Cheney's (2) Prior DWI ARREST Docs Here:

[npincus]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cheney_doc.html

My goodness, with a history like this of irresponsible, potentially life-threatening drunken behavior, one really has to wonder why the sheriff who showed up at the Armstrong ranch on Saturday evening did NOT insist that Cheney take a Breathalyzer test. Gee, a "crowded ambulance" deterred Cheney from going to the hospital with his pellet-ridden pal? Crowding didn't seem to be a concern when packing 5 adults (Armstrong, her sister, the Swiss Miss, Whittington & Cheney) into the vehicle that drove them to the hunt! Even Dick Morris, no friend of ours, ain't buying that alcohol was NOT a part of this cover-up.

So, to freshen up our memories, and Hannity's ("Cheney has no history of drinking") here's the RECORD on Cheney:

(BTW: would "HUI" be the hunter's equivalent to a "DUI"?)


Court and police records obtained by The Smoking Gun show that Cheney was convicted of drunk driving twice during an eight-month period in the early 1960s in his home state of Wyoming. The two convictions came when Cheney was 21 and 22 and resulted in fines and a brief suspension of his driver's license.

On November 2, in the wake of the Bush DWI discovery, a Cheney spokesperson told reporters that the vice presidential candidate also had a rap sheet. But the Bush-Cheney campaign refused to provide any further details about the DWI busts. So TSG will now handle that chore.

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Cheney's first DWI conviction came in November 1962 when he was 21. According to this docket from Cheyenne's Municipal Court, Cheney was nailed for drunkenness and "operating motor vehicle while intoxicated." A Cheyenne Police Judge found Cheney guilty of the two charges and hit him with a 30-day suspension of his driver's license. Cheney also had to forfeit a $150 bond posted at the time of his arrest. Further information about the case--such as the defendant's blood alcohol content or whether Cheney was jailed following the bust--is unavailable since other court records from that period have been destroyed, according to Wyoming officials.

Details of Cheney's second Wyoming arrest, in July 1963, have also fallen victim to time and records destruction practices at the local Municipal Court. But a police arrest card (similar to the one that haunted Dubya) maintained by the Rock Springs Police Department shows that Cheney was fined $100 for his second DWI conviction. The card lists the charge against Cheney, who was then working as a groundman laying power lines, as "11-44," the criminal code classification for drunken driving, according to Police Chief Neil Kourbelas. At the time of the Rock Springs arrest, Kourbelas said that local cops and judges would not have known that young Cheney was a boozing 'n driving recidivist. The police department, Kourbelas said, "wouldn't have had the ability to automatically check with other jurisdictions to find out if anyone had had prior arrests or convictions. We could have arrested Jack the Ripper back then and had no idea what he had done."


Cheney's first DWI conviction came in November 1962

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Cheney's second Wyoming arrest, in July 1963

[bridgit]

1. kick...

:kick:

[RebelOne]

2. OK, but this was almost 45 years ago.

Are there any more recent reports?

[mzmolly]

4. Would Republicans be asking this question?

NOOOOOOO.

Unless he's quit drinking, it's relevant.

[bridgit]

5. no, republicans show no sign of letting up on the Lewinsky thread...

or ted kennedy, make them pay for everything if that is the game

[mzmolly]

7. And Lewinsky was a personal matter between the President and his

wife, it was none of our f'ing business. Now when the VP shoots a man, while serving our nation and breaking the law, it's OUR business.

[bridgit]

9. exactly correct, and woe unto the republican that will not be able...

to understand just how basic a civil requirement that is

[NV Whino]

3. One wonders what his blood alcohol was...

to have his license suspended with the first conviction in the early 60s when laws were not as severe as tehy are today.

:shrug:

[thecrow]

6. It wasn't the "crowded ambulance"

It was that Sherrif's dept. was turned away at the gate by Armstrong's private security guards!!
They then made arrangements for an 8am meeting with Dr. Evil, well before (one would hope) he started drinking for the day.

[npincus]

8. the "crowded ambulance" was Cheney's excuse for not

going to the hospital w/ his victim... another bit-o-circumstantial evidence that he had something to hide!

Cheney ought to contact a Jenny Craig lobbyist for a free membership to trim down his fat ass, so he'll fit in the ambulance next time.