I think he meant Monchhichian..
Dick Cheney, Monchhichi, oh so soft and cuddly.
I was at the inauguration, and the general response to seeing Cheney in a wheelchair was laughter. Laughter at the evil old piece of shit that tried to drive our country into the dirt.
On the serious side, you can sprain your back just bending over wrong. The weight of the box doesn’t have to be all that great.
(I’ve been there…)
Since he’s no spring chicken, I bet his tolerance for ackward angles is less than it was 10 years ago.
Ooh, his daughter better watch out!
I could be misremembering, but I could have sworn I saw a picture of Cheney standing at one point, leaning heavily on the cane he had with him. The shot made him look even more like a supervillain. :eek:
Ah, here it is:
You will be missed.
What color is this kid? This is important!
If it was a black kid, he is disabled by his mother’s crack habit when pregnant with him.
If he is asian, well, there is no such thing as a disabled asian kid, as far as I can see. They are all fucking prodigies. I probably should word that last sentance better.
If he is mexican, well, he’s probably here illegally and should be sent back immediatetly, along with the 37 members of his family.
If he is Middle Eastern, he probably got disabled because his father drove over him in his taxi and their rules for driving read like Vogon poetry.
If he is white, well then, that will tug on the heart strings of the nation, like when we have the weekly installment of Missing White Woman.*
That said, I hope that some photogs keep an eagle eye on Cheney and get picks of him in the next couple of days doing things that a man with a back injury shouldn’t do, like roof a house or go bowling. That would be superdoubleplusawesome.
*All of these blatantly racist stereotypes are brought to you to point out how offensive blatently racist stereotypes are. Please do not flame me.
Dick who?
To describe someone as Manichean means that their view of the world is black and white (e.g. good people must kill the evil-doers). They are incapable of seeing subtlety or moral complexity.
He seemed to get in and out of the car without any problem. Meanwhile, a 77-year-old man with a brain tumor walks in on his own power, stands in the freezing cold, has a fucking seizure, goes to the emergency room, and then brushes himself off and goes on his merry way.
I thought of that, and though it’s a reasonable interpretation of what Beware of Doug wrote, I don’t think it’s an accurate description of Mr. Cheney’s worldview. Mr. Bush, maybe. But Cheney’s more…devious.
That thing in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.
“He’s more machine than man, now… twisted and evil.”
KoS, please tell me this is a whoosh?
I rather think Cheney is incapable of seeing moral questions. “Good” and “evil” are meaningless concepts to a psychopath.
In Britain (and Canada I think) politicians stand for office, rather than run for office. So I originally read the thread title and wondered why he needed an excuse to not run for President, beyond his approval ratings.
I remember watching that show and I even had one of the toys.
The hearts and minds of the people.
Actually Cheney heard that Obama was going to cure the halt and the blind as part of the inauguration, and was trying to skip to the head of the line.
The bastard.
Regards,
Shodan
Nobody here has ever had a bad back? I’ve had my back go out even when I was young and health, just picking up my electric shaver. And standing in such a condition is very painful, although possible for short periods. Cheney’s policies and actions are disgusting and worthy of criminal indictments, but I think this is genuine.
OTOH, this is the pit, and I think that with the gloves he was wearing, he was doing his Dr. Strangelove impression.