Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/23/cheney-leahy-kiss/

Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

In a “chance meeting” on the Senate floor with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in June 2004, Vice President Cheney told Leahy to “f*ck yourself.” According to Leahy’s spokesman, the “exchange began when Leahy crossed the aisle at the photo session and joked to Cheney about being on the Republican side.” Cheney then “‘lashed into’ Leahy for remarks he…made criticizing Iraq contracts won without competitive bidding by Halliburton.”

In the new biography of the Vice President by Stephen Hayes, Cheney claims that the reason he shouted the expletive was because Leahy had been too “close” to him:

Leahy came over and put his arm around me. And he didn’t kiss me but it was close to it. So I flashed and I told him — I dropped the F-bomb on him. … It was heartfelt.

Leahy was not “close” to kissing Cheney; all he did was try to shake his hand. One congressional source with knowledge of the event explained what happened to ThinkProgress:

There were several witnesses from both parties. Leahy walked over in a friendly way and said the Vice President should feel free to come over on the other side of the aisle too, that Democrats won’t bite, and he held out his hand. The Vice President started to stick out his hand in response and then drew it back, and that’s when he unloaded his expletive.

It’s not surprising that Cheney overreacted when Leahy tried to exchange pleasantries. According to Hayes, Cheney “won’t meet with Democrats.” At the time, Cheney said that his comment to Leahy was “long overdue.”

[MNDemNY]

1. Dick Cheney lying?? I'm shocked!

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Did he think he might get cooties or something??

Could I hate this guy more? IMPEACH THE MOTHERFUCKER ALREADY!

[Kagemusha]

3. So it was simply Cheney being unable to handle the physical presence of a Dem.

That's so much better.

[yardwork]

4. That's a very weird thing for Cheney to say and think.

The man has obviously lost most of his marbles.

edit - spelling

[babylonsister]

6. I KNOW! How bizarro! nt

[yardwork]

10. I mean, really. Really bizarro.

I'm trying to wrap my mind around it.

[L. Coyote]

5. If lies are piled high enough, do some become true? NOT! They remain a pile.

[JDPriestly]

7. I would like to see Cheney meet with a few Democrats

in an impeachment proceeding. The arrogance of this guy is just unbelievable. Doesn't like Democrats? Good heavens. He is a worse Fascist than I ever thought. I wonder how he defines democracy with a little d? His way all the time? Must be.

[tanyev]

8. Is there anyone in the Bush administration who doesn't have serious issues with manliness

and acting macho? The psychologists have enough material to write books for the next few decades.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

9. I'll bet Uncle Dick gets that a lot -- some guys just have it...

[Swamp Rat]

11. Flip-floppin' chickenshit heartless draft dodger!

Lock him up and lose the keys! :crazy:

[xchrom]

12. leahy was going to what? kiss you, cheney?

leahy knows his lips would burn off if he did that.

[PA Democrat]

13. Cheney's heart defibrillator needs a new battery. Maybe enough blood is not getting to his brain?

He is beyond certifiably insane.

[Marnieworld]

14. Has he told his daughter such a homophobic story

I can't imagine how she must feel if her father feels a simple touch and the thought of a same-sex kiss is worthy of such a response.

[Sequoia]

23. Would he say that to the Prince Abdullah?

[w13rd0]

15. What I'd like to know...

...is why these subhuman cretins are so...what's the word I'm looking for...insecure? wimpy? that they cringe and recoil at even the hint of human contact? Are they fearful that they will burst into flames if exposed to daylight as well?

[Sequoia]

16. Come out of the closet Cheney

[Cha]

17. Wonder what think tank

came up with that one? The fucking dick of death wouldn't know a handshake from a kiss but he sure as hell knows how to tell a US Democratic Senator to "GO FUCK YOURSELF"

[Madspirit]

18. I don't even have words

...and you guys know how rare it is for me to NOT have words.

k&r...

Lee

[PeaceNikki]

19. It took 3 years to come up with that lame-ass excuse?

Come on!!

I would have gone with something like "Leahy kicked my dog!!".

[Double T]

20. cheney must be a paranoid homophobic

[LeftishBrit]

21. He was frightened that a Dem senator would want to KISS him?

God, that's hilarious! Who WANTS to kiss Cheney? The very idea reminds me of the old playground rhyme:

Cinderella, dressed in yella,
Went downtown to kiss a fella.
Made a mistake, kissed a snake.
How many doctors did it take?


Cheney needs to see a psychiatrist if he thinks everyone wants to KISS him. Come to think of it, he needs to see one anyway. Though psychiatrists don't yet have a good track record in curing psychopaths.

[JohnnyLib2]

22. Oh, yeah. We see Senators kissing each other all the time.

Weak, Dick.