Cheney travels with a chemical-biological suit at all times

[kpete]

A little more from Vanity Fair’s upcoming Cheney feature. In this installment, Cheney demonstrates his famous sense of humor and Nixonian paranoia:

Purdum reports that Cheney travels with a chemical-biological suit at all times. When he gave his friend Robin West and his twin children a ride to the White House a couple of years ago, West commented on the fact that Cheney’s motorcade varied its daily path. “And he said, ‘Yeah, we take different routes so that “The Jackal” can’t get me,’” West tells Purdum. “And then there was this big duffel bag in the middle of the backseat, and I said, ‘What’s that? It’s not very roomy in here.’ And said, ‘No, because it’s a chemical-biological suit,’ and he looked at it and said, ‘Robin, there’s only one. You lose.’”

more at:
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash6mc.htm
via: http://www.wonkette.com/politics/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-kind-of-an-asshole-171112.php

[TheFarseer]

1. So do I. What's wrong with that?

:sarcasm:

[rzemanfl]

2. We need some people who travel with microwaves at all times

then.

[Ezlivin]

3. Oh, I thought it was a fat suit.

That's why we can never find the fucker when he "disappears." He only weighs 107 pounds in real life.

[SmokingJacket]

10. I thought it was an ugly suit. nt

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. Maybe he passes a lot of gas

[ewoden]

5. That seems reasonable, given that all his

huntin' buddies now wear Class III body armor.

[ComerPerro]

6. Where I'm from, they call that "being an asshole"

[muntrv]

7. That suit is not preventing Cheney

from spewing dangerous materials on others. Right, Harry Whittington?

[Patsy Stone]

8. Maybe it's a sex thing? Okay, Eeeew. :) n/t

[shenmue]

12. Please don't say that...

ever again

[mike_c]

9. there are actually pics available online-- here ya go....

Here's Cheney suiting up....




Here he is at a political event:

[MuseRider]

11. Ahhh come on!

Even Darth Vader wasn't that bad.

[notadmblnd]

13. Ohhhhh.. shades of "Confessions of an Econimic Hit Man"

I only have the audio book on my pod. But when I read that Cheney changes routes to avoid the Jackal, it reminded me of what John Perkins says early on in his book. Something to the effect that the EHM is sent in first to deal with a situation and if the EHM fails... then a/the Jackal is sent in. anyone read the book and recall this passage?

[verse18]

14. Could it be that he is expecting something

that we aren't??:nuke::scared:

[lady lib]

15. Death by salt shaker is more likely.

Putting Cheney's health back in the spotlight
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Hotline on Call noted today that Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum interviewed Dick Cheney for the June issue and explored an important issue that usually generates almost zero attention: the Vice President's health.

"He takes a range of medications that he and his doctors decline to detail. The extent of his atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries, which, if it extends beyond the heart to the brain, can cause hard-to-recognize changes in cognition) is unknown. Bypass surgery itself has long been associated with subtle changes in neurological function."

"At age 65, Cheney is easily 30 or more pounds overweight, seems to have slacked off on what was once a more rigorous diet, and appears to suffer from recurrent bouts of gout. At a roundtable lunch with reporters a couple of years ago, two who were present say, he cut his buffalo steak in bite-size pieces the moment it arrived, then proceeded to salt each side of each piece." (emphasis added)

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/