Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism

[Joker]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/cheney.leahy/index.html

[larchmont]

I guess you're talking about the "F-bomb"? :D

[miner]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/cheney.leahy/index.html
Good for Cheney. He said what had to be said.

[larchmont]

Good for Cheney. He said what had to be said.
You mean you think all the Halliburton stuff, in all its various forms, is fine?

[jcg878]

He said "F**k you. You can't touch me. I am all-powerful! I am the president!"

[TSX 'R' US]

I'm still waiting for the prez to go: "http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v62/TSX-R-Us/Smilies/chucklesfawk.gif you, http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v62/TSX-R-Us/Smilies/madfawk.gif you, http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v62/TSX-R-Us/Smilies/deek.gif you, you're :cool:, http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v62/TSX-R-Us/Smilies/grinfawk.gif you"

[larchmont]

He said "F**k you. You can't touch me. I am all-powerful! I am the president!"
(Hard to tell how much of this is a joke.) :D

[bob shiftright]

You mean you think all the Halliburton stuff, in all its various forms, is fine?Of course not. That's why God created auditors. If everyone saw everything the same way you did, larch, they woudn't ever be needed. But Cheney retired from Haliburton in 2000, it's a big company and blaming Cheney for things that happen there now is like blaming ex-PFC Lynndie England's sophomore Civics teacher because she was photographed abusing those Iraqi prisoners.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40121000/jpg/_40121311_abughraib203.jpg

This is Mr. Smith's fault?

BTW, I have my own theory....that it was anything but a spontaneous outburst and Dick Cheney knew EXACTLY what he was saying!

[larchmont]

Of course not. That's why God created auditors. If everyone saw everything the same way you did, larch, they woudn't ever be needed.
Well thanks, I guess.

Larchmont, who can't quite tell whether to say "Thanks" or "Beg your pardon?" :D
But Cheney retired from Halliburton in 2000, it's a big company and blaming Cheney for things that happen there now is like blaming ex-PFC Lynndie England's sophomore Civics teacher because she was photographed abusing those Iraqi prisoners.....
Blaming Cheney isn't the point, and I don't think that's what hardly any of us donkey ass people are saying or thinking. Here's what ARE the points:

(1) It smells fishy, and it almost certainly IS fishy.

(2) His past association with Halliburton tells a lot about who he is and what his interests are. (And who his friends are.)

Example: I haven't had any formal connection with Cornell U. for over 30 years, but if I got to be president and then Cornell was getting all kinds of federal grants that it never got before, it would smell fishy and almost certainly be fishy.

And my past association with Cornell tells something about who I am and what my interests are.

None of that has anything to do with blame.

P.S. We can blame him for other things anyway.

P.P.S. Scalia probably wouldn't buy this either. :D

[miner]

And what was this crap the Sen. Leahy said about the Republican Party being anti-Catholic?

[larchmont]

And what was this crap the Sen. Leahy said about the Republican Party being anti-Catholic?
It was the other way around:

"...... Leahy reminded Cheney that the vice president had once accused him of being a bad Catholic......"

That's what prompted Cheney to drop the F-bomb.

[HondaMan]

Good for Cheney. He said what had to be said.

Ditto! :thumbsup: