Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians (Wapo)

[kpete]

UPDATE: Vice President Dick Cheney has apologized through his spokeswoman for making an offhand joke during a speech at the National Press Club Monday stereotyping West Virginia as a state prone to incest.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/06/dick_cheneys_incest_joke_irks.html?hpid=topnews

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Cheney forced to apologize for incest joke about West Virginians

At the National Press Club today, Vice President Dick Cheney raised the ire of West Virginia lawmakers when he made an offhand incest joke about the state, saying he “had Cheneys on both sides of the family and we don’t even live in West Virginia.” West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sens. Robert Byrd (D) and Jay Rockefeller (D) and Reps. Shelley Moore Capito (R) and Nick Rahall (D) all condemned Cheney’s attempt at humor. This evening, Cheney’s spokesperson, Lea Anne McBride, put out a statement apologizing for the Vice President:

The Vice President’s offhand comment was not meant to hurt anyone. On reflection, he concluded that it was an inappropriate attempt at humor that he should not have made. The Vice President apologizes to the people of West Virginia for the inappropriate remark.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/02/cheney-forced-to-apologize-for-incest-joke-about-west-virginians/

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. I'm surprised West Virginia didn't apoligize to him like that guy he shot did. nt

[Freedomofspeech]

2. Why doesn't he apologize to the entire country for the mess...

he and his lackey have made. What a bastard.

[eleny]

3. "through his spokeswoman" - no class

[Fridays Child]

5. My thought, as well. nt

[VP505]

14. That probably means

he said screw them and the spokesperson said OK I'll just say you apologized and that should put an end to it.

[gristy]

4. wow

As much as I despise Cheney, I commend him on delivering an actual apology.

[pingzing58]

6. Bet he was forced to do it by his staff.

[yellowcanine]

9. He didn't though - his spokesperson did. At least that is the way I read it.

What a wiener.

[Sal Minella]

23. He didn't deliver it, so it wasn't an apology.

[bluestateguy]

7. Disgusting. If Obama had said that the media bobbleheads would be apoplectic

Cheney should resign.

[Lex]

8. Sadly, same sort of stuff is said here at DU all the time

about the South in general, and sometimes West Virginia more specifically.

[Cirque du So-What]

11. I'm from Kentucky, so I've heard every possible permutation of this 'joke'

but, then again, we at DU aren't elected public officials. I demand a soupçon of decorum from these people, and The Dick of Death just doesn't deliver.

[Ilsa]

19. KY, AR, east TX, and the list goes on.

[rusty quoin]

12. That stuff happens all over the world. I have a special fondness for WV.

[eleny]

16. Yup. I grew up in NYC and the put downs of big city people are common

Developing a thick skin is the way to go!

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. He's a prick

and an asshole

and a monster

and a selfish prick

and a prick

and the most evil person alive today

So his apology don't mean squat.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. folks, HE DID NOT Apologize. His staff did.

there is a difference.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Screw his spokesman....... he needs to do it on TV

and hold a press conference




NEVER MIND, I was think of someone with integrity and moral fortitude.

[Ilsa]

17. Cheney was auditioning for the slot after thRush Limbough. nt

[UTUSN]

18. Is there any way he can be forced to DROP DEAD?!1 N/T

[LiberalFighter]

20. Cheney using the excuse of being a product of an incest relation?

I think he is just trying to slide the bad stuff under everyone's eyes by using that to receive sympathy.

[ColbertWatcher]

21. Dick's special response...

...(besides "so")

[lonestarnot]

22. That bag full of barf need to apologize for living and breathing our air.

[LynnTheDem]

24. And the apology for lying 4000+ Americans to their deaths for his lies?

When is that apology coming?

[Lex]

25. kick

:kick:

[magellan]

26. If my husband tried to apologize for a comment like that through a spokesperson

...I'd slap them both.