Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’

[kpete]

Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’

In 2004, then-Vice President Dick Cheney had a “frank exchange of views” with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on the Senate floor over Cheney’s ties to Halliburton and President Bush’s judicial nominees. Cheney ended the argument by telling Leahy, “F*ck yourself.” Since then, Cheney has joked about the incident and claimed the Leahy “merited” it because he was “close” to kissing him. On Dennis Miller’s radio show today, Cheney suggested that his Leahy f-bomb was “the best thing” he had ever done:

MILLER: By the way, my, I also want to thank you, on the list of things I feel I should thank you for, almost kicking Patrick Leahy’s ass. Thank you very much.

CHENEY: Hehehehe.

MILLER: I love that move. One of my favorite stories. Muttering that.

CHENEY: You’d be surprised how many people liked that. That’s sort of the best thing I ever did.

more:
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/22/cheney-leahy-best-thing/

[marmar]

1. He's more machine now than man.....

[Cant trust em]

31. ...twisted and evil. nt

[JuniperLea]

2. Of course it was...

It allowed him to dodge the question, so from his perspective, good job.

Putrid sicko.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. My sick old man could kick that fat fuck's ass any day. I can't stand these

cardboard "tough guys".

[joeybee12]

4. Considering everything else he did killed thousands of innocents...

...he might be right.

[Robb]

6. +1. nt

[bobbolink]

14. That's what I was thinking. Of all of his evil, that probably WAS the best he could ever do.

He can't help himself... evil comes naturally.

[Johonny]

27. I agree

[Cant trust em]

5. I don't really have a problem with that.

If it were the other way around, I'd be laughing my ass off.

[Rex]

7. Actually it is the best thing he ever did, everything else was much worse.

The warmongering and getting thousands of innocent people killed was much worse imo.

Cheney will go down as being the worst VP in American history.

[Bluebear]

8. I agree with Cheney 100%.

That is the best thing he did. And it was disgraceful as well, so that shows ya.

[bemildred]

17. Yep, his greatest accomplishment. nt

[Atticus]

9. Of course, I'm not aware of all that Cheney has done, but of the things I know about,

yup, that juvenile, cowardly, hypocritical and arrogant remark is just about the best thing he's done.

Pretty sad comment on him, but if he wants to go there----

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Actually, he is right.

x(

[SpiralHawk]

11. For a dink Republicon like Cheney with 5 Freaking Military Deferments

He probably does consider shooting his mouth off to be some kind of accomplishment.

Freaking Republicon Chickenhawks. So many. Such sad cases.

[iris27]

12. I couldn't stop thinking about his juvenile bullshit a few weeks back

when everyone had their undies in a twist over Biden calling health care reform "a big fucking deal". Where was the f-bomb outrage when it was spoken in anger as an insult, instead of just a colorful synonym for "impressive"? Republican hypocrisy is so transparent.

[chollybocker]

21. Me too.

:thumbsup:

[political_Dem]

13. The words of a disturbed, hateful, ruthless and petty little man.

If he truly loved this country as much as he tried to put forth in front of the camera, he'd retire quietly and never surface in public again.

[DefenseLawyer]

15. Well it was better than flunking out of college or his two DUIs.

Oh and being the worst Vice President ever, Spiro Agnew included. The bar's pretty low there, Dick.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. More like "the least bad thing". n/t

[elehhhhna]

25. beat me to it.

[emdee]

18. How miserable a person would you have to be

to think that's the best thing you've ever done? If he wasn't an evil SOB I'd feel sorry for him.

emdee

[cali]

19. Leahy thought it was funny

showed what little self-control the old scumbag has.

[fascisthunter]

20. what a loser... holy shit

if that's the best you have ever done, well... that says it all right there, doesn't it?

[NaturalHigh]

22. And if Leahy had told Cheney the same thing...

Democrats would love it and Republicans would be up in arms. BFD one way or the other. I don't like either of the old bastards, and they both can go f*** themselves as far as I'm concerned. When they get their noses out of the collective ass of the millionaire's club and actually give a damn about ordinary Americans, I might start to care about their childish babbling.

[cali]

28. Leahy isn't a member of the millionaires club, dear.

And as one of his constituents, I can tell you that he absolutely does care about ordinary Americans and has worked in their interests throughout his career.

[NaturalHigh]

29. Your opinion differs from mine.

While I respect your opinion, I don't share it.

[cali]

30. and you're from Oklahoma. I'm from VT

I'd say my opinion is rather more informed on the subject. And it's not opinion that Leahy isn't a millionaire and didn't take advantage of his position to become one, that's fact.

[NaturalHigh]

34. I disagree.

[ShortnFiery]

35. Damn! You're correct.

I did the Google:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=009QBB

Senator Leahy is not one of the wealthiest Congress-critters.

I know that you won't let this admission go to your head? :blush: :hi:

[NaturalHigh]

42. Did you or Cali even read my post?

When they get their noses out of the collective ass of the millionaire's club...

One does not have to be a millionaire to fall into that category. Most of our government falls into that category.

I didn't realize Leahy was so saintly as to be immune to criticism, but I do remember that a lot of the people I met in Vermont were affected with hero worship for the old fellow.

[ShortnFiery]

33. Very Well Put!

:toast:

[defendandprotect]

39. You may be right, but I prefer to think that Dems would have been shocked and not liked it...

Imagine now Biden telling Mitch McConnell to go "F" himself ... ?

At the end of all of this -- 8 years -- these people deserve jail --

that's the best response!

[NaturalHigh]

41. Actually, I can easily see Biden saying that.

It's not like Biden hasn't dropped an F-bomb or two in his life. I wouldn't be any more torqued about that than I was about Cheney blasting Biden. In fact, one of the things I respect about Biden is that he will occasionally break out of politician mode and say what's on his mind.

[defendandprotect]

43. "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" -- that's all it means . . .

However, it's been imbued with violent overtones --

often as an insult based on being female/effeminate --

note what Cheney is saying about Leahy "almost kissing him" ---

I wouldn't appreciate Biden using the floor of the Senate to be as coarse

as Cheney.

Agree with you -- some may.

[deminks]

23. Well, it is certainly one of the things I will always remember about him.

What a legacy for the spawn, heh?

[NaturalHigh]

24. Is anyone else seeing the Dick Cheney 2012 Google Ad at the top of the page?

I'm not sure if that's ironic, inappropriate, funny, sad or some combination of all.

[ShortnFiery]

36. Fortunately I missed it.

I just finished dinner ... and would like to keep it down. ;)

[BlooInBloo]

26. He might well be correct. Too bad that's not a compliment.

[opihimoimoi]

32. Arrogant and EVIL Cheney is the most despicable VP we ever had in our USA History

[hyphenate]

37. Dennis Miller is a fucking sleazebag.

And Cheney is running on fumes.

[defendandprotect]

38. Like two grammar school boys -- idiots --

Know-nothing's --

And, am I mistaken, or is this yet more evidence of these boys trying to put

down Leahy by suggesting he's effeminate -- gay -- weak -- ???

The weakest people among us are those who have to rely on "put down's" to make

themselves feel better -- and those who turn to violence and deception to get

what they want.

And that's what the right wing -- and Cheney are all about -- violence.

[Bitwit1234]

40. That's cause talkin' it is as close as that POS will ever get to action.