Cheney's better overcoat

[scottxyz]

After showing up dressed like a slob at Auschwitz, Cheney later appeared in a dignified, dark overcoat - proving that he does indeed own one.

Why couldn't he wear the dignified overcoat to the Auschwitz ceremony?



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[henrik larssonisking]

1. playing devils advocate here

having been to Osweicm in January, its bloody cold, mayby hes dressed appropiatley for an old dude with heart problems.

[DrWeird]

2. Uh huh.

Maybe it's because he's a cold blooded reptile.

:eyes:

[henrik larssonisking]

3. the he definetly needs the parker mate

[AlCzervik]

10. he can wear layers

[charlyvi]

4. Uh. Dress coats are warm too.

And there are better looking hats to keep his thin little scalp warm; of course, the ski hat did cover his pointed little head somewhat. If he's too sick to be cold for one afternoon, he shouldn't be presi.....oops....I mean vice president.

[rqstnnlitnmnt]

5. i am so sick of hearing about his god damn heart problems

that is no defense for being completely disrespectful and unthoughtful at one of the most solemn ceremonies of his life

couldn't he at least find a black parka, jesus

[Generic Other]

6. I would never miss an opportunity to rip Cheney but I agree with you

that weather looks darn cold. I would be wearing whatever I could to stay warm.

And even for a heartless bastard like Cheney, going to such a somber memorial in the dead of winter can't possibly be anything but a depressingly sad experience. Something about the way he is sitting makes me think maybe, just maybe, the old ghosts made him feel extra cold as he sat there. Time for some soul searching. Hope it did him some good.

And if he catches pneumonia, it's no skin off my nose.

[DrWeird]

7. oh! It's cold! Well whoopdee-shit!

Somehow the dozens of other people somehow managed to dress appropriately.

[elehhhhna]

38. He dressed right for the Coronation. Was that warm weather?

[spanone]

12. He's the Vice President Multi-Millionare-----get a black parka dude.

[Ilsa]

8. Hey, it was effing cold there! I guess

all us DUers would have rather seen him catch a bad cold and develop pneumonia? :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[ban-one]

9. next thing you know

Cheney and Chimpy will be walking around the White House in cut off shorts and their wife-beaters on.

[Lefty48197]

25. Hey!

What they do in their private lives, is their business!

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[DrWeird]

13. Stop sympathizing for the damn nazi.

Yeah, it's cold, but you don't see anybody else dressing inappropriately, do you?

[Finding Rawls]

14. I don't know who else is in the crowd is as old as dick

I saw Chirac and Putin, both considerably younger and in better health.

Really, OLD MEN NEED TO BE CAREFUL. THEY'RE OLD.

It's not as if this was a short ceremony. It went on for quite a while. This was not a slap in the face to any holocaust survivor.

[Minstrel Boy]

18. "Chirac...considerably younger" - No.

Chirac is 72. Cheney is 63.

[Maiden England]

33. how about the survivors and liberators?

Who are all in their 80s and 90s.

Didn't see any of them resorting to parkas? Perhaps when they told Crashcart he was going to a ghetto he go completely the wrong end of the stick....

:evilgrin:

[AlCzervik]

15. cut it out will you?

you're making excuses for Cheney???? And he's not that old, he goes ducking hunting just fine, he should have been respectful.

[Karenina]

16. Parka w/ white faux fur????

Crass. Another in-your-face "FUCK YOU" from the Dickmeister.

Those very staid well-constructed woolen coats worn by the natives are QUITE WARM. Gibt's keine schlechte Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung.

GRAUSAM.

[Minstrel Boy]

19. Exactly. He knew what he was doing, and how it would look.

Washington was freezing on January 20. He was sitting outside for hours, and he looked presentable.

The questions I'm asking are, what message is he sending Europe with this disgrace, and why now?

[Karenina]

34. It's the same procedure they ALWAYS use.

A STINK FINGER. *dauphin tramples the Queen's garden and traumatises her flamingos, he costs other people MEGABUCKS and makes a mess wherever his foot hits the tarmac.

Perle used to be the one spewing their shit on this side of the pond. I was often asked, "Who IS this guy? Nobody elected him!" And then there's that Rum feller, family so ashamed they disinherited him. There is quite an outrage that such a sorry excuse for an incompetent STILL has a job.

They work their magic on Americans with sound bite language. Whatever they say, expect the OPPOSITE OUTCOME. "Healthy Forests," indeed. :eyes: They piss in ANY FACE THEY PLEASE. JUST cuz they CAN.

I personally find this fuck-you-fashion statement to be REPUGNANT.

*SOCIOPATHS, ALL OF THEM.

[Minstrel Boy]

17. "He's an old guy." He's 63.

At his level, that's not so old.

The inauguration was cold, too.

And how old do you think this guy is?

[DemBones DemBones]

23. He's an old, sick 63, though. Health matters as much as age.

Someone else should have attended, like Dubya himself.

[No Exit]

41. "He's old, sick"

"He's been dying of the same heart attack for years."

Above: great line from "The Godfather II", in which it was said of the gangster Hyman Roth. It also applies to Cheney.

Hell, that evil s.o.b. will probably bury us all. He's already buried at least 1400 of us.

[Lefty48197]

26. Who's idea was it to send crash cart out on a cold day anyways?

.

[noamnety]

27. Are you joking?

He's at Auschwitz. An hour in the cold with a formal overcoat is nothing compared to what people there went through. It's less than nothing. An hour's mild discomfort there is not even worth noting.

If anything, it would have given him a chance to contemplate what suffering others went through, either those who were imprisoned there, or the vets who freed them - despite there being snow on the ground and them not having fancy parkas.

[smurfygirl]

29. They Make Long Underwear. They also sell Black Parkas

They also make plain black hats. They also sell wool lined dress pants. They also sell very nice dress boots that are extremley warm.

There is no excuse for his bad behavoir. It was poor taste. This man has been in public office for over thirty years. He knows how to dress. Quit it with the bad heart shit. It's a poor excuse.

[Danmel]

36. Exactly!

Certainly he knows what attire is approriate for this type of event.

If he thought what he was wearing was appropriate, perhaps he needs a neuro evaluation to determine whether he is becoming senile, or perhaps he is being unduly affected by his meds, or has inadequate blood flow to the brain.

If he knew it was not appropriate and wore it anyway, what exactly was he trying to communicate? And to whom?

Either way, the idea that this guy is a heartbeat away from the Presidency is pretty terrifying. Bush/Cheney- talk about a Hobson's choice.

[No Exit]

42. But the Depends won't fit under the long underwear!

It's complicated, see...

[Individualist]

30. Horse hockey

I'm almost the same age as Darth Cheney, and I would never appear at a somber occasion dressed so inappropriately. When you people defend these monsters, it makes me want to :puke:.

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[burythehatchet]

35. your grandfather prolly ain't a war criminal

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

37. "You People?" WTF is that supposed to mean?

What "people" are you?

[No Exit]

40. *sob*... I feel so... guilty...

Poor old grandpa Dick... he just wanted to be warm for a few more moments... the grave is a very cold place, and he doesn't have long before he's there...

Okay, I'm over it. Back to wishing that s.o.b. dead. Hey, look: if the U.S. can say things like, "the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan actually saved untold thousands of lives", then I can say that Cheney's demise would certainly save untold numbers of lives. And may he rot in hell.

[terrya]

44. Stop defending that prick.

There are warm coats available that are perfectly suitable for a dignified event such as this. You know it, I know it, everyone here knows it and Dick Cheney sure as fuck knew it.

Cheney's attire was deliberate. It was insulting and provocative and made a mockery of that solemn occasion.

[greenbriar]

47. oh boo hooo

he wasn't the only one there...

just the only one with NO sense of decorum.


he is the damn vice pres...he knows HOW TO DRESS for the OCCasion!

[ban-one]

20. don't forget

that he was in Poland. You know. One of the willing, i mean, bribed countries

[RC]

21. cheney is the prez of vice..., errr, Vice President

I was under the impression that there are people who's job it is to make sure the ranking officials dress appropriately for whatever occasion?

[DemBones DemBones]

22. It is worth noting that the other men are wearing hats, too. OTOH,

with his money, I think Cheney could have purchased several layers of warm underclothes to boost the cold resistance of a dress overcoat and perhaps been just as warm. I think he could have found a dressier hat that would be as warm, though he probably didn't want to go with the Russian-style fur hat for political reasons. You'd think a guy "from" Wyoming would have more clothes for cold weather. We know he goes hunting, so he's got the clothes for that. . . I can identify with being really cold in Europe, so cold you can hardly breathe, but then again I don't go duck hunting in Wyoming!

If Cheney can't take the heat -- er, cold -- maybe they shouldn't send him to funerals and other solemn ceremonies in winter.

[henrik larssonisking]

24. now im visualising him in mossy oak

[No Exit]

43. Really?

You mean, with brass handles? :)

[HarrietBrown]

28. I agree--he's got enough money to have something warm and decent

made up for him. As someone suggested, a black parka might have been a step up. And a hat that says "staff" on it? Come on. His behavior was rude and insulting. I am mortified that he was there representing me.

[stanwyck]

31. Was he raised by wolves?

Cause he's now the VP of the United States and there is such a thing as protocol and showing respect. My grandfather knew how to dress. And I imagine the weather in Germany wasn't much colder than Chicago in January. When the wind comes off that lake, it's brutal. My grandfather had a long, bright red wool greatcoat he bought in Canada. He wore that coat with a black Russian style hat.
People remembered my grandfather.

[No Exit]

45. Perhaps he was raised by Wolfowitzes...

Anyway, when a man shows such a lack of respect and lack of decorum, people usually say, "I bet a tour in the military would straighten him out!" And, hey, it's often true: many a lousy-dressing young fool has had his appearance and demeanor improved by a stint in the armed forces.

So.... when and where do we sign him up?

[stanwyck]

46. well, the sixth deferment might be

a little elusive. He's already had five...back when Cheney had "other priorities". Five deferments. That must be some kind of record, even for a chickenhawk.
And thanks so much for the "raised by Wolfowitzes"...very funny.

[theHandpuppet]

39. I wonder what all of the GOP apologists would have said...

.. had Cheney worn that ice fishing getup to the inauguration.

[greenbriar]

48. likewise if it had been clinton

the media and every freep would be still jabbing about it

[bvar22]

49. Hey, if Dick Cheney decides to wear a hat....

...that says STAFF to Auschwitz, well thats his personal choice.

Just because he represents the ENTIRE USA at a solemn FORMAL STATE CEREMONY
is no reason to criticise the poor old man!


/bitter sarcasm

[Karenina]

50. His attire was a DELIBERATE

FUCK ALL Y'ALL. No more, no less.

[ProgressiveConn]

51. With the millions of things that the neo-cons are doing wrong.

You bother posting this? I'd wear a parka, hat and gloves in the snow too.