Just when you thought politics couldn’t get more charming…
Posted on June 25, 2004 @ 9:35 am
Spotted at that pesky’apostrophe:
Cheney Utters ‘F-Word’ in Senate — Aides
Reuters, Thu Jun 24, 2004 08:15 PM ETWASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the “F word” at Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont during a heated exchange on the Senate floor, congressional aides said on Thursday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday in a terse discussion between the two that touched on politics, religion and money, with Cheney finally telling Leahy to “f— off” or “go f— yourself,” the aides said…
During their exchange, Leahy noted that Republicans had accused Democrats of being anti-Catholic because they are opposed to some of President Bush’s anti-abortion judges, the aides said.
That’s when Cheney unloaded with the “F-bomb,” aides said.
In a broader historical perspective, I guess Cheney’s remarks aren’t any more a breach of decorum than, say, that time in 1794 when Vice President John Adams told Speaker of the House Frederick Muhlenberg he could “cram [a proposed trade tariff] up his cornhole and walk back to Pennsylvania barefoot” for all Adams cared.
Okay, so that technically never happened, but I wouldn’t put it past Adams.
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So which was it? “F*** off” or “Go f*** yourself”?
That much for the “improved” quality of news coverage. Geez.
My wife is currently reading a biography of John Adams, and she says if that *didn’t* happen, it should have.
Before you know it, it’ll be pistols at dawn (again).
I swear we’re regressing to the days of cane-inflicted beatings on the House floor…..whether or not that’s a bad thing I’ll leave up to you.