Cheney: "I had a beer at lunch..."

[mb7588a]

some five or so hours earlier. Admitted it to Brit Hume and Hume just reported it on Studio B.


On Edit: Also the docs refused to comment on a Blood Acohol Content test earlier that was done on Harry.

What time was Cheney interviewed by the cops?

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. Now move along, folks.

What a complete turd-on-a-stick . . .

Not to mention CHENEY !!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

70. Now we know that Armstrong LIED, LIED, LIED

The lady who owned the ranch and who hosted Cheney's hunting party was previously quoted as saying that the "shooters" did not drink any of the beer that was available at a picnic lunch. If she lied about that, then we can't believe anything else she said.

[endarkenment]

2. Can this be renamed the

Official Put Your "Stop speculating about the drinking" Apology Here thread?

[aquart]

89. Nah. We're not going to stop.

[liberal N proud]

3. Must have been one hell of A beer!

That is why they waited 18 hours, so the alcohol could leave a drunk Duck Cheneys' system.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

64. Just a 40 ounce bottle of Colt 45

[Ilsa]

68. Yeah, that was the beer I was thinking he might have had!

Used to see those big brown bags hugging that big Colt in the emergency room.

[Scout1071]

81. Come on....he might not be lying. After all, I only had one beer at

lunch today too:

[SammyWinstonJack]

93. near beer and he was near enough to SHOOT AN OLD GUY IN THE FACE!

:yoiks:

[KurtNYC]

71. The police use a rule of thumb - If someone tells them they had

one drink -- they multiply by 3.

For the types who deny everything - multiply by even more.

[wtmusic]

4. And no breathalyzer from the police?

Someone's not doing their job.

[napi21]

5. I'm really surprised that Cheney drinks BEER!

He seems more like a Scotch or Grey Goose Vodka person to me!

Beer is the "poor man's" drink isn't it?

[reality based]

28. Just because he was packing a $17K shotgun, you think he's rich?

[napi21]

41. Naw, not the gun. That was probably a gift anyway!

I was kinda thinkin' about the crowd of folks he hangs with, ya know. I just see any of 'em bein' beer drinkers!

[July]

54. Cheney, a known liar, says it was A (one) BEER .

That could mean anything from two beers to 5 shots of whiskey.

Does make him sound like a regular guy, though, doesn't it? And just one itty-bitty beer at lunch sounds a whole lot better than, "I shot him because I was hammered."

I take nothing Dick says at face value.

[Liberal In Texas]

58. A beer for a little "hair of the dog" to get him warmed up for the hard

stuff later.
:beer:
< hic >

[htuttle]

6. "A beer"

I've seldom known ANYONE to just have 'a beer'.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. That's cuz yer from Wisconsin.

"I've seldom known ANYONE to just have 'a beer'."

[htuttle]

33. Well, granted.

But I'd suspect that if it was 'a beer' it may have been 'a beer...boot'.

[mb7588a]

48. Might that be the "boot" from the El Dorado Grill in Madison? nt.

[htuttle]

51. Naw, I think they're bigger at the El Dorado

[Poiuyt]

78. Have you ever seen that beer stein in Mader's Restaurant in Milwaukee?

It's about three feet tall

[merbex]

14. A beer with a chaser from a silver monogrammed flask

Sounds like Cheney

Single Malt probably too

[reality based]

21. Whiskey on beer-- never fear (if you're the VP)

[endarkenment]

16. Thats why I had to stop. nt.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

30. Well, if you take into accounting the Chimpy/Cheney method of

accounting it probably was just one beer. What you or I might consider one beer may pale into comparison of what those two a$$wipes call a beer. Remember the war was going to pay for itself? That the Medicare Rx program is estimated to be less than half of what it will actually cost? That we would be in and out of Iraq in six days, six weeks but certainly not six months. They are just using a different a numerical scale then the rest of us. One beer = six scotchs neat, one beer = one keg. Or, maybe, he did have one beer after drinking a bottle of wine at the picnic and few Irish Coffees to warm his skanky hackles. They will never ask if that was all he had to drink. Just another carefully crafted staged performance. This news "interview" has Rove's smudgy little fingerprints all over it.

[H2O Man]

7. Yep!

Hope those who were saying that it was impossible that Cheney was drinking will step up to the plate here. Fat chance, eh?

Did Dick have one of those 40 oz Colt 45s?

[Sugar Smack]

27. AAH! You made me spray tea on my keyboard!

:rofl: :rofl:

[mb7588a]

29. There was never a doubt in my mind. nt.

[txindy]

40. I believe the term used was "farkin fools" for even considering alcohol.

Told us to "SHUT UP," too. Think we'll get an apology? :eyes:

[H2O Man]

50. Well Dick said he was sorry.

Maybe others will, too.

[Warren Stupidity]

101. Not likely.

What amazes me is that we go through this here every damn time.

An Official News Story is so full of holes that an eight year old can see them, and we have this crop of, I don't know, prudes I guess, who run around demanding that we stop speculating about what is actually being lied about. Then as the Official News Story unravels into a comedy of restatements, and as most of our rather basic speculation is confirmed, the duprudes disappear into the woodwork.

Not that they are reading these threads anymore, but what happens here on DU and on the other blogs is BASIC JOURNALISM. (Too bad the clowns over in the MSM no longer bother with this.) We take apart and analyze the Official Story, and when we start finding holes, contradictions, and improbabilities we start asking questions. We build a plausible alternative narrative, or perhaps several, and start seeing if the alternative narrative is in fact a better fit for the known facts than the Official Story. When it is - we run with it. What we do here HAS AN EFFECT. Cheney's drunken face off would have been left as 'just an accident' had the blogosphere not howled about the drinking. We would still be hearing how it was the victims fault.

I suppose the duprudes play a positive role as sparring partners. We get to vet our speculations against their determination to shut us up. Our arguments get stronger by their making us defend them. So to that extent they are useful. They really should line up afterwards and apologize for being so freaking wrong every damn time.

[DoYouEverWonder]

60. Gross

Beer is bad enough, but that shit is the worst.

[Jack from Charlotte]

8. So alcohol WAS involved. *

*

[ronnykmarshall]

9. I've heard that line before ....

oh yeah .... Serial Mom.

[joeunderdog]

86. "Yeah, and I promise I won't shoot in your mouth, either..." nt

[deminks]

10. Just think, this is what he admits to,

what else is he hiding? Did he chase this beer with 5 more?

[ClayZ]

18. Who, him?

[Katherine Brengle]

25. good point--"where there's smoke..." hmmm n/t

[LizW]

11. So there WAS beer at lunch

Then why did MSNBC scrub that sentence from their site? Not because it wasn't true, obviously. Someone leaned on them to get rid of any reference to alcohol, and they caved.

But now, too many witnesses, and Cheney has to own up to alcohol comsumption before the shooting.

This is rich.

[July]

55. Yep, he had to admit it because Armstrong has already mentioned beer.

In a very offhand way, of course.

[Burried News]

12. A Stein I presume ... yah yah yah yah

[wicket]

15. nah, probably the whole damn keg!

;) :rofl:

[maddiejoan]

17. and only ONE beer

[Vinnie From Indy]

19. great pic!

It is exactly my thought about his "beer".

[Solomon]

80. Damn maddiejoan, my face just broke in two. Not that's funny I don't

care who ya are.

[Inland]

96. I just wonder how long you folks wait for the perfect opportunity

to use a pic.

[Cooley Hurd]

20. He admits to "a beer." Katharine Armstrong says...

..."There may be a beer or two in there." Armstrong's comment was scrubbed without comment by MSNBC.com. If this doesn't REEK of a cover up, nothing does.

[FormerRepublican]

22. Cheney lies translation algorithm = "I was so drunk I couldn't stand up."

..."And so I shot Whittingham as I was getting out of the car."

[jimshoes]

88. That's what I'm thinking

too. Someone will spill the beans sooner or later. Too many witnesses.

[keepthemhonest]

23. everything is big in texas

how big of a beer was it anyway?

That is the oldest excuse in the books, but he knew he had to fess up because others besides his loyal hunting party must have seem him drinking earlier in the day.He had no choice but to fess up.

[berni_mccoy]

24. And a six-pack at 1pm, some 4 or so hours earlier

And a flask of scotch at 2pm some 3, hic, or so hours earlier
And another six pack at 3pm some, hic, 2, hic or so hooourorrss lier..
eh, *thud*

[Beetwasher]

26. Bbbbbbut, Cheney Doesn't Drink Because of His HEART!!!!!

:rofl:

[noonwitch]

38. Gee, I thought he didn't drink because of those DUIs from the 80s

His were more frequent and more recently than W's arrest in 76.

[AnnInLa]

31. Does anyone have the MSNBC scrubbed quote from

Armstrong....where she said there may have been a beer or two involved in a picnic lunch? I would like to see it again (should have saved it myself.) Thanks!

[stop the bleeding]

43. Yes, yes yes and yes see here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x430369

[stop the bleeding]

61. here is a better one - second paragraph

[AnnInLa]

75. Thank you, Stop!

Ask, and ye shall receive

[Catherine Vincent]

32. ". . .and five servings of scotch plus about 3 or 4 bloody marys"

:)

[Initech]

34. Just one?

I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.

I bet he had a few shots of Jack Daniels followed by a beer chaser. That might explain how he had "just one".

[Roland99]

35. Ask a cop how many times they've heard "I only had one beer...hours ago"

and tell me what they'll say.

[underpants]

67. They'll say "I gonna need you to step out of the car"

:rofl:

I only had a beer mom....okay two...okay we were doing ice rail shots of Comfort.

[Roland99]

73. There needs to be a special season for "COPS" on * admin members!

[underpants]

76. Ewww

shirtless

Ewwwwwwww

[Roland99]

77. Cop: "Why were running?"...* admin member: "Cuz you wuz chasin' me!"

[seabeyond]

36. every person pulled over and cops asks, you drinking. one beer

consistant answer......

he just admitted and opened that door. they always say one beer. my alcoholic brother, one beer. always one beer.

[Roland99]

46. gmta!

[ehrnst]

37. I think that he has more to fear from Lynne now than the law...

I worked a catering function where she told all of us that if she saw him with a cigarette or drink, we would all be fired.

She was on him like a bad suit. "Broccoli," she nagged, "Steamed. NO SAUCE."

[hippiegranny]

45. funny post

bad suit... heh heh

[Czolgosz]

She's meaner than Puffy McMoonface's mom (almost as mean as W's mom)

[txindy]

65. Wait, YOU would all be fired if HE drank or smoked?

Well, that speaks volumes about their personal accountability, doesn't it? :eyes: Sheesh. It also speaks volumes about Darth's tendency to drink and smoke when his keeper is gone. Gee, and many of us were chastised over the past couple of days by some folks here for even suggesting that Darth would still drink. Him being a guy with a bad heart and all. They assured us he'd know better!

[ehrnst]

102. Yep, he was looking for a cigarette and a drink.

And she knew he would. And so she made sure that the catering staff was more scared of her than him.

[dchill]

39. What time was Cheney interviewed by the cops?

I heard it was the next day. Figures.

[Hubert Flottz]

42. A beer to chase that jug of Aftershock...

Or Heaven Hill...

[Dangerously Amused]

44. Dick didn't lie. He DID have A beer at lunch.

And then he had another one.

And then another one.

And then another one...




See? Get it? He only ever has A beer.

[mb7588a]

49. I'm interested in seeing in the interview whether

Hume asked a followup. "Was there alcohol consumption among the hunting party after lunch?" etc.

[Pacifist Patriot]

47. How long does it take to dispose of the empties?

[Canuckistanian]

52. Just one beer. Why all the fuss?

[robbedvoter]

53. "Who would you rather have a beer with" - takes a whole new meaning

doesn't it?
"I just had a beer" = "the check is in the mail"

[Czolgosz]

56. Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link? Link?

[txindy]

66. It was watched live on Faux. Maybe they have a transcript up now.

:shrug:

[mb7588a]

91. Sorry I wish I could get it from my TiVo to my computer. Sorry. nt.

[jmowreader]

57. And it was a beer from this menu...

http://www.maxbeer.org/eng/alctop.htm

You could start your car on these suds...

[Patiod]

59. I only had one glass of wine last night

The problem was my S.O. kept topping it off...

[DoYouEverWonder]

62. This mean that DICK CHENEY IS STILL AN ALCOHOLIC

Dick Cheney has a history of drinking problems and a number of DUI's under his belt.

There is no such thing has a reformed ALCOHOLIC who still drinks. Period!

Houston! We have a problem.

[NorthernSpy]

63. alcohol/medication interactions: wasn't Cheney taking an opiate recently?

I distinctly remember that it was reported in the news that Cheney had to go the hospital at least once this winter, because he was taking a painkiller that depressed his breathing. It's the strong opiate painkillers that have this distinctive side effect.

Also, Cheney has got to be on a Caligari's cabinet-worth of various heart and blood pressure medications. Some of those might interact with alcohol also.

Nother piece of the puzzle...

:think:

[mb7588a]

92. Yes it was because of some kind of foot problem. nt.

[Junkdrawer]

69. Translation: "Too many people saw me plastered, so I'll own up...

to one beer and if someone comes forward, I'll say that they saw me drinking that one beer".

[xiamiam]

72. owning up to "one" means there were more....ask any cop..nt

[insane_cratic_gal]

74. I believe he wasn't interviewed until

the next day?

Slept it off before being questioned by authorities..

SS made Cheney untouchable

[The Witch]

79. If he wasn't lying, he wouldn't think to mention lunch.

Just a thought.

[Caoimhe]

82. Isn't that one of the signs of an alcoholic

is they start drinking earlier and earlier in the day? Most disciplined social drinkers I know go with 4:30 or 5:00 pm as happy hour, not LUNCH. Not even on weekends.

[xiamiam]

83. uh oh...i could be in trouble...does lite beer count?

[Caoimhe]

84. hehe just don't grab your shotgun and head out to hunt

if you've been sipping beer all day.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

85. What did Arte Johnson used to say on Laugh-In? "Velly Intelesting."

[johnnie]

87. But a lot of people here said he would never be drinking in his condition

A lot of people don't know about drunks either.

[mb7588a]

94. The man doesn't listen to the CIA

sure as shit wouldn't listen to doctors who tell him not to drink.

[Swamp Rat]

90. HAHA!!!!!!! Dickhead Cheney can't lie very well!

:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

95. ONE BEER CHENEY.....lies again.......as he rides into the Quail Pen to

Shoot those poor birds...like shooting lawyers in a Barrel

[Czolgosz]

97. It was one beer, but it was a beer of mass intoxication.

[opihimoimoi]

98. 1 massive keg perhaps.....

[upi402]

99. Leaky Dick never drinks when he's drunk

[opihimoimoi]

100. Leaky Dick??? My EYES....LOL... My EYES