Cheney to lead U.S. delegation to Saudi Arabia

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will lead the U.S. delegation to Saudi Arabia to pay final respects to the late King Fahd, the White House said Tuesday.

"The vice president will lead the presidential delegation to Riyadh to express condolences on the passing of King Fahd and the accession of King Abdullah," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=9245679&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

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[dArKeR]

2. Didn't make it to Wellstone's funeral! I honestly believe Wellstone was

assassinated on the orders of Bush/Cheney. When I'm in Heaven, I expect a chocolate ice-cream from you guys when we find out I'm right.

[readmylips]

9. Cheney and Rove....guilty that's for sure...

It is so obvious.

[napi21]

3. Well, finally this VP is doing the job that always used to be

delegated to a VP! Remember when a VP was described as the member of an admin. who didn't really do anything except go to State funerals and vote in the Senate once in a while?

[TahitiNut]

18. In this case, the Saudis know who's really in charge (Cheney).

They couldn't care less about meeting C-czar Disgustsus unless Dickhead Cheney was on hand, whether in Crawford or D.C.

[katty]

31. cheney would rise from his deathbed to make pilgrimage for oil

it's the only thing he gets hard for oil and halliburton

[tk2kewl]

4. I wonder if he will wear a parka

[Strelnikov_]

6. I'm Guessing A Thong n/t

[tk2kewl]

8. LOL

:D

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[samdogmom]

21. LOL! I was thinking the same thing.

It's the first picture that popped into my head when I read he was making this visit. Too bad the climate is so different, maybe he'll come up with an equally inappropriate outfit.

[bluedog]

5. hes already buried

whats the sense of going now? The condolences have been expressed by phone..bush said so....why waste the fuel and expense to travel there?

[notadmblnd]

7. you think he'll wear his parka and knit cap?

can't wait to see what outragous outfit he'll don. Checkered shorts and tank top is my bet.

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. I vote for the lime-green zoot suit, since it's a state occasion

...just dripping with class, they are. Or dripping with something...

[Judi Lynn]

10. If he follows the example set by George W. Bush at the Pope's funeral

and starts feeling a little frisky during the funeral, he may be going home sooner than he had planned.

[Jara sang]

11. What the hell?

That pic is photoshopped isn't it?

[MisterP]

22. the Pope wasn't so close, but they did smooch while everyone else was

praying

[Judi Lynn]

23. Here's the first mention I could find in google, a LTTE.....

In the two-page photo spread showing the heads of state at the pope's funeral mass, President Bush and his wife are shown kissing, Queen Sofia of Spain seems to be squinting and smiling, and another woman is looking sideways. It is an interesting picture. But I am trying to imagine why the president is kissing his wife during such a solemn occasion.

Stella Buentello
Laredo, Texas

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7613452/

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[Deja Q]

20. OMG, that pic is horrid. I didn't know * was so impudent toward the Pope.

:wow:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. If Bush kissed his wife during the Pope's funeral

imagine how he would lose control with his boyfriend Abdullah at close range. No wonder he's sending Cheney instead.

[Judi Lynn]

26. Oh, yeah! That's the merciful thing to do.He's not long on self-control.

He's too important to control himself! That's for peons.

[MidwestTransplant]

12. He'll do a little business while he is there no doubt.

[leveymg]

13. A Souvenier Snapshot of Dick Cheney's Haj to Mecca

The Face of God and an Archangel

[question everything]

14. But, but.... King Fahd is already buried... in an unmarked grave

(imagine that) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/king_fahd;_ylt=AiHYW6UVgap57YlBjSCJKmas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[warrens]

30. It's a memorial

And I am biting my tongue so hard right now...

[kansasblue]

15. be sure to have the parka dry cleaned!

[nwliberalkiwi]

16. Buried

If only it was Dickie Boy they were stashing in an unmarked grave!

[TahitiNut]

19. What? Toxic landfill in hallowed ground?

Heresy.

[TankLV]

27. Has he picked out his new baseball cap and fleece jacket yet?

You know, the formal one he always wears to these things?!

[Judi Lynn]

28. He's got the knack. He always does us proud.

Here's a man admiring his impressive sense of style.



He surely stands out as a representative of that "shining city on the hill" or whatever blather Reagan used to spew.

[Ilsa]

29. Bush is too busy cutting brush and wrecking his bike to go. eom