Mr. Cheney f***ed up
I’m not going to bother linking to the story. It annoys me. I am still have nightmares about the dangling heads of Nick Berg and Paul Johnson and Kim Sun-Il, and all the mainstream media will be prattling on about today is Dick Cheney’s use of the F word. He shouldn’t have said it. He had a bad day. He lost his cool. Many conservatives are cheering about it–Patrick Leahy deserved it, blah x 3. But I personally don’t like when public figures curse in public, whether it’s Cheney or Bono or John F’n Kerry. It’s fine for blogging (though the strongest you’ll get from me is a damned or a hell). It’s fine when you’ve stubbed your toe or dented the car or missed winning Powerball by 2 (or 3 or 4) numbers. Yes, it’s cathartic (who wouldn’t want to tell off a whiny Democrat), but I just don’t like it when conservative public figures use the worst profanity.
For one thing, it’s uncreative. There are better ways to lay into liberals. Where has the art of the insult gone? Wouldn’t one of these been better than a reflexive F U:
You’re a mouse studying to be a rat.
- Wilson Mizner
I regard you with an indifference bordering on aversion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
If only you’d wash your neck, I’d wring it.
- John Sparrow
The best part of you ran down your mother’s legs.
- Jackie Gleason
Feel free to leave the profanity-free putdown you would have used on Leahy. (And for those who have been dying to leave one of these for me, go ahead if it gets you through the day.)
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Well, someone has to do it, so it may as well be me.
“I fart in your general direction”
Monty Python
Somehow that fits after Gleason’s quote *grin*
Michelle,
This one is a personal favorite, from Arnold J. Rimmer on “Red Dwarf”:
“Your father was a baboon’s rump, and your mother spent most of her life up against walls with sailors”
And, since Guy forgot to call it, FIRST!
Persoanlly I can relate to his having a bad day – sometimes FOAD is all that comes to mind. Though, generally, I tend to apologize for their hardships due to their parents not being married.
“Your parents met briefly at a masquerade ball, didn’t they?” — Robert A. Heinlein
I like that Robert Louis Stevenson quote. Saturday Night Live’s take was a little more humourous:
“I have strong feelings of ambivalence towards that, some of which do not border on the negative.”
If Bush replaced Cheney with McCain, the election is over yesterday. Maybe claims of a “war over campaign finance reform” would surface next.
“Your mother mated with a scorpion.”
(From Robert Bolt’s “Lawrence of Arabia” script, spoken by Anthony Quinn as Auda abu Tayi http://www.filmsite.org/lawr2.html )
http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2004/06/who_wouldnt_wan_1.html
Michelle,
I totally agree with you. There are many other ways to show distain for someone other then using profanity. And let’s face it here, we’re not talking about some guy just trying to make his point to someone, or defend himself. We’re referring to the VP of the USA. This is not a person who wants to show he ever has a bad day, or that he can loose his cool. He may have to step in for GW, (god forbid) and loosing ones cool in the top job would not be a good thing.
P.S. NEw to your page and loving it!!
Don C.
The way I was raised taught me that people who resort to foul language are merely showing their lack of language skills. However, it is nice to see Sen. Leahy get back a little of what he’s been dishing out.
A cleaned-up version of an insult my father taught me:
Were you born an idiot, or did you have to take lessons?
Winston Churchill had some excellent insults, as well. There was the time some lady complained that he was drunk, and he replied (paraphrasing): “And you’re ugly, but in the morning, I’ll be sober.”
Some are just situational. I think this one involved Dorothy Parker (also a good insultist):
“Age before beauty” (to Parker)
Parker: “Pearls before swine”
I don’t believe he said it. It’s just the liberal media again. And besides, if he did say it, he was just blowing off steam at a bad catholic (like Kerry). He should have just put his hands over his ears while Leahy was talking and said loudly “I can’t HEAR you! I can’t HEAR you!”
Yes, I love the Churchill insults!
“He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.”
- Winston Churchill, on Stanley Baldwin
“I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived.”
- Winston Churchill, on Stanley Baldwin
“A modest man, who has much to be modest about.”
- Winston Churchill, on Clement Atlee
“A sheep in sheep’s clothing.”
- Winston Churchill, on Clement Atlee
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.”
- Winston Churchill, on Neville Chamberlain
And last but not least, his reply to an insult from an “artiste” of his time:
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play, bring a friend – if you have one.”
- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second – if there is one.”
- Winston Churchill, in reply
I don’t think anyone beat Sir Winston at an insult!
Caught your appearance on Fox. I was just having the same conversation about a week ago about why our government refuses to place a name and face on the enemy above “terrorist” with some vague indication that they want to “terrorize” the world.
Why won’t the government tell everyone what these “terrorists” want? Why does the average American have to guess or go find out for themselves on the internet or through a few news programs? These guys want world domination, via a greater Islamic Nation set up on the bones of Saudi Arabia.
I was also talking about the WWII posters, short movies and cartoons that made a point of presenting the enemy and his goals. They call it propaganda. Propaganda means putting out information to support your side of things. Not necessarily evil. I think that we could find a way to do this quite easily without making it look like out and out fodder.
I mean, if Michael Moore can film his garbage and perpetrate on the masses AND be lauded as some sort of “hero”, why in the hell can’t we put out some info on these people? Are we just too damn PC that we’re afraid we might hurt somebodies feelings for pointing out that these people want to set up the next facist state and call it the new Caliphate or “Islamic Nation”?
This is more than sad, it is almost incredible the silence from our leadership.
PS…I liked the Sands of Iwo Jima among other war movies. Even though John Wayne died, it was still one of the best. The Green Berets. Patton. Also, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, which was a sequel to Fort Apache; they were expendable and the searchers…I could go on and on, but I think you know I had a real weakness for John Wayne and John Ford movies. We need some guys like that again. Where are they?
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he’s a dirty little beast.
- W. S. Gilbert
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain
I really enjoy your columns and saw you this AM on Fox and Friends, but have to disagree with you on this.
Although it was a public place, it was a private conversation and I can’t picture Cheney saying anything but that, and being Cheney. And if anyone could provoke that response it surely must be Leahy. Sorry.
In college, we used to have contests on how to put people down without profanity. Whoever used profanity first, lost.
He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.
- Groucho Marx
As a variation on the old ugly joke:
Leahy obviously fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.
And…in the grand tradition of Monty Python:
“Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.”
I always liked that one =).
What did the Five Fingers say to the face?
SLAP!
Cause’ I’m Rick James!!!
In your rush to find charming ways to vilify, denigrate, and debase those you dislike, you’ve all overlooked a present master of the scathing remark.
I refer, of course, to the inimitable Steven Patrick Morrissey, and I quote:
And so I broke into the Palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner; she said, “Eh, I know you and you cannot sing,” I said, “That’s nothing, you should hear me play piano.” (”The Queen Is Dead”)
Oh, and by the by, Ms. Malkin, the column and the blog—wizard. Would I had half your verve and wit.
No, sorry. Half of nothing still equals nothing. Ta.
Yeah, I’m all for politicians acting like
babies. After all, they’re not in
the line of work because they want to
work with others who may not see things
exactly their way. They’re there for
the money and power they can accumulate
for themselves.
Wasn’t it Churchill who had the following exchange with Lady Astor:
Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea!
Churchill: Yes. And if you were my wife, I’d surely drink it!
Others:
Are you one brick short of a load; Your elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top; etc, etc.
Your mother doesn’t know who your father was!
Oh, Cheney may have used the word but the senate wasn’t in session so it doesn’t count no matter how hard the Democrats tried to stretch it.
“In 200 years we’ve gone from ‘I regret I have but one life to lose for my country’ to ‘f*** you’?”
—Dennis Hopper in “Speed”
(or words to that effect)
How about how Leahy should have responded?
Cheney: Go f–k yourself.
Leahy: That would mean getting in line behind the current administration.
or
Leahy: But Halliburton’s doing such a great job of that already…
or
Leahy: Sorry, but Halliburton has a no-bid contract for all the drilling around here.
MICHELLE MALKIN: I am still have nightmares about the dangling heads of Nick Berg and Paul Johnson and Kim Sun-Il, and all the mainstream media will be prattling on about today is Dick Cheney’s use of the F word. He shouldn’t have said it.
Oh, I think your nightmares are quite safe from being dislodged by reports of Cheney’s profanity. Far from it being “all the mainstream media will be prattling on about today,” in light of the dozens of other nightmare deaths in Iraq and Iran, as well as the need to devote time to ridiculing Clinton’s book and Gore’s latest speech, they will barely mention Cheney’s characteristic outburst outside the blogosphere and in a few buried newspaper reports.
Cheney has a history of saying ‘f-off’ to anyone who questions anything he does. He said it to the GAO, Judicial Watch, and the Sierra Club when they wanted know who from private industry was consulted in the formation of the administration’s energy policies. He said it to anyone who questioned the wisdom of huge budget deficits being created by the administration’s tax shifts, euphemistically referred to as “tax relief.” He said it to a congressional panel requesting information regarding contacts between Cheney and Halliburton prior to the company being awarded a lucrative no-bid contract in Iraq. And now he’s said it to Leahy because the senator has called for hearings on whether Halliburton has engaged in war profiteering.
So, no, of course, this is not news. Cheney has said, is saying, and will continue to say f-off to anyone who believes in open government.
I’m curious whether anyone can explain to me why those who are in “public” life can claim rights to secrecy over their actions, even as they insist that “private” citizens must reveal any and all information upon government say-so.
As to a more civil and fitting insult for Cheney to hurl at those who question his secrecy and cronyism, I think “You Twerpy TATTLETALE!” would be apt. Also good: “You Wimpy WHISTLEBLOWER!” and “You Truth TYRANT!”
I heard (unsubstantiated) that then-Gov. Bush once told a Texas legislator “If you’re going to f–k me, at least kiss me first.” And I always suspected that on 9/11 during his first press conference when he said “We’re going to get the fellows who did this” that he started to say a different f-word than “fellows”.
Certain of the commenters here do seem to put the initial “T” in wit…
Another Winston Churchill – You have all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Easy to see why Cheney got agitated and upset–Leahy attacked the true love of his life, Halliburton.
Gee wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that right wing loonies all over the net were frothing and screaming because Kerry supposedly gave some ass who deserved it the finger? You bet it was.
Michelle,
I love your blog, enjoy your columns and think you are Babelicious.
Just add me to your list of regular readers and all round-general purpose sycophants.
Here are 3 “clean” insults that
I frequently use.
Renewable energy source for hot air balloons.
You have sailboat fuel for brains.
So clueless, blondes tell jokes about you.
I’m afraid that a more subtle insult would have gone right over the senator’s head. “Swive thee, varlet” wouldn’t fly.
I favor the old Southern standard, “Bless your heart” said with just the right amount of condescension.
And another WC (that’s Winston Churchill, not W.C.Fields, who had a repertoire of his own):
Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you, but pigs will treat you like an equal.
“To me, you are equally worthless! You are nothing more than unorganized, grab-astic pieces of amphibian sh*t!” – GSgt. Hartman, your senior drill instructor!
Here are some more wonderful Red Dwarf quotes that would have served nicely:
“That was an important speech sir, and it needed to be made, but might I suggest that from this moment the rest of the discourse is conducted by those with brains larger than a grape.” – Kryten
“Dear lord, what created such foulness. Is it the product of a marriage twixt woman and gerbil?” “Emporer Rimmer” (Rimmerworld ep)
And now one that’s paraphrased from Red Dwarf dialogue:
“The things you have been saying, Senator, are irresponsible, moronic, and preposterous. All of your hallmarks, now that I think about it.”
Mr. Benchley, the key to a witty insult is wit. Sadly you came to the fight with your weapon unloaded.
Here are a few:
There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.
- Jack E. Leonard
He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.
- Andrew Lang
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
- Thomas Brackett Reed
What’s on your mind? If you’ll forgive the overstatement.
- Fred Allen
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
- Abba Eban
You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not have been naturally so stupid.
- Samuel Johnson
He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.
- Samuel Butler
When you go to the mind reader, do you get half price?
- David Letterman
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
-Art Buchwald
He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
- Henry James
I thought that only Leahy and a conveniently nearby staffer reported this. If that’s the case, why on Earth would anyone believe it?
But I took a moment to assume it actually happened and the absolute nicest thing anyone could ever say to Patty would be, “Go %$#@ yourself.” The family of the undercover agent he outed who was then assassinated by America’s enemy might like it put just that way. He didn’t get the nickname Leaky Leahy and his quick exit from the Intelligence Cmte. for nothing. Bless his heart.
Ugarte: You despise me, don’t you?
Rick: Well, if I gave you any thought, I probably would.
Casablanca 1942
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THANK YOU, Michelle. I feel the same way. Cussin’ is the easy way out.
As for me, my insults are kinda lame, but they’ll do in a pinch.
“Let’s play Building and Loan. Get out of the building, and leave me alone.”
“I wouldn’t say you’re fat, but you’ve got more chins than a Chinese phone book.”
“You’re young yet.”
[Response to "I've never been so insulted in all my life!"]
“Gentlemen, and I use the term loosely…”
Send all letters of complaint to…not me.
I’m glad he said. I just wish he and W would tell everyone of those whiny Dems to “Shut the f*** up” everytime they open their mouth.
What about Abu Ghraib? “Shut the f*** up!!”
What about the quagmire? “Shut the f*** up!!”
But what will we tell the children?
jayarbee at June 25, 2004 09:18 AM asks:
“I’m curious whether anyone can explain to me why those who are in “public” life can claim rights to secrecy over their actions, even as they insist that “private” citizens must reveal any and all information upon government say-so.”
Ask Bill Clinton, et al. After all, weren’t we told time and time again that it was a “private matter” between consenting adults?
BTW – In his book, Clinton confirms Monica’s contention that she was an Intern when the “relationship” began… meaning that Bill used the power of his office to seduce a 20yo employee. Oh yea! I forgot! That was a “private matter” and none of our business.
And in response to a post by MrBenchley at June 25, 2004 09:56 AM:
“Gee wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that right wing loonies all over the net were frothing and screaming because Kerry supposedly gave some ass who deserved it the finger? You bet it was.”
That “ass who deserved it” was a Vietnam veteran, as is Kerry, and the gesture was given not only while at the Vietnam War Memorial, but in front of several school children. Please MrBenchley, if you can, tell us all again exactly which veterans deserve that kind of disrespect and which ones deserve the fawning adoration Kerry seems to enjoy!
I am of a mixed mind on the issue. I agree that use of such language often shows a lack of civility and creativity, but sometimes no other phrase or word will fit as well… and perhaps the vice President was just giving his honest opinion.
As for good insults, I like these, and even though they are years old, they still seem very timely and appropriate:
“Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.” – Will Rogers
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.” – Ronald Reagan
“Compared to the Clintons, Reagan is living proof that a Republican with half a brain is better than a Democrat with two.” – P.J. O’Rourke, on Ronald Reagan
“Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.” – Ronald Reagan
“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born” – Ronald Reagan
BTW – Can you tell I was a fan of the late President?
All you young’uns weren’t around the time that the VP, who was named Rockefeller, gave some hippy-dippy heckler the finger back in the 1960’s. Made the front page of the Washington Post. Caused a lot of comment.
That’ll teach the left about freedom of speech.
But what will we tell the children?
“Get a job.”
Posted by Steve: “Ask Bill Clinton, et al. After all, weren’t we told time and time again that it was a “private matter” between consenting adults?”
Was the energy task force a “private matter between consenting adults?”
Lest you need reminding, Clinton was impeached over that “private matter.” Meanwhile, Cheney continues to hold meetings with corporate heads to set policies which determine prices and taxes paid by everyone. None of our business, eh?
Back to the history books, jayarbee. Clinton was impeached because he committed a crime. You know, an actual against the law thing that gets people thrown in jail?
ONE OF MY FAVORITES
YOUR VILLAGE CALLED,THEY WANT THEIR
IDIOT BACK.
How about: I think you are suffering from rectocranial inversion.
Or maybe copy Pres J Chirac: “You missed an excellent opportunity to refrain from speaking”
Dont’ know where I heard or read this, but Leahy is a self-made man who quit work too early.
My eternal favorite: “Everyone in this room is now dumber, for having listened to you.” – from Billy Madison
And my father’s favorite: “No wonder nobody likes you.”
Hi, Michelle — we’ve been running around in similar circles for awhile now (but you’re far more accomplished than I [g]), but it’s finally good to talk to you in “person.”
My favorite insult — as many folk online can attest to — came from my dad: “You’re full of used food…”
He could have used a good ole country insult: “When you die, I want your body… I need to fertilize about 40 acres.”
“You’re full of used food…”
LOL!
I’ve always enjoyed these two:
He’d be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle;
He failed to live up to the unbelievably low standards that he set for himself.
As my gay buddy Rick would have said, “Sorry to interrupt, but I think you should know that your house is being towed even as we speak.” Heh!
Sen Leahy sets extremely low standards and consistantly fails to achieve them.
This morning a friend reminded me of a cutie:
“They told me you weren’t fit to eat with pigs, but I stood up for you. I said you most certainly were.”
Senator Leahy’s mother was rotten to the Corp, but nice to the infantry.
You could walk on the oil slick she left as she swam out to the fleet.
I gotta million of ‘em.
If it weren’t for newspapers serving strictly non-thinking republican ideologues you wouldn’t have ever gotten a start in the journalism business.
I agree with some of the others here, it usually is not appropriate to use that kind of language. BUT, you can tell someone of get f____d, and then you can tell someone to get f____d. Coming from Vice President Cheney, it probably sounded real classy.
Leahy’s not totally useless, he can always serve as a bad example.
“(And for those who have been dying to leave one of these for me, go ahead if it gets you through the day.)”
Six months ago I might have taken you up on your offer, but now I just don’t have the same vitriol left to spew at right whingers. It’s turned to a malaise over the fact that right whingers no longer view liberalism as just another facet of democracy but instead view it as nothing more than a plague that must be destroyed at all costs and by any means–fair or foul–necessary.
And it saddens me to have to admit that I am now ashamed to be a conservative.
Robert McClelland – I did not think it was physically possible but your post both blows and sucks.
Someone said of Jim Pinkerton, I think, “I wouldn’t piss down his throat if his heart were on fire.”
Creative.
And much more obscene than an “F— Jim Pinkerton.”
My favorite equivalent to what Cheney is supposed to have said is: “may I invite you to perform a physically impossible sex act with yourself as the only participant”?
(Not original with me. Can anyone give me a citation?)
As an added bonus, in the event that the insultee is much larger than the insulter, the insultee usually takes so long to parse the insult that the insulter can make a easy getaway.
1) You need to remove your head from that dark and unsanitary place.
or
2) When you open your eyes all you see is large intestine.
or my favorite
3) Even if you had half a brain you would still be stupid
I believe this has been taken the wrong way. The VP wasn’t cursing Leaky Leahy the drooling murderer of CIA agents, he honestly wanted him to go eff himself. Leahy, what a Big Time Daschole!
“Sir, kindly perform an improbable feat of aerial fornication upon a forward moving piece of perforated pastry.”
“You are living proof that there’s a company somewhere that ships the front part of horses here for final assembly.”
The F bomb dropped in such a place of government? Oh my, next we’ll be confusing the Oval with Oral Office. Or is that not as repugnant?
“You are not very smart, are you? I like that in a senator.”
Not only would I not cross the street to pee on Leahy’s shoe, I wouldn’t pay a wino to do it for me. I might promise to pay him, but I wouldn’t actually pay him.
“Leahy you are an asshole and I mean that in the best sense of the word.”
“I have a mule named after you.”
“Mr. Leahy, As one of the heads to the vast right wing conspiracy I have to warn you that we have a tape of you in a compromising situation that your constituents might find surprising…I think you were working.”
I’m sick of the whining about the energy task force. There is no secrecy involved, whatsoever.
Did you not notice that the complete report was made available to anyone who wanted to read it? So long as you know exactly what it is in it, what is the purpose of knowing who contributed to it?
This is purely-political drivel coming from the left, and they are beginning to show signs of an unhealthy obsession with it.
So, when exactly were the task force recommendations implemented by Congress so that they could “determine prices and taxes paid by everyone”? I wasn’t aware that it had been implemented at all.
I have a whole boat-load of non-cursing insults I’ve been gathering from Misha’s blog and various newsgroups… here are some of them… I only have 16 more pages…
Sure, I’ve seen people like you before – but I had to pay an admission…
Folk clap when they see you…but they clap their hands over their eyes.
You’re about as much use as a Betamax videorecorder
All day I thought of you….I was at the zoo.
He does the work of three men: Curly, Larry and Moe
If I was as ugly as you were, I wouldn’t say Hi to folk, I’d say BOO!
I heard that you went to the haunted house and they offered you a job.
Listen, are you always this stupid or are you just making a special effort today?
Sure, I’d love to help you out…now, which way did you come in?
Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn’t have given you worse advice…
Well, they do say opposites attact…so I sincerely hope you meet somebody who is attractive, honest, intelligent, and cultured.
I heard that you changed your mind. So, what did you do with the diaper?
You started at the bottom…and it’s been downhill ever since!
A half-wit gave you a piece of his mind, and you held on to it.
A sharp tongue is no indication of a keen mind.
All that you are you owe to your parents. Why don’t you send them a penny and square the account?
And there he was: reigning supreme at number two.
At least you are not obnoxious like so many other people – you are obnoxious in a different and worse way!
As useless as rubber lips on a woodpecker. ~ Earl Pitts ~
As welcome as a rattlesnake at a square dance. ~ Robert Reinhold ~
“I was gonna come see you, but your mother ran out from under the porch and barked at me!”
…the administration’s tax shifts, euphemistically referred to as “tax relief”. Posted by Jayarbee
Yes, those awful “tax shifts” that shifted the tax burden even heavier on the rich. The top 10% pay more of the tax burden now than they did before. Before long if these shifts continue the top 50% will pay all of the taxes. When that happens any politician who can promise to solve the bottom 50%+1 (majority’s) problems by making the top 50%-1 (minority) pay for it will have a job for life.
1. Awww, how nice! Michelle has her first comment “trolls”
2. The line: “say hello to my lil’ fren!” *
* You said profanity-free, not violence-free
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I think this is a perfect opportunity for the Vice President to come forth with his decision not to run for a second term. I mean, c’mon, the guy’s had 4 heart attacks and he’s currently filling the second most stressful job in the world! VP Cheney is intelligent and capable, but he’s done his duty for our country and it’s time for us, and the President, to let him retire (he never wanted the job in the first place, as I recall).
If this did happen, Bush should NOT make a cynical political pick to fill Cheney’s shoes. A McCain or Rudy on the ticket would be so politically smart it would backfire. I mean, come on, the most qualified person to be veep just happens to be one of the 2 most popular Republicans in the country? Bush should stick to his Cabinet and select someone both politically helpful AND who’s ready to be President.
Enter Tom Ridge. He’s the man with the perfect resume for the job. Not only could he step into the presidency without missing a beat on the war on terror (thanks to his stewardship at DHS), and not only does he already know how to run the WH after watching Bush do it for 4 yrs, but he also governed our 5th largest state for two terms. Unlike the McCains of the world, Ridge is actually qualified to step into the job tomorrow should tragedy befall our country. And unlike the other Cabinet darlings, like Condi, Ridge has executive experience and could work with Congress without missing a beat as well.
And Pennsylvania’s 21 electoral votes sure would be nice…
“Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries.”
- Monty Python & the Holy Grail
to jayarbee: no, clinton WASN’T impeached over his “personal encounter” with Miss L.IT WAS LYING UNDER OATH YOU HALF-WIT! AND Cheney is an ELECTED OFFICIAL that can have private meetings with ANYONE, UNLIKE Hillary, who tried to have private meetings about nat’l health care while she was NOT an elected official.
‘Leaky’ Leahy(D) leaked agent’s identities to death demonstrating he hadn’t the ‘Intelligence’ for that Senate Committee…
‘Leaky’ Leahy(D)’s ideological obstructionism demonstrates he hasn’t the Judgment for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary…
Certainly Vice President Cheney’s thoughtful advice was that Leahy(D) might aspire to the Presidency if he could only equal the well documented accomplishments of Bill Clinton.
“I wouldn’t pizz on you if you were on fire.”
“Ah, good to see you, Senator! — though your being here means that somewhere in Vermont is a shed missing a tool.”
::Not only would I not cross the street to pee on Leahy’s shoe, I wouldn’t pay a wino to do it for me. I might promise to pay him, but I wouldn’t actually pay him::
Really, Kevin?
How’s your dad going to get his next quart of MD20/20?
Your as usefull as a Football Bat
Here’s mine:
“When I was with your mother last night she spoke very highly of you. Now I see that she is not the only lying, cheating wind bag in your family.”
JadeGold, I had some good news for you a minute ago — I found your brain.
Unfortunately, I flushed.
“Scorn and defiance. Slight regard, contempt,
And anything that may not misbecome
The mighty sender, doth he prize you at.” — Henry V
Always interesting to see how humorless and, frankly, Mean-Spirited (trademark) our lefty “friends” are.
Leahy is one of a number of senators absolutely unqualified to be “righteously indignant” about anything.
Which, come to think of it, applies equally well to a number of the commentators in this thread.
Check for polyps while your head is up there.
-JoA
Dear Senator Leahy 100,000 sperm to choose from, and you were the fastest.
You know Senator If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong
This is a classic that I told someone a few years back: “You, sir, are the constant reminder that my life could be much, much worse.”
“I always enjoy visiting this room which houses the world’s greatest deliberative body and Senator Leahy.”
“Glad to see that Jeffords thing worked out so well for you.”
“Go thou to the unprintable and unprint thyself.” – Ernest Hemingway, from “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
It is evident from your behavior, sir, that your primary physician must be a proctologist.
“Sir, If I ever meet your parents, I promise to do you the kindness of introducing them to each other.”
“He’s so unclear of the concept he shouts ’stageplay!’ in a crowded fire station”.
-David J. Mann, 2003