Has ANYONE seen Cheney this week?

[craigolemiss]

Last thing listed for him on the White House site is Aug 18th

nothing on Google news

[VolcanoJen]

1. No. The VP is AWOL.

[cynatnite]

2. He's on standbye just in case

people are really pissed at bush

[LaPera]

33. He's still on vacation...What kind of "leader" is this Vice president?

[bluestateguy]

3. Cheney never cared much for domestic policy

Also, I suspect he is tucked away so as to make it look as if Bush is "in charge".

[LaPera]

34. Or having his heartless, heart worked on, again.

[Matariki]

4. cheney is dead

that's what i think

didn't his wife write a book about that? the vp dying in office and it being covered up?

[Terran]

12. or very ill. That would explain a lot.

Why Bush is so unusually off his game in this whole disaster--because he's having to actually be in charge instead of Uncle Dick.

[MissB]

13. Wouldn't surprise me.

I'm shocked that we haven't seen or heard from him in the past few weeks. Not a single picture.

[LisaM]

14. I think he's just very sick

he can't possibly be dead. If it emerged that he had died and they'd failed to inform the public, it would not look good.

[Matariki]

21. oh, it just takes a while to clone him is all

<just kidding>

[intheflow]

22. When has the fear of looking bad ever stopped them before?

But I sure do wish the press would pick up on his being MIA. Personally, I think he's dead and being taxidermied so they can pull some kind of "Weekend at Bernie's" thing--why else wouldn't he have shown himself once? Even if he were very sick, surely they could prop him up long enough for a photo op.

[physioex]

31. I don't think we can get rid of evil..........

So No I don't think the man is dead. And I have my doubts about Strom Thurmond being dead as well.... ;)

[AlCzervik]

5. he held a fundraiser this week for Sen. Talent--not NOLA victims

[craigolemiss]

10. hell Hastert is doing a fundraiser today

much more important---CNN said he also went to a car auction---very important biz apparently

[catmandu57]

18. That's scheduled for 19 September

I read it this morning, something is screwy though.

[shraby]

6. He's probably putting the finishing touches

on a no-bid contract for Halliburton to do the New Orleans cleanup/reconstruction job.

[maine_raptor]

7. See that hump on Bush's back?

That's the famous undisclosed location

[terrya]

8. I could live without ever seeing him again, actually.

Doesn't bother me one goddamned bit, to be honest.

[geckosfeet]

9. Rumor was he was wearing a GWB mask and heading to NOLA. n/t

[pdurod1]

11. Drooling over his oil stock portfolio and

trying to shoehorn Haliburton into the process to rebuild New Orleans.

[beyurslf]

15. Cheney who?

[young_at_heart]

16. Isn't he on vacation?

This is Labor Day weekend, after all.

[Generic Other]

17. Last I saw him was behind Bush when he refused to see Cindy

back in Crawford the day after the fundraiser at the Broken Spoke.

[trackfan]

19. He's in the stasis chamber n/t

[dsewell]

20. Josh Marshall is getting on it

At Talking Points Memo.

Several sources, including Dan Froomkin in the Washington Post a couple of days, have reported that he is still in Wyoming. Leaving the questions: Why? How is he assisting with crisis management? Is he in good health? Well enough to work? If so, why isn't he visible? If not, why hasn't the public been informed?

[many a good man]

You mean he left Junior in charge???

Worst mistake of Cheney's presidency.

What the Dick Cheney is goin' on around here?

[hunter]

23. Bill Frist has examined the videos and declared Cheney...

"...is not in a persistent vegetative state."

[magnolia]

26. LOL!

LOLOLOL!!!

[snappyturtle]

24. Crawford

Go to http://bradblog.com and you will see pictures of Cheney in *'s Dodge truck in Crawford with the repugs across from Camp Casey! The story was posted yesterday---scroll down the main page to about the eigth story.

[Moochy]

29. I saw cheney in a pic last week(maybe 2 weeks ago)

I saw him in an AP picture released about a week ago, showing that business as usual was the order of the day at crawford ranch, despite Cindy's presence. There was a meeting of his cabinet (or a partial meeting) and condi and cheney were there giving the daily presidential briefing/ blacklist review session.

[mountainvue]

25. He's not thawed out yet. n/t

[Dr Fate]

27. He is nursing a "secret" stroke or heart attack.

n/t

[phusion]

28. Sucking the marrow

from bodies in LA.

[SmokingJacket]

30. Bush's even WORSE performance than usual is because Cheney

is not around. He can't operate without the guy. Remember how he needed Cheney to hold his hand during the 9-11 commission testimony?

I think Cheney is sick. Otherwise, he'd be there pulling Chimpy's strings.

[Marymarg]

32. I also think Cheney is ill

The last picture of him (at Bush's phony ranch)showed Cheney in a buttoned up coat in the 100 degree heat. Something is terribly wrong with that picture.