Cheney Snoozing While Rome Burns

[RFKJrNews]

WHILE WASHINGTON SLEPT


So I’m glued to CNN’s coverage of the California wildfires yesterday afternoon, watching the White House’s response, and could hardly believe my eyes when I saw Vice President Dick Cheney dozing off during an emergency cabinet meeting called to determine how the federal government will respond to the crisis.

CNN’s footage showed Cheney sitting in a tall leather chair, head down, hands folded, eyes closed, gently swaying to and fro. Snoozing while California burned.

These 18 devastating wildfires, the worst in California history, have prompted the largest mass evacuation in American history. Nearly 1 million people have been forced to abandon their homes, a far greater exodus than what we saw two years ago during Hurricane Katrina.

Apparently our Vice President could really care less, deciding to take a little nap-e-poo during one of the nation’s worst natural and environmental disasters. And it’s not the first time he’s been known to sack out at important meetings:



PHOTO CAPTION: U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during a meeting about the situation in Iraq with current and former U.S. secretaries of state and defense at the White House in Washington May 12, 2006. From left are sleeping Vice President Dick Cheney, Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.



PHOTO CAPTION: Vice President Dick Cheney gets caught napping in 2006 during a press briefing by President Bush and Chinese leader Hu Jintao. The veep’s people later insisted he was reading his notes.

What the hell is wrong with our Vice President, folks? Is the old ticker so weak that he can just drift off at any moment? Does he suffer from chronic sleep apnea? Or is he just resting his eyes?

Was Bush really running the country there for a minute? Should we worry?

According to Reuters and other mainstream media outlets (who quickly “disappeared” that pesky footage of Cheney dozing at yesterday’s cabinet meeting), there is absolutely, positively no need to worry. Bush has everything under control.

You’re in good hands, America. Everything’s fine, go back to sleep.

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Full story and photos at: http://rfkin2008.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/snoozing-while-rome-burns/

[terrya]

1. There's all you need to know about the Adminstration's response to this horrible tragedy

zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Your RFK, Jr. graphic is rather interesting in that

he has actaully endorsed a candidate for President:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07EFD61439F934A3575AC0A9669C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/C/Clinton,%20Hillary%20Rodham

Do you trust his judgement?

[RFKJrNews]

4. I'd trust RFK's judgement a helluva lot more than the guy running the country now

Or the 7 dwarfs in his cabinet...particularly "dopey" and "sleepy".

[beberocks]

3. Give the man a break--it's hard work to plan for WWIII.

Evil old man can't wait to start a war with Iran.

[RFKJrNews]

5. Yeah, I guess you're right...I should be nicer to Dick Cheney

...because if I'm not, he just might shoot me in the face!

Apparently, he hunts with his eyes closed, too.

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. Wow, have the fires spread that far?!

Isn't Rome, California up towards Sacramento?

:hide:

[RFKJrNews]

8. Cute:)

Everybody's an effin comedian!

[TechBear_Seattle]

9. Too often nowadays, it is either laugh or cry

I'd rather laugh, thanks.

[RFKJrNews]

7. Remember, Bush is just "a heartbeat away" from the Presidency

Now THAT'S a really scary thought. Just in time for Halloween!

While the rapidly declining health of the Vice President - the man who is “one heartbeat away” from the presidency - is really no laughing matter…oh, what the hell, let’s have us a giggle about it, anyway:

“Remember when the most embarrassing thing to happen to a vice-president was misspelling the word potato?” –Jimmy Kimmel

“A White House spokesman announced today that Vice President Dick Cheney’s recovery is exceeding his doctor’s expectations. You know what that means? He’s still alive.” –Jay Leno

“President Bush sent Vice President Dick Cheney to New Orleans. Is that what they need down there? Another person requiring emergency medical help?” –Jay Leno

“As Cheney told CNN, he has been 100 percent heart attack free since ascending to the vice presidency. He added, ‘In fact, rather than giving me stress, being vice president has actually fueled my blackened soul, allowing me to gorge vampire-like on the bloody nectar of unlimited power.’ I’m sorry that should have read ‘I never felt better.’” -Jon Stewart, on Dick Cheney’s insistence that he is the picture of health