Dick Cheney recently made some interesting comments in a speech he gave. Mr. Vice President decided to inform us of something we already know: that West Virginians are inbred hicks. Soylent Ape gives us the details on this revelation:
Soylent Ape
It happened Sunday at the National Press Club on Monday, Jun 2, where Cheney was congratulating the winners of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prizes for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency. When responding to a reporter’s inquiry about his family tree, Cheney noted that he had relatives named “Cheney” in both his father’s and mother’s families.To drive his pointless point home, Cheney made an attempt at “humor” (something a guy like Cheney shouldn’t be trying to do, anyway) which thoroughly pissed-many of the residents of a key state in the ‘08 Presidential race. The exact quote: “So I had Cheneys on both sides of the family and we don’t even live in West Virginia!” Quickly, Cheney jovially qualified his statement, saying “You can say these things when you’re not running for re-election.”
Personally, as much as I hate that mother fucker (get it?), I found his comments to be hilarious and pretty much spot on. It really hit close to home, too, because I have “Leviathans” on both sides of my family tree and my family is from West Virginia. I know it’s that way with a lot of people around here, too. I was amused, not offended by Cheney’s comments. What offends me is Cheney and Bush’s war.
Not everyone here sees this the way I do, though. People are freaking out over the veep’s remarks, Robert C. Byrd being one prominent whiner. Somehow, though, niether the West Virginian objectors, nor any in the news media have managed to see the irony behind the outrage:
You see, when Jeff Foxworthy comes to town, people will flock by the thousands and pay significant sums of money to hear the same damn thing! That’s right, Today’s outrage was yesterday’s comedy! What does this tell us, that this outpouring of indignation is fake, or that the whiners are hypocrites with double standards?
This West Virginian doesn’t know, I’ll leave it up to you fellers to figure out. All I know is that my cousin just got back and she is lookin’ mighty fine right now. Now, if you’ll excuse me… 
PS: To not let the veep off scott free, I would like to note that his remarks show a bit of elitism towards his own party base – conservative southern Christians. But the Bush administration’s contempt for its own supporters has been known for a while, so that’s nothing new.
June 17, 2008 at 3:42 am |
That’s right, Today’s outrage was yesterday’s comedy! What does this tell us, that this outpouring of indignation is fake, or that the whiners are hypocrites with double standards?
Perhaps Cheney evokes outrage because people actually like Jeff Foxworthy.
June 17, 2008 at 12:52 pm |
Foxworthy certainly is a lot more likable than Dick, you got that right.
Thanks for stoppin’ by. Always nice to see a fellow West Virginian.