Biden describes Cheney's bunker

[sabra]

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/05/15/shining-light-on-cheney-s-hideaway.aspx

Shining Light On Cheney's Hideaway
Daniel Stone


This just in from Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, a frequent purveyor of political anecdotes. She bring us an enlightening one here regarding the (quote) undisclosed location (unquote) we heard lots about in the days after Sept. 11. Here's Eleanor:

Ever wonder about that secure, undisclosed location where Dick Cheney secreted himself after the 9/11 attacks? Joe Biden reveals the bunker-like room is at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Cheney lived for eight years and which is now home to Biden. The veep related the story to his head-table dinner mates when he filled in for President Obama at the Gridiron Club earlier this year. He said the young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment. The officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn’t be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall. Cheney has emerged as the leading critic of the Obama administration on national security, saying the president’s policies are making America less safe, and if there’s another attack, it will be Obama’s fault. This is tough stuff, but as the architect of the Bush administration’s policies on war and torture, he has a much bigger legacy to protect than the president he helped steer onto the shoals.

[DainBramaged]

1. What really went on in the bunker?

[PatGund]

5. My bet.....

Is it had something to do with chainsaws and puppies.

[Lorax7844]

18. I was going to say brown robes

and goat slaughter but it could be either.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dl4faCpJE

Yeah, I went there ...

[DainBramaged]

17. THAT was too funny people at work were wondering if I was OK.

Thank you.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. You're welcome.

Of course, I didn't make the video; I only posted it.

[SpiralHawk]

2. FEAR is what it's all about, for Republicon chickenhawk clowns

with five (5) freaking military deferments. No wonder the other republicons love Cheney so much. Like Rush Limbaugh and the other 'leaders' he embodies FEAR, smells of FEAR, lives FEAR, and projects FEAR. Cheney's a republicon homelander kinda guy - chickenhawk to the core.

[TwilightZone]

3. I'm sure Cheney will now chime in that Biden is compromising national security...

by talking about the bunker.

[marshall]

9. Isn't it Biden's Bunker now?

If he wants to advertise its location or feature it on "Pimp My Bunker" that's his business.

[TwilightZone]

11. To Cheney, it doesn't really matter.

Hell, he thinks that he's still in charge.

[melm00se]

15. hope nothing happens

that necessitates his using that bunker.

'Twould suck to have to flee there and find it targeted.

[yy4me]

4. Darth was like a mole in an underground hole, living his nasty

life out of sight. He surfaced long enough to make us sick to our stomachs, then back underground. The fact that he was unseen was better for us who flinch at the sight of him. Too bad his dastardly deeds surfaced with him.

[DS1]

6. Someone should have told him "The Mole" was just a TV show, and there was no home game

[CrispyQ]

7. So much fear.

"...when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn’t be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall."

No fucking shit.

[Marr]

25. Yep- Cheney was the biggest chickenshit of them all, apparently.

Every time I hear him speak, I hear fear-- and the desperate aggression that comes with it. He's afraid of everything.

[onehandle]

8. Hitler was above ground for 90%+ of his rule.

Cheney was below ground for 90%+ of his rule.

What am I saying? Is Cheney worse than Hitler?

No, of course not.

I just find this interesting.

[ForrestGump]

30. He wasn't

far enough below ground...

[Fleshdancer]

10. Is it too late to throw Cheney back in there?

Just turn off the communication equipment and the world would be a better place. :evilgrin:

[bdamomma]

14. I bet he finds the dark accommodations suitable just like his demeanor.

[morgan2]

12. does this mean his aides were stationed outside the door?

which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment.

He was too scared to even let them in his bunker with him.

[FightingIrish]

13. Faux is treating this as a gaffe and a breach of national security

"Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/17/oops-biden-reveals-location-secret-vp-bunker/?test=latestnewscommentscomments

I don't see how it's either. It's a grim piece of history revealed but it doesn't sound like Cheney's rat hole still serves any useful porpose. Cheney's construction of a personal bunker may not even have been legal. Did Bush even know where it was?

[Muttocracy]

20. noone would ever think to attack the VP at the VP residence!

:think:

:eyes:

[Muttocracy]

19. Wasn't the Gridiron Dinner a humorous event back in March?

Maybe Biden was kidding - if this was really a big deal wouldn't it have come out with the other reports from reporters then?

I don't quite get that Newsweek blog reporting on another Newsweek reporter, then picked up by Faux and others?

[underpants]

21. The reports of the mysterious blasts by neighbors made this fairly obvious

Neighbors complain of Cheney home blasts
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002-12-09-cheney-blasts_x.htm
Posted 12/9/2002

Monday, 9 December, 2002, 17:05 GMT
Cheney's neighbours stoke bunker rumours
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2559617.stm

[Muttocracy]

23. interesting articles - I wonder how many pieces of art/history were broken. nt

[RC]

22. Because of all the noise of construction, any and every one who would care knows

where is anyway. You can Google it. What is the big deal?

[Stevenmarc]

26. But the bunker took on a homey look with the photos of Eva Braun

[Mopar151]

27. So, really, Uncle Dickie has been in the hall closet?

This is soundin' like a "Brother" story from Minnie Pearl...
"Has Brother got the chicken pox?" "No, m'am, we just been tryin' to learn him to eat with a fork"

Truly a great lady, and bless her heart!
My attempt?
"Every since Uncle mistook the Judge's eyebrows for dove wings and rode home with the Chief of Police, all he wants to do is stand in the hall closet and listen to the baseball game on a little tran-zistor radio. Why, when I reached in there for an um-ba-rella, he told me not to move the coat hangars, or he'd miss the score!"

[Hekate]

28. That paranoid, frightened man was the puppeteer for Bush. God help us all. nt

[proteus_lives]

29. Bunker?

Funny. I always pictured a "Secret Island Fortress" type of situation.