Cheney to visit Europe

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/21/cheney.europe/index.html

Vice President Dick Cheney will travel to Switzerland and Rome in the coming days to discuss developments in the war on terrorism and the impact of the U.S. economic rebound on the global economy.

He will also thank personnel who have participated in the war in Iraq, aides said.

Cheney, who is to depart for the trip late Thursday, will meet with Pope John Paul II and take time on just his second overseas trip of the administration to mark the 60th anniversary of the World War II allied landing at the seaside Italian village of Nettuno.

The vice president is scheduled to deliver a speech Saturday at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, focusing on the war on terrorism, efforts to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction and the global impact of the "U.S. economy taking off," according to a senior administration official involved in the trip.

[burrowowl]

1. I guess he won't be flying over

French airspace.

[truthspeaker]

2. bye, don't come back

If we're lucky someone will throw a hood over his head and he'll wake up in a holding cell in the Hague.

Not gonna happen, I know, but a boy can dream.

[isbister]

3. I hope he loves it

maybe he'll stay

[salinen]

4. Is he visiting "old europe"

or the other europe?

[MidwestTransplant]

5. I can't believe the Pope would see him

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Cheney will met with the Pope!

Hey god, great time to send down a lighting bolt, don't ya think?

[KissMyAsscroft]

6. Economic recovery?

Methinks CNN is whoring.

[pfitz59]

7. Checking on his Swiss accounts?

Got the password from Saddam? Going to visit the Pope? Hunting pigeons in St Peter's Square??

[pfitz59]

8. Interviewing Swiss Guards.....

to replace the SS?

[Art_from_Ark]

12. "Hunting pigeons in St. Peter's Square"

He's gonna ask the Pope about the best type of rifle to use to kill the most birds in the shortest time

[stevedeshazer]

10. Great.

Who is the real pResident again?

Cheney has been giving exactly the same speech for two plus years.

And will he be able to fence in his protesters like he does here in the U.S.?

[maxr4clark]

11. European cities bracing for economic impact

Security zones will shut down all economic activity in each city.

Protesters will be kept at least two countries away.

Only supply-side economists will be permitted to attend his talk.

Cheney borrows Popemobile for trip from airport to the Vatican, says it is the safest way to travel. Daimler-Benz, maker of the Popemobile, contributes $2M to reelection campaign in gratitude.

Can't you already see these as the headlines?