Yeetle Box - Dick Cheney Made A Joke

What's with Dick Cheney? Somebody check his temperature and blood pressure. He made a joke. And I laughed.




But others did not.

Cheney's comment was denounced by both Democrats and Republicans.

"This is exactly the type of stereotyping that we don't need from our elected officials," said Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. "It's disrespectful, and it's certainly not funny. ... As a proud state, I can say we are disappointed. Doesn't he know that we're like family in West Virginia?"

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., blasted Cheney, saying that for a vice president to openly display "such contempt and astounding ignorance toward his own countrymen and their genetics" was an insult to all Americans.

"Now that he or the administration he represents no longer needs their vote, Mr. Cheney apparently feels that he is now free to mock and belittle the people of West Virginia," Byrd said. "Well, I have 39 children in West Virginia, and 62 grandchildren, and 179 cousins, and 456 uncles who don't think it's funny at all."

Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said later Monday. "The vice president apologizes to the people of West Virginia for the inappropriate remark on the off chance he might be related to many of them."

In a question-and-answer session after giving a speech at the National Press Club, Cheney said also joked that he wouldn't object to a family reunion with Obama, but said he didn't think the candidate would be up for one — "at least not before November."

Lighten up, folks. He's leaving.

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