Injured vets tell pull Dick Cheney invitation over security demands

[sabra]

Source: NYDaily News

WASHINGTON - Vice President Cheney's invitation to address wounded combat veterans next month has been yanked because the group felt his security demands were Draconian and unreasonable.

The veep had planned to speak to the Disabled American Veterans at 8:30 a.m. at its August convention in Las Vegas.

His staff insisted the sick vets be sequestered for two hours before Cheney's arrival and couldn't leave until he'd finished talking, officials confirmed.

"Word got back to us ... that this would be a prerequisite," said the veterans executive director, David Gorman, who noted the meeting hall doesn't have any rest rooms. "We told them it just wasn't acceptable."

...

Cheney's office acknowledged the security requests, but insisted he is sensitive to combat veterans' needs.

Spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said the two-hour rule is "a recommendation, not a requirement," and "we always work to make sure the bathrooms are within the security perimeters."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/07/27/2008-07-27_injured_vets_tell_pull_dick_cheney_invit.html

[jimshoes]

1. The sooner this slug crawls back under his shit

covered rock the better off the world will be. Paranoid much, deadeye?

[Hulk]

36. One of the best analogies to his pathetic existence I have heard.

[madrchsod]

50. most excellent!

he is a slug

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. That guy's a douche

He sends these guys into a shitstorm, then is too much of a fucking coward to even address their conference without off-the-wall security. What a Dick.

[valerief]

55. All bullies are cowards. nt

[jazzjunkysue]

61. Ain't it the truth. n/t.

[Highway61]

3. self delete

[Tempest]

6. And the tubing leads

To a shower head right above Darth Cheney.

[Changenow]

4. Why would any self respecting person anywhere

put up with that?

He isn't going anywhere.

[Alter Ego]

5. I wonder if John McCain will vehemently denounce this as well

and say "WELL OORAH IF I HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO VISIT THE TROOPS THERE'D BE HELL TO PAY OW I BROKE MY FUCKING HIP".

[tsuki]

7. What a coward. nt

[Solly Mack]

8. a regular chickenshit isn't he?

[awoke_in_2003]

28. No, he is quite extraordinary at it. nt

[nickyt]

9. He ain't called Dick "Five Deferments" Cheney for nuthin', folks!

[Canuckistanian]

10. What a Profile in Courage

Afraid of his own wounded troops.

Deep down, they're all cowards.

[Hamlette]

11. is it just me or is that headline (same as subject line of op) poorly worded?

I think the word "tell" doesn't belong but its so early in the morning for me I'm not sure if I simply cannot understand.

[Divine Discontent]

34. still wrong hours later

although the intent was understood. you'd think they'd catch that...

and Dick Chainme is lucky the vets didn't agree to see him, then hold him for citizen's arrest...


More at - - - www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[wordpix]

51. I agree, would be better if "tell" were "say"

[Night_Nurse]

56. I thought the same thing... n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Big brave Dick - what a mealy coward - just as always.

[LeFleur1]

13. I Can See Why They'd Want the Bathrooms to be Near

He'd give anyone the sh**S.

[jeff30997]

14. "he is sensitive to combat veterans' needs."

Yeah.Right.A real Mother Teresa.:puke:

[Kierkegaard]

17. He's a real mother something... n/t

[jeff30997]

46. Lol!

You bet he is! :rofl:

[AlbertCat]

35. He's SENSITIVE

C'mon people! Dickie is so sensitive.

Wait a minute...isn't "sensitive" a word the Right Wing labeled as sissy-boy, unmanly talk when John Kerry said foreign diplomacy with some countries was "SENSITIVE"?

I bet the Vets are wiping their brows going "Whew....we got out of that one!"

[jeff30997]

48. The most sensitive part of Dick...

Is the two balls just bellow his head.:)

[wordpix]

53. aw, c'mon, sequestering injured vets for 2 hr. before Dickhead arrives isn't unreasonable. Sarcasm

:sarcasm: So they've got injuries that might cause them to have to lie down or leave before CheneyFudd is finished speaking. That's not Dick's problem, right? :puke: Five-Deferments Dick needs his security from those big mean injured vets!

[Voice for Peace]

15. Why would ANYONE want to be sequestered for two hours

just for the purpose of seeing Cheney? Especially disabled vets for crying out loud.

It's comforting to know he'll probably never feel altogether safe on earth again, anywhere.

[conspirator]

16. I know why he is afraid. Cause he's a mobster who would kill, or better kills for power.

So he is afraid others have the same criminal mind as his.

[DemoTex]

18. In the immortal words of Dame Cath Tizzard ..

FUCK-WAD!

[brentspeak]

19. The only things that would survive a nuclear war would be cockroaches, rats...

...and Dick Cheney.

[defendandprotect]

20. Why would these people want to hear from Cheney, anyway . . . ???

[kskiska]

21. Bush dissed disabled vets

(snip)

Gorman first invited Bush, who has never addressed the group, but the White House declined last month.

[jwirr]

23. Now that is real cowardice. *ss does not want to face the men

he sent into battle for a lie. There are no words low enough to describe these monsters.

[Kermitt Gribble]

22. How does dick

even have the nuts to speak in front of these brave vets with his 5 deferments?

He's got better things to do anyhow.

[bobhuntsman]

25. I think it's better known as. . .

"other priorities"

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

24. It's an insult to have him in the same room with real vets anyway.

Glad they didn't give in- there was no earthly reason to.

[lonestarnot]

26. OMG. You fucking reptile piece of shit coward!

What are they gona do to ya dickwad, aim a cathetar at your head? You fucking freak, get back in your bunker and fucking stay there and don't come out when it's over!

[Pastiche423]

47. Aw man, you just put an image in my head

Picture it...

The vets are lined up in two rows facing each other. They are aiming their catherters north at an 80 degree angle.

As deadeye walks through the middle, vets on both sides give him a golden shower salute.

[Ezlivin]

27. Fucked over veterans ask to pull Dick out

N/T

[truth2power]

38. Best post! Wish I'd thought of it..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[wordpix]

54. good one, lol---how true

[wurzel]

29. Those security concerns were probably very well founded.

[DirtyDawg]

30. What the real story is...

...is that the Cheney SS troopers got word that the metal detectors at the entrance couldn't distinguish guns from wheel chairs and they were afraid that these guys would open fire on his evil ass...they certainly have plenty of motive.

[AwakeAtLast]

31. This headline should read, "Dick Cheney CANCELS speech to wounded vets"

Dick Cheney does not support veterans! Say it loudly! Repeat over and over! Dick Cheney does not support veterans!

Just using his own tactics against him.

[sabra]

32. the article also indicates that Bush declined coming to the event...

[sallydallas124]

33. Anyone

with even a marginal knowledge of injured vets should be able to presume that 2+ hours in one place would be intolerable due to pain & other medical issues.

[MadrasT]

37. My guess...

Is that everyone heaved a huge sigh of relief that they wouldn't have to sit and listen to him spout nonsense and spin his head in circles for 2 hours... :grr:

[mwb970]

39. Wow, what a jerk. /nt

[truth2power]

40. I'm always looking for the story behind the story. So, seriously..

Can anyone come up with a reasonable answer (in Darth's mind, anyway) as to the PURPOSE for having them sequestered for two hours?

What "security issues" are there? If someone wanted to harm him, how would sequestering the audience for two hours make a difference? This is insane!

I'm tellin' ya'...I keep thinking about that guy who says they're really some sort of reptilian life-form. :tinfoilhat: No, I'm serious! Give me an alternate explanation. I'll wait..

[sabra]

42. here's Cheney's office response:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/disabled-vets-t.html#comments

<snip>

Cheney's office says this is all a big misunderstanding, calling the two-hour rule "a recommendation, not a requirement."

And, said his press secretary, it was the vets group, not the vice president, that asked for an 8:30 a.m. speech time.

"The New York Daily News story reads that our office requested that disabled veterans stay in their seats for two hours and not have access to restrooms," said Cheney press secretary Megan Mitchell. "This is simply not true.

In an e-mail to C2C (Countdown to Crawford), she added:

"My understanding is a staff member recommended that audience participants arrive two hours prior to the start of the event to ensure that everyone had ample time to make it through security. We did not request that the event begin at 8:30 in the morning. That was the time proposed by DAV in their letter dated June 5, 2008."

Mitchell also said that she was puzzled by the group's allegations since security arrangements are not finalized until a few weeks before the event and "we would never want any disabled vet to be put out on our account, that just wouldn't happen."

But Autry, in a subsequent phone conversation with C2C, wasn't buying the vice presidential explanation.

"I appreciate that they're trying to put their spin on it but when (Cheney) spoke to our convention in 2004, that's the the way it went down and we were concerned that was going to happen again."

Autry said the group routinely invites the president and vice president, though George W. Bush has never attended. Disputing Mithcell's assurance that the security arrangements were not yet worked out, he added, "Somebody’s got to face up to fact regardless of what Cheney’s office says. that’s what happened last time and this is what we understood was going to happen this time."

[truth2power]

44. Thank you. What a steaming pile! That Cyborg, Cheney

has never accepted responsibility for anything in his life.

[Barack_America]

41. Lol. He should be afraid of wounded veterans.

Absolutely.

Traitorous coward.

[mlevans]

43. Frankly, I wouldn't want to let him

anywhere near wounded combat vets under any circumstances. His mere presence would be all too likely to cause major setbacks to their recovery.

[katty]

45. good - it's about time!

[Politicalboi]

49. Gee "Stay in their seats"

You mean wheelchairs don't ya. Whats 2 hours when you have the rest of your life to stay in your seat is probably what their thinking.

[nedbal]

52. Any visit from a POTUS or VPOTUS pug or Dem is a ORDEAL you don't want on your block

IT's the Secret Service mainly that puts folks through so much shit you wish they would just stay in D. C.

[DailyGrind51]

57. Now, if this had been an Obama event, CBS, NBC, and ABC would be all over it.

And, FOX would be repeating footage on the half-hour!

[DCKit]

60. It should be an Obama event...

Plenty of time to schedule an appearance.

Dog knows how the talking heads would spin his appearance before that group of unpatriotic, freedoms haters.

[ooglymoogly]

58. That is as good an excuse as any. Talk about a captive audience

I bet nobody wanted to attend and they are just trying to get out of hosting this bastard; Forcing suffering vets to attend a bunch of hogwash from the reining Nazi monster.

[rasputin1952]

59. After all he and his "loyalists" have done to increase the # of...

injured vet's, this ChickenHawk bastard better stay miles away from Disabled Vets, he is a complete disgrace...I wish we could/would bring back the stocks, and have every Vet be given the first opportunity to toss rotten veggies at this disgusting piece of, (possibly) human flesh...x(

[jazzjunkysue]

62. As long as Dick doesn't have his shotgun with him, everyone should be alright, Id'think.

If anyone should be searched, it Darth Shooter, himself.