Despite image, Cheney a GOP rock star

[Philosoraptor]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_el_ge/wild_about_cheney;_ylt=AijXav1QFbeHJOpB7AF8gt.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-

TAMPA, Fla. - An anticipatory buzz fills the room. Six crisp American flags, erect as soldiers, line the dais. More than an hour before the vice president's arrival, the GOP faithful stand at the ready.

Never mind that Dick Cheney is favorably regarded by only about a third of Americans. To this crowd, in this place, he is a rock star.

"He's a dynamic leader," Tampa attorney Monica Lothrop gushes after Cheney's standard, hang-tough-against-terror speech. "It was just a thrill to be able to see him in person."

"He says what he means and he means what he says and he follows through," she said. "I love that in any man."

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What a bunch of sick fuckers.

[CJCRANE]

1. Slight exaggeration:

"Never mind that Dick Cheney is favorably regarded by only about a third of Americans".

I thought it was less than a fifth.

[Swamp Rat]

2. Quick question:

What do you think of D.G. Vliet? :D

[Philosoraptor]

4. ?

Illuminate me here...

[Swamp Rat]

5. .

.

[zippy890]

6. swampy check out this photo

the look on lieberman's face! they're hugging each other!

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Caption...

"Demagogue meets DemoDog"

[tabasco]

8. Bros forever, dude!!

Cheney should be a swinger. After conviction for treason.

Lieberman can just rot in hell.

[Swamp Rat]

21. Ooooo! THANKS!!!!!

:thumbsup:

[whistle]

3. I think the correct term is demagogue

....If the shoe fits, wear it:

<snip>
Definitions of demagogue on the Web:

an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Demagogy is the set of methods used by demagogues. It is a strategy of obtaining power by appealing to the gut feelings of the public, usually by powerful use of rhetoric and propaganda.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue

A leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.
www.thepeacefulplanet.com/glossary.html

A politician who espouses the popular cause because it is popular and from selfish motives.
www.people.virginia.edu/~rmf8a/gaskell/poldict.htm

[Vinca]

9. It stands to reason Cheney is treated like a rock star

at Republican events. He is, after all, the poster boy for mean and nasty (Coulter, of course, being the poster girl).

[0007]

11. A real poster boy for sure and his cast of scum

[marmar]

16. I don't think I'll ever recover from "1 Night at the Cheneys"

:puke: :puke: :hurts: :hurts: :puke:

[0007]

20. I know for sure lucky Pierre won't ever recover......LOL!!

[warrior1]

10. Just because they say it, don't make it so

Who are they kidding. His crowds are screen like the boy king.

[rodeodance]

18. many people still think we nee a God?King to bow to.

[n2doc]

12. Gotta make the comparison

Headline, 1936: "Hitler like a big band star to his followers"

[thepurpose]

13. Is he a star? Or are they scared shitless of him?

[peekaloo]

14. Plaster casters for Dick!

obscure rock star reference.

Women who swoon over Dick & Boo$h turn my stomach.

[Alpharetta]

15. By rock star, you mean getting drunk and shooting friends?

Article subtext is substance abuse.

[soothsayer]

19. lol!

[laststeamtrain]

17. Right on, Dude, He makes me want to clap my flip-flops together & go...

,,,fuck myself. Oh yeah, and shoot lawyers in the face.
Rad!
:headbang:

[Cha]

22. That's cause they have nobody

so dick is it.