Cheney's girlfriend. I don't even remember her name.

[raccoon]

If I ever needed any other evidence that the media hos are in Bushco's pocket, that would be it.

If this had happened to Kerry, Edwards, Gore, etc., her name would be a HOUSEHOLD WORD.

[monktonman]

1. Dick had a girlfriend?

[raccoon]

6. When he shot Whittington some woman was down there with him.

Swiss woman, I saw on the Net somewhere.

[onenote]

37. you mean Pamela WIlleford, who was there with her husband

there's a reason you can't remember her name. Her husband was there. Jeez, do you think every time an office holder goes somewhere without his/her spouse it should be news?

onenote

[0007]

45. How do you know her husband was there with her?

Got a link or some information you'd like to share?

[onenote]

57. because it was reported over and over that he was

here's one link: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/16/america/web.0216timeline.php

and here's another: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=5845

[0007]

59. You sound like James A. Baker III "We counted the votes over

and over"

[cdb]

2. Cheney has a girlfriend?

Does she drive the ambulance that always follows him around?

[FreedomAngel82]

The Swiss miss??

[raccoon]

7. Yes! mt

[mattclearing]

11. So trashy, that euphemism.

Especially considering that she was an AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.

:eyes:

[Stephanie]

19. Pamela Willeford

[AndyA]

3. Wasn't it Scooter? n/m

[SpiralHawk]

42. Jeff Gannon?

He was so popular with all the Repubs.

[Teaser]

4. Ms. Handy Palmer

nt

[raccoon]

8. Never heard that before. I like it. nt

[stop the bleeding]

5. is it shotgun or Pamela ?? n/t

[Marie26]

9. Pamela Willeford

It's so sad that I know that.

[Disturbed]

17. The real eyewitness that was whisked out of there.

Ms Armstrong was put out as the eyewitness but she didn't actually see what happened. She was told what to say. Ms. Willeford, the Ambasodor to Switzeralnd, was right next to Cheney when he fired. No report from her on the offical statement of the occurance is on record.

[Marie26]

27. Where is she, anyway

We never really heard from her again. I thought she'd at least put out a press release or something.

[MADem]

23. AND HERE she IS!!!!!!!!!!!

She looks like Lynnie, with a little more tread on the tires!

[notadmblnd]

35. look at the size of her mouth

no wonder the big dick picked her to be his GF. Looks like she'd have no problem accomadating him.

I know that was terrible, but it's what I thought

[reichstag911]

36. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilbur nt

[RB TexLa]

44. Cheney says . . . . .

[Ecumenist]

10. PAMELA PITZER WILLEFORD

That's the ho's name...:sarcasm: You know that is it were someone who was a democrat, we'd know the exact shade of pink her labia were.

[reichstag911]

13. More of a leathery dark brown...

...would be my guess.

[rkc3]

18. Ouch!

[Ecumenist]

21. Ewww, God....

Okay now, that's just plain creepy.:hide:

[reichstag911]

30. OK, OK,...

...but come on! She's a * appointee, so she's fair game!

[libodem]

20. Or if Dick's willie is straight or crooked

We KNOW he's crooked.

[Ecumenist]

22. My husband always says....

They'll have to screw this bunch into the ground when they die.

[KharmaTrain]

39. Reminds Me Of The Watergate Joke...What Has Two Wings & A Crooked Dick

The Nixon White House

<rimshot>

Thank-you very little...

</clap off>

[reichstag911]

12. Girlfriend?

She's the US (Repug Party) Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

[MsUnderstood]

14. I sent a letter to the editor

And mentioned the girlfriend at the ranch and asked about Lynn Cheney's absence in a letter that addressed several issues about the incident. That section of my letter was taken out COMPLETELY!

The media don't want to touch the immorality scandal--very strange.

[spindrifter]

28. It is by no means strange that the Corporate Media

protects Ch*ney, his family and his liaisons--licit or otherwise. After all, it would be so terrible to put them through the trash talk experience. When you get to be a certain age, a certain socioeconomic bracket, a certain political party--it just isn't done.:shrug:

[onenote]

38. they took it out because its utter bull

her husband was there. Focusing on some goofball "girlfriend" angle only undermines the more salient elements of the story, which is what really happened, why was there a delay, was there more drinking than disclosed, etc.

onenote

[Up2Late]

15. He's on the front cover of the supermarket tabloid "The Globe" this week!

I saw it yesterday. But those types of Tabloid have zero credibility and respect in this country. Not sure how to find their website.

[Ecumenist]

24. Umm, I'm not admitting to anything...

But I just happened to find myself in possession of the aforementioned tabloid, brought home by the same previous husband this morning on his return flight. INTERESTING, that's what I have to say. :eyes:

[Up2Late]

32. do you have a scanner and or a scanner with an OCR program?

Maybe you could scan said "magazine" or post the text of the article?

[Ecumenist]

47. I can post the text...

I've never done this so clue me in....

[Up2Late]

49. If you have a scanner, and an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program

...that came with it, open the program or install it if you never did.

Then put the article on the scanner (face down obviously), and click the scan button (within the OCR program or Scan Now, Preview, Save as, etc., in one of the drop down menus if it doesn't have a "button") and see what happens.

If the text comes out as a lot of gibberish, try changing the scan resolution to a higher number, that might help. Most likely you'll need to proof-read it carefully for any weird text errors.

If you don't have a program that does OCR, or to just scan the front of the page photo, set the resolution to 72dpi and after you scan it, you should try to re-size it to about 5 or 6 inches tall.

Then you'll need to upload the picture (jpg) to either one of those websites like "photo bucket" or to your personal web space or website. Then post the link in a reply post here.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

[Ecumenist]

51. I don't have a scanner

But I have 10 able fingers. I can type in snatches of the article. It's has some pretty funny passages and mentions bloggers saying that "It's Cheney's Chappaquiddick!"

[Up2Late]

53. Cool. that will work too.

Maybe I'll go out and get a copy, I want that photo/headline.

[Ecumenist]

54. CHENEY'S OTHER WOMAN?

Notoriously secretive Vice President Cheney's bizarre hunting accident has alot of people wondering why 14 hours elapsed before a near-deadly mishap was publicly reported. Some speculators are saying Cheney was hunting more than quail when he shot his pal Harry Whittington on the ranch of a Texas lobbyist on Feb 11 and needed time to cover up an affair with a longtime galpal. "It's Cheney's Chappaquiddick!" dec;ares an internet blogger. He was with a woman to whom he was not married. Others suspect booze was involvedabd tgat tge 65-year-old veep needed time to sober up or that Cheney had a heart problem that made him collapse and accidently pull the trigger, shooting Whittington, 78.


-snip-

Some bloggers even wildly suggest that Cheney hunting partner, Pamela Pitzer Willeford, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, actually fired the errrant shot but Cheney took the blame to divert attention away from her. This much IS known-Cheney was in a three person hunting party on the 50,000 acre ranch of lobbyist Katharine Armstrong and at about 5:00pm Whittington was hit in the torso, neck and face by approximately 200 pellets from a 28-gauge shotgun.

-snip-

"Has anyone asked if it might have been the other hunter who actually shot Harry Whittington?" ponders lawyer and broadcaster Cenk Uygur. "Imagine the kind of attention Willeford would have received if she was the shooter. It's possible the only thing more damaging than the vice persident shooting someone might be his mistress shooting someone!"


-snip-

Meanwhile, Cheney's relationship with Willeford- whose physician husband George was at the eranch that weekend but didn't hunt- is longstanding. She collected $23,000 for Bush/Cheney campaign, serves as head of the Texas Higher Education Board and was appointed to the highly sought-after ambassadorship to Switzerland. But even without Willeford, the incident reeks of coverup, say sources. "Someone with a documented history of drinking problems causes a serious accident and then avoids the authorities for a period of time, long enough to get the alcohol out his system, " says broadcaster R.J. Eskow. "It's about power, drinking, irresponsibility, and dishonesty. If there was a romance going on, the issues are the same. Along with the secret mistress and drunken gunplay theories, some bloggers believe that Cheney had a heart problem and his implanted defibrillator kicked in, jolting him into shooting his gun.


-snip-



There's no link, I got this from the Globe paper/tabloid. Take it with a molecule of salt, considering the source BUT these days, the media we considered reliable have been anything but..

[Up2Late]

58. Wow, that's not too bad. It's better than most of what I've read...

...about the "hunting accident," if it really WAS an accident... *wink* ;) :evilgrin:

[NYC]

26. The Globe is owned by American Media, Inc.

I couldn't find their website, though.

[Up2Late]

29. I found their website, but "The Globe" is the only one...

...of their magazines that has no link at the bottom of the other magazines pages. I found a link, but it only takes you to a subscription page, How Coveeeeeeeeeeeeeeenant. :grr:

<http://www.nationalenquirer.com/>

edit to add this link:
<http://www.globemagazine.com/>

[Ecumenist]

52. Up2Late...

I happen to have the article sitting right next to me and although I have no scanner, I can type in snatches of the article.

[reichstag911]

33. At least they didn't hire Judy Miller. nt

[Up2Late]

41. Yep, and look here, I just found a quote from the "Kenya Times"

So far, this is it: <http://www.timesnews.co.ke/09mar06/nwsstory/opinion2.html>

Press freedom must certainly have limits

By Omar Ahmed Ali

Everyone wants to be the first among equals in defending press freedom and freedom of speech. Since the police raid on the premises of the Standard and KTN last week, several editorials and commentaries have been written castigating the government and defending the freedom of press. Our publicity seeking politicians have not be left behind, they too have joined chorus of the defenders of press freedom. In democratic societies, the true guardians and the responsibility of protecting the freedom of the press first lay on the hands of the media. Freedom of press and democracy go hand in hand but this freedom cannot and should not be abused on the pretext of defending it....

(clip)

...Kenya is a third world country, and many unsuspecting newspaper readers are subconsciously conditioned to believe whatever they read in their favorite newspapers and magazines. Majority of Kenyan print media’s consumers are not ‘matured’ to decipher—the stories, news and political analysis— between the lines. There is good number of Kenyans who don’t even know the dissimilarity between what is known as mainstream media and the gutter press. The line that differentiates between the two in the country is very gray if at all it exists. So when supposedly mainstream newspapers act or behave like gutter press in some instances it becomes very difficult to differentiate which are facts and which are “manufactured facts” that have been cleverly made to look or appear as ‘true facts’.

In the United States people know when it comes to gutter press or tabloids newspapers and magazines. Consumers of this kind of press expect sensational, factual, truthful, half truth and fictional news/stories—they could care less if they are all made up stories(which in all instances that is the case) with accompanying photographs bought from paparazzi.

In fact, people buy their wares not as source of news or information but as a source and craving for a dosage of trash and or junk news—a kind of entertainment so to speak. For instance, the current edition of the Globe (gutter press) has a picture of the US Vice President Dick Cheney and an eye catching headline: “Cheney was caught with another woman” and goes on to add ‘the shooting incidence was used as a diversionary measure’. Now Americans know that to be a false statement, but they would still buy the weekly magazine and read it and enjoy the fun. Others could have fakes stories on President Bush, former President Bill Clinton and others would have made up stories on Hollywood popular celebrities et al. There is a viable market for this kind of junk and or garbage news. The same way some people crave for a dosage of nicotine (in cigarettes) people do for junk/trash news....

(more at link below)

<http://www.timesnews.co.ke/09mar06/nwsstory/opinion2.html>

[NYC]

16. Katharine Armstrong & Pamela Willeford, U.S. Ambass. to Switz.

Pamela Willeford, the US Ambassador to Switzerland

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/25683.htm

http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/ambassadors/willeford.asp

[reichstag911]

31. Hey, now...

...it's Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Ignore the Liechtensteiners (?) at your peril.

[NYC]

43. You're right, I was too busy remembering Poland.

[benburch]

34. She looks like a younger, prettier version of Lynne Cheney. nt

[Up2Late]

40. I wonder how much time she spends in Switzerland?

If she's anything like the rest of the Bush Cabal, she probably commutes once or twice a month via USAF Jet.

[aden_nak]

25. Weird, no? It's like Clinton's girlfriend. Mary? Maria? What was it again?

I swear, if only someone on the television had done a story about her.

[Fleshdancer]

46. Could it be for a less sinister reason?

Hear me out on this one for one second. Maybe the reason why we knew so much about Monica and not Cheney's mistress (insert her name here) is because most people can stomach the visualization of Clinton engaged in a sexual act. From a ratings perspective, how many minutes could YOU endure of listening to the media whores discuss Cheney's *shudder* sex life? Doesn't the idea make you throw up a little in your mouth?

Aside from that obstacle, your overall point is spot on. ;)

[latebloomer]

48. You are right!

The thought of someone having sex with Cheney makes the mind reel in horror.

Now, the thought of Clinton having sex-- Mmmm! :evilgrin:

[smirkymonkey]

50. The thought of any member of the Bush Administration having

sex is completely repulsive. They are all so, so very creepy and just imagining it makes my skin crawl...:puke:

[robbedvoter]

56. I'd have to agree. Same with W , BTW.

[soothsayer]

55. I just call her swiss miss