for anything.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 pmHaving a flunky apologize for you isn’t apologizing.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 pmJust remember, though: it’s the Democrats, and not Republicans like Cheney, who are elitist.
The Democrats are elitist.
The Democrats are elitist.
Keep saying it, and soon you’ll believe it’s true.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 pm.
But will Cheney apologise for:
~ Conspiring to commit TORTURE?
~ Conspiring to TREASON?
~ Conspiring to violate the Fourth and Fifth Constitutional Amendments of the USA?
~ Conspiring to pillage another nation’s natural resources?
~ Conspiring to engage in an unprovoked war with a nation that posed no imminent threat?
.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 pmReflection and Dick Cheney do not come together in my mind. He hates everybody and everybody who has a brain hates him. Period.
Time to go away now, Dick. Go shoot somebody so you can be tried and convicted of murder. In our own country, that is.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 pmSo?
Yeah, spoken like a true out of touch, arrogant elitist.
-GSD
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 pmHey DICK!
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 pmHow about a general apology to America? . . .
Then resign.
I have to apologize for my post @ 1… that seemed a lot more relevant and insightful in my head- on the screen it just looks hateful…
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 pmDickhead doesn’t apologize, he has people for that.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pmSee what happens if you disagree with the Dick (and not because his front name is Richard) Cheney. Senator Byrd was admitted to a hospital after challenging the Dick. Connection? Are you surprised? After all the Dick runs KBR which is King George the Dumb’s KGB!
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 pm#9 belac Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 pmBut so you know, IF gays could inbreed, we wouldn’t anyway. It’s unnatural.
Max-1 Says:
#9 belac Says:
But so you know, IF gays could inbreed, we wouldn’t anyway. It’s unnatural.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
**snort**
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 pmThanks a lot Max-1, I had just inhaled when I saw your post, I ended up wasting a really good toke. LOL
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 pmCheney’s spokesperson, Lea Anne McBride, put out a statement apologizing for the Vice President
The hired help always does the dirty work, don’t ya know?
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 pmThis “apology” is worth exactly… nothing.
How pathetic.
Dick “Five Deferments” Cheney, displaying yet another example of the profound cowardice that has defined his miserable life, doesn’t even have to courageor decency to apologize directly.
And what might it mean that he sends out a woman (doesn’t Cheney’s crowd consider them to be second-class citizens?) to do his dirty work?
Hmmm…
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 pmDeadeye Dick needs at least 24 hours & a pitcher of martinis before he’ll say he’s sorry that West Virginia was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 pmWhen will John McAnger reject and repudiate these tasteless attacks on the heartland of America?
-GSD
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 pmCheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians.
Cheney IS an incest joke.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 pmI have the same thoughts as 3, 10, 15 and others.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 amWhat kind of a man can’t stand up and generate his own apology ?
And to think there are still people who have some sort of distorted respect for this zombie.
I thought inbreedin’ was doin’ it indoors.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:07 am20. johnsom Says:
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Considering that W.Va. is a red state, so did I. His apology was hilarious, too. In so MANY ways ….
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 amwell, it’s not like those jokes come from someone’s imagination…
it’s as real as his follow-up line:
“You can say those things when you’re not running for re-election.”
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 amuh huh… such an honest man…
See now I have that Karl Rove = Ned Beatty thing stuck in my head again. It is just so icky
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 ami’m thinking that was alabama, dbadass…
the south of the south, it seems…
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 amgeorgia…
say g’night.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 amI think it was Georgia
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 amThat was sort of funny. Good One.
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 amI’m surprised Dick didn’t say something like “I’m sorry West Virginians got all butt-hurt…”
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 amjonny Says:
Deadeye Dick needs at least 24 hours & a pitcher of martinis before he’ll say he’s sorry that West Virginia was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
When will West Virginia apologize for getting shot in the face?
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:17 amBoy, that Dick’s all class all the time, ain’t he?
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 amtake care
tony and guidedog Lido
jonny Says:
Deadeye Dick needs at least 24 hours & a pitcher of martinis before he’ll say he’s sorry that West Virginia was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
When will West Virginia apologize for getting shot in the face?
or for causing Dick a lot of embarrassment
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:10 amSo what does Cheney attribute his family’s inbreeding to?
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 amShotguns.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:28 amHumm… Cheney apologizes for a joke which offended people’s feelings. He needs to apologize for sending Americans off to die in a war based on lies for his profit and his cronies profits. People died and a sovereign nation was sent into turmoil because of his lies. That was certainly more destructive than making a joke. Shame on Cheney.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:35 amAnnie Proulx has written a great collection of short stories about Mr. Cheney’s home state of Wyoming. I have personally traveled through that neck of the woods, and witnessed the mindsets and attitudes of the culture there. Makes West Virginia look like a garden of virtue.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/23/reviews/990523.23ederlt.html
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:39 amOOps, that link didn’t work, it was a NYT review of
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 am“Close Range” by Annie Proulx
Dick the Troll King proves once again that Republicans can’t do humor and most definitely don’t admit their own mistakes. When this loathsome hateful man shrugs off his mortal coil he may need to have his final resting place blurred out on Google Earth in order to stop the patriots that will be digging up his corpse every so often just to stick a wooden stake through his shriveled heart to make sure the bastid is still dead.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 amLOL, I thought it was a pretty funny comment. Why apologize? I am getting sick and tired of politicians with no balls.
JJ
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 amUltimate-Anonymity
Seems Republicans these days are obsessed with incest.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 amkist93 Says:
So what does Cheney attribute his family’s inbreeding to?
When everyone in the family looks like Dick Cheney, your options are rather limited.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 amDick Bunker
(All In the Family)
;)
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 amHe did admit Obama was his cousin, though. In fact, I think that’s why he brought up the incest thing; he was uncomfortable admitting he’s related to Obama.
Bwwwaaaahh!
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 amwow, it appears as though all these blundering idiots have a lot of apologizing to do lately. they just keep saying the wrong things. I mean, this whole week has been one oral typo after another, eh guys?
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 amShayne Says:
Dickhead doesn’t apologize, he has people for that.
that’s right! he doesn’t apologize, he says so and then another no in case you miss the first one.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 amArrogant WASP!
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 amThis man is not fit to hold public office. He has shown contempt for the people of the United States and the United States Constitution. He has shown contempt for humanity and this planet. He is a liar and a crook.
Dick Cheney should be impeached and so should George W. Bush.
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:38 pmI hate hate hate Cheney but that was a fairly decent joke. I guess I don’t blindly hate him.
And I find it kind of sad that so many of you take such vitriolic offense to a joke about WV, of all places. I didn’t realize they had the internets in the Ozarks.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm