Liz Cheney To Announce Campaign For U.S. House

[jpak]

Source: Huffington Post

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney is running for Congress, following up a failed U.S. Senate campaign two years ago with another attempt to woo voters in a state where she has been a full-time resident only for the past few years.

Liz Cheney filed federal election documents Friday showing she's running for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Campaign officials said she plans to formally announce Monday in Gillette, a northeastern Wyoming town hit hard by the downturn in the coal industry. The plans suggest she will base her campaign on fears that the Obama administration is waging a "war on coal" with climate-change regulations and a recently announced moratorium on federal coal leasing.

Cheney couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

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idgit

yup

[valerief]

1. When will that asshole give up? nt

[immoderate]

2. Welcome aboard!

--imm

[Gregorian]

3. /buys garlic and stake

[Duval]

4. Got some garlic, must get stakes right away. Whew!

My husband just invoked a well know diety, but I just said Holy $h*t!

[lastlib]

22. The great Chinese deity-- Ho-Lee Sh*t

[Jarqui]

5. That's the state where her father started in the House

Hasn't had a Dem since 1978 and only 3 different Dems in the last 115 years.

It's about as safe a place to try to elect her as any. Tightest race the GOP incumbent faced, she won +10 in '08. Last three elections, +66, +45, +45.

[jmowreader]

9. It's one of the seven worst places to try to elect her

Montana, Wyoming, both Dakotas, Alaska, Vermont and Delaware are "at large" states; their populations are small enough that one Representative serves the whole state. Every Wyoming resident passes judgment on an at-large representative, and the last time she ran they didn't like what they saw.

If she REALLY wants to be in Congress she should find a Congressional district in a large state that's being represented by a vulnerable teabagger - not all of them are; Raul Labrador will be in Congress as long as he wants - then move there and primary the hell out of him.

[Jarqui]

15. Didn't think of that, thanks :) nt

I wondered why the incumbent isn't running, went to look and found this:

http://kgab.com/stubson-touts-wyoming-experience-in-run-for-congress/

She's going to have some competition.

Current rep Cynthia Lummis is one of the 15 wealthiest in congress and she's retiring at age 61.

[jwirr]

13. Does she have any lesser of two evils opponents?

[AzDar]

6. Bushes, Clintons, Cheneys: Go The FUCK Away.

Enough is ENOUGH!

[Hulk]

7. Hope she gets her warped ass handed to her...

Bad enough it's a red state and represented by repuKKKes; but should that evil spawn of the devil win, it would actually give her "a title" besides "evil witch", "spawn of Satan", "cranky old coot", etc.

[ancianita]

8. Of fucking course. Keeping dad's spirit alive to fight against the hordes.

[Paper Roses]

10. Can we never get rid of these names? So sick of bush, cheney et al.

A few others come to mind but these two top the list. Be gone!

[democrank]

11. More dynasty crap.

[WhiteHat]

12. Right. There might be a few bux laying around for her to scrape up.

Say, Liz, I guess there might be some dollars laying around for your so-called candidacy to pick scrape together, but really, if you want a decent life with your partner, start by being decent. Your Pa's shtick isn't selling, even among conservatives.

[PearliePoo2]

14. I can't STAND this woman.

The only ReThug I detest and despise more is the "Moose-killing Moron from the North".

[pdom694]

16. Haven't the Cheneys done enough..

Haven't the Cheneys done enough to this country? Hasn't their family sacrificed enough honor and courage and truthfulness by falsely sending our good service members to their deaths and maiming? Can't they just close those doors on the dustbin of history and know when enough is enough? Have they, at long last, no decency left at all? I certainly hope the voters of Wyoming aren't as stupid as the people pushing this rabid, regressive assclown to run for any office. Her style of vitriol is simply grating to the senses, especially since history has proven the Cheney clan to be without honor or merit. Drop the mic.

[PearliePoo2]

17. Drop the mic is right!

^^this^^
Nicely written!
welcome welcome pdom694!

[lunatica]

18. Weeds are impossible to kill

[left-of-center2012]

19. We need find and publisize her opponent

I'll send a few $$$$

[elleng]

20. She LOVES coal!!!

[Gumboot]

21. Less qualified for office than Sarah Palin...

... and with an ego to match.

[billhicks76]

23. 911...We Should've Exposed Truth

No backbone equals this kind of crap surfacing now.