NOTEBOOK: Cheney Comfortable in the Air

[mattclearing]

Our tax dollars at work, people...

NOTEBOOK: Cheney Comfortable in the Air

By NEDRA PICKLER
The Associated Press


Wednesday, December 21, 2005; 8:50 AM

ABOARD AIR FORCE II -- Vice President Dick Cheney didn't suffer for lack of comfort on the cavernous cargo plane that he rode into Iraq and Afghanistan this week.

The Air Force loaded the plane with the "silver bullet," a mobile home in the sky strapped down in the middle of the belly. The accommodations included sleeping and working quarters that protected him from the noise and cold of the cargo hold during a more than five-hour flight into Baghdad.

The rest of his traveling party was not so lucky. Cheney's senior staff and junior aides were assigned to a cramped three rows of seats in front of the bullet, while reporters and Secret Service agents had to sit in jump seats along the side with a view of Cheney's stainless steel exterior walls.

Cheney used the C-17 cargo plane for security purposes when flying to and from Iraq and Afghanistan. The C-17 is an inconspicuous gray aircraft less likely to draw attention than the normal Air Force II _ a blue and white 757 emblazoned "United States of America" in the same style as the president's larger Air Force One.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122100493.html

[donco6]

1. Hell, I thought he just rode a broom.

Slap my ass and call me Shirley!

[mattclearing]

2. Apparently 5 hours was too long to spend in a normal aircraft.

So they strapped an RV to the middle of the plane. On our dime.

[Oceansaway]

LoL...n/t

[meow2u3]

15. DICK Cheney doesn't ride a broom

It's Lynne Cheney who does, the Wicked Witch of the West :evilgrin:

[WhiteTara]

17. don't you denigrate witches!

Cheney is the devil and he rides his long tail with the point sticking right up his ass. (That's why he has that ugly look on his face all the time.)

[saigon68]

26. Here he is

[WhiteTara]

31. great pic, I was hoping to see his

tail stuck up his ass, but the facial is good. Thanks

[Parche]

30. broomstick

No its his wife Lynn Cheney that rides the broom, she is stingy though
and seldom gives him rides, as he would bend the stick being as plump as he is.

[VaYallaDawg]

40. LOL!

:rofl:

[EarlG]

3. LOL

"...while reporters and Secret Service agents had to sit in jump seats along the side with a view of Cheney's stainless steel exterior walls."

So he IS a cyborg!

[mattclearing]

7. Nice one.

That struck me as pretty bad too...I can imagine staring at Cheney's luxury quarters in the cargo hold of a military jet for five hours.

[Canuckistanian]

16. No, just a Borg

He has to plug in at night to download his neocon taliking points and have his daily bile recharged.

[karynnj]

19. Couldn't he at least share the more comfortable quarters?

What a creep - Can I at least hope some of the press there included the nitwits who spent all last year calling Kerry aloof, reserved and a loner, which he isn't - but forgot to call Cheney rude and obnoxious, which he is.)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

4. Ok, this part makes me ill.

"But when Cheney said his iPod needed to be recharged, it took precedent above all else and dominated one precious outlet for several hours. The vice president's press staff intervened so a reporter could use the outlet for 15 minutes to charge a dead laptop, but then the digital music device was plugged back in.

That way, Cheney got his press coverage and his music, too."

[mattclearing]

8. Holy shit, I didn't read that far!!!!

I thought you were joking when I read your post. That's unbelievable!!!

Edit to add: "The vice president is an iPod fan, and keeping it charged is a priority for his staff."

Don't they have better things to do????

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

21. I wouldn't be surprised...

If his iPod is loaded with The Collected Works of H.P. Lovecraft(unabridged), so he can get tips and pointers on true evil. ;-)

[mattclearing]

23. Might as well add in "The Art of War," and "Catcher in the Rye." n/t

[Lisa]

32. if he threatens to bomb another country, maybe we could ask Steve Jobs ...

... to take Cheney's iPod away from him.

Kind of like a parental "time out".

[Ezlivin]

37. Yeah, well I got his Podcast right here

You have to imagine the part where I grab my package.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Silver Bullet ???

More like a Golden Bullet... or Platinum Bullet

How much of our money went to pay to keep that royal fat ass comfy ??

He should be riding coach with the rest of the country.

Cheney is a pig.

[WhereThereIsFire]

28. Beer Can

Forgive me, I'm a liberal NASCAR fan ... isn't a "silver bullet" what they call a beer can? Now, THAT would be appropriate packaging for tricky dicky.

[catzies]

29. Not exactly, and welcome to DU.

:hi:

"Silver bullet" orignated in Coors Light ad campaigns & refers to their beer only, not beer cans in general.

[WhereThereIsFire]

35. I thought it was Coors ...

And an old Coors can (or even one of Sterling Marlin's wrecked #40s) will work just fine for packaging up Cheney.

[TankLV]

33. Yeah - I've got anohther "silver bullet" in mind when I think of the "fuck

you" boy or his AWOL War Criminal sidekick.

But I prefer the "mussolini solution".

[AnneD]

39. They (silver bullets) only work on those humans ...

that suffer from lycanthrope (can't believe I remembered that) or wolfman syndrome. Cheney seems pretty hairless....Wait a tic, he does seem to disappear a lot. Could it be possible?????????? Where can I lay my hands on some wolfbane.

[Child_Of_Isis]

6. Nothing but absolute comfort for Cheney!

On our dime, I might add.

[oldtime dfl_er]

13. more like on our several million dollars

I bet he has a full hospital room in there too with defibrillator and full time doctor , on our several million dimes too.


http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/658010

[chelsea0011]

9. The same vehicle in "Stripes" ?

[bmbmd]

10. Not a motor home, dammit-

It is an Urban Assault Vehicle.

[mattclearing]

11. LOL

What a great movie.

[Ezlivin]

38. "Will they send us someplace special?"

Yes, an American classic.

[AnneD]

41. THAT'S A FACT JACK....

:popcorn:

[SpiralHawk]

12. Dickster put the press in cattle-car accomodations

to show how much BushCo appreciates their pursuit of the "truth"

Snap out of it mass media.

You got a wicked bad case of the bended knee.

But, at least you remain Bent Over In THE POSITION, you are "taking it like a man."

I suppose there is a smidgen of pride in that.

But not enough to balance your oceans of shame for failing the citizens of the USA.

[marmar]

14. Darth Vader loves his spaceship...

:evilfrown:

[crazylikafox]

18. Probably covered in body armor with a parachute attached too

Too bad Proxmire just died. This would be a great opportunity for the Golden Fleece award

[Cocoa]

20. what a dick

seriously.

[wakeme2008]

22. I am thinking AirStream :)

The color is right and first class travel trailers.

[BiggJawn]

24. I read that it *IS* an Airstream....

Wally Byam must be spinning in his grave.

TinMan Dick-Head is the antithesis of everything Byam believed.

"To play some part in promoting international goodwill and understanding among the peoples of the world through person-to-person contact."

[cliss]

25. "Comfortable"? I wonder.

Since the insurgency was in its "last throes" a long time ago, I wonder why Cheney needed to be camouflaged?

Bush has said that "freedom is on the march" in Iraq. Lie-berman promised us that Iraq has "turned the corner" on violence.

So why did he need to be in an 'inconspicuous grey aircraft less likely to draw attention'? Or how about when he flew in Iraq, in a group of Blackhawk helicopters, with guns mounted on the sides for extra protection.

Having second thoughts, Dick?

[progressivebydesign]

27. bastard should fly in a cargo hold like the fallen soldiers do.

If it's good enough to fly war heroes home in, then he should be fine with it and STFU.

[TankLV]

34. So now there's now doubt - we have a "trailer trash" administration.

Fucking sad.

[AnneD]

36. Dang,

there is never an ejector seat when you need one. Too bad we no longer have Maxwell Smart available for duty.