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Revision as of 18:04, 17 September 2008
Dick "Dick" Cheney is the Vice President of the United States (2001 - 2008) and a hunting enthusiast. He hails from Caspar, Wyoming. (He previously lived in Texas, but an obscure rule prevents any elector from voting for both a president and a vice president from his own state, thus necessitating the move back to Wyoming.)
It is generally acknowledged that while George W. Bush is in the press more often, Dick Cheney is more politically influential. Dick Cheney has claimed that he is not a part of the executive branch, contradicting the Constitution. Part of Dick Cheney's job is in the legislative branch, breaking ties in the Senate, if they occur.
In 1994, Dick Cheney was interviewed, and explained quite sensibly why invading Iraq and overthrowing the Hussein government would have been a terrible idea.[1] Since all the arguments he made then still seemed just as valid in 2003, I wonder what changed his mind?
Dick Cheney keeps a man-sized safe in his office.
Cheney's daughter Mary is a lesbian who has been "out of the closet" for years; Due to her previous job as "gay and lesbian corporate relations manager" for the Coors Brewing Company, she has been described as a "professional lesbian"[2].
In 2004, when Cheney was running for re-election on a platform that featured opposition to same-sex marriage and Mary was part of his campaign staff, his daughter's sexuality was mentioned during both the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. In response, John Kerry was accused by many right-wing activists of "outing" her[3], and both Kerry and John Edwards were criticized for mentioning her. Cheney himself described himself as "a pretty angry father" in response[4].
Despite the fact that he may well be the most hated man in the world, there are still some conservatives who just faint away at his machismo.