The Curious Incident of the Veep in the Summertime

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050912/cm_huffpost/007189

For some time I've been wondering whether anyone is going to explain the true mystery of what happened after Hurricane Katrina struck. I read thousands of words on the subject in this morning’s New York Times, and I still don’t get it. Where was the President? And more to the point, where was the Vice President? And don’t tell me Crawford Texas and on a ranch in Wyoming. For days there was an absolute vacuum at the top. Why? What was going on?

You’ll be happy to hear that I have a theory. Is it possible that the President and the Vice President have fallen out? I mean, I’m just asking. But if you remember September 11, 2001 -- and I’m sure you do -- the President had no idea what to do, but the Vice President did. The Vice President took over. He didn’t even consult with the President. He put the President on Air Force One and the President spent the day flying from one airport to another, which was something that even the President eventually understood made him look as if he wasn’t in charge.

-snip- (read the theory)

But if you look at the chart in Sunday's New York Times, which tells you who was where when Katrina struck, Cheney doesn’t even get a listing. It’s Bush, Chertoff, Brown. Bush I and
Bill Clinton were summoned to help. But Cheney didn’t even turn up back in Washington until last week, when he was sent off for a day of spouting platitudes while touring the flood zone.

Like the curious incident of the dog that didn’t bark in the famous Sherlock Holmes story, Cheney’s the missing person in this event, and one has to wonder why. If he were a woman, I would guess he’d been busy recovering from a face-lift, but he’s not. So I can only suppose that something has gone wrong. Could the President be irritated that Cheney helped con him into
Iraq? Oh, all right, probably not. Could Cheney – and not just his aides -- possibly be involved in the Valerie Plame episode? Is Cheney not speaking to Karl Rove? Does the airplane/bicycle incident figure into this in any way? And how is it possible that the President is off on vacation and the Vice President is too? Not that it matters that much if the President is on vacation; on some level, the President is always on vacation. But where was Cheney?

Just asking.
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snake Cheney is a dangerous criminal

[babylonsister]

1. Thanks, donsu. That would be funny if it

weren't so frightening!
"...Not that it matters that much if the President is on vacation; on some level, the President is always on vacation. But where was Cheney?"

What's really frightening is that these are our supposed leaders.

[zbdent]

2. Cheney was off home shopping

in a foreign land (for him) Wyoming.

[indepat]

3. Hopefully when the rats flee the sinking ship, some will spill the beans

'tho that is not likely 'cause such would be putting loyalty to country before loyalty to the man, Repukedom, and ideology and that ain't likely.

[rniel]

4. all this and more on the next episode of 'Soap'

du du du du DA du du du du

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. I can hear it now...

(B) "Dick, you just can't do that. Ya make me look bad."
(C) "Yeah? Well, next time something happens, you're on your own."
(B) "Oh, yeah?"
(C) "Yeah!"
(Enter, KATRINA)
(B) "Happy birthday, John. (aside) Don't worry about Katrina. Dick's got it covered.
(C) "Go fuck yourself."

[vptpt]

7. Tee hee!

You made me L right OL on that one.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. Karl Rove was laid up with kidney stones. Add this to your scenario. nt

[calimary]

8. Certainly makes sense, doesn't it? Just asking.

Makes a LOT of sense.

This is what happens when bush's other dick is off-duty and his turdblossom is laid up. We get a "let bush be bush" moment. Much to our chagrin.

[Infomaniac]

9. I think he was mansion-shopping or fly-fishing

I believe MSM reported he cut short HIS vacation by four, count 'em, four days.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/050912/12simon.htm