A “Cheney on Both Sides”
Posted by StormWarning on 02 Jun 2008 at 10:18 pm | Tagged as: Humor, Political Correctness, Social Issues
When is a joke not funny?…when VP Cheney answers the question if he and Obama were going to have a family reunion, and then replies he would “have no objections” though he said he doubted Obama would want one - “certainly not before November.” And then said, he learned there were Cheneys on both his father’s and his mother’s side of the family…
West Virginia politicians aren’t laughing at Cheney’s little joke, including his fellow Republican, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
“This is exactly the type of stereotyping that we don’t need from our elected officials,” Capito tells the Sleuth. “It’s disrespectful, and it’s certainly not funny. The Vice President should know better than to make a remark like this one. We all work hard to further West Virginia’s good name, only to have comments like this tarnish it. As a proud state, I can say we are disappointed.”
Mis-statements aren’t restricted to one person or another. Either way, incest isn’t funny.
DIck Cheney, incest, West Virginia
The arrogant smugness of this man is (still) revolting. I really want to believe that the man has some humanity in him, but I’m not seeing it.
Given that we have significant political disagreements, Mark, I have to agree on the fact that Cheney was way out of line. Even the grin on his face when he commented that “you can say stuff like this when you’re not standing for re-election” in my opinion shows how cold he is.