# Does Dick Cheney actually DO anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 11, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001 "2003-04-11T10:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/21 "2003-04-12T16:39:04Z")
I thought Bush himself had suggested Cheney after Cheney couldn’t find a suitable candidate. That could have been Cheney’s master master plan though. “Woohoo! I’m VP! Now what? Hmm, nothing much to do really.” ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/22 "2003-04-13T00:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Hand \* > **James Garner may have said that the vice presidency wasn’t worth a bucket of spit, but that was a long time ago.** James Garner? From _Maverick_ and _The Rockford Files_? Who knew. I always thought that it was John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner, F. Roosevelt’s first vice-president. (I’m also pretty sure that Cactus Jack actually said something besides “spit,” although it does usually get reported that way.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mr.Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Hand)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/23 "2003-04-13T00:33:59Z")
You’re right, **brianmelendez** , as usual. [grumble, grumble] **galen** , Cheney’s not the first person put in charge of a selection committee who then “selected” himself. When it came time to replace Earl Warren as Chief Justice, Burger headed up the chief justice replacement selection committee. And then the powers that be figured he’d be the best replacement. It’s all in _The Brethren_, Bob Woodward’s and Scott Armstrong’s book about the Burger court. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/24 "2003-04-13T02:28:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*Seriously though, shouldn’t he have at least been to some public functions that GWB couldn’t get to himself? \*\* Since the 9/11 incident, Cheney has very often been _kept_ out of the public eye in an _"undisclosed location_" purportedly for security reasons. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/25 "2003-04-14T05:13:49Z")
**Payton** –I can understand not having them _both_ in public at the same time and place, but why has he not been in public at all? I mean, not that I wish the guy any harm, but really, if a sitting vice president was assissinated, what would the governmental turmoil be? There’d be a state funeral, a period of mourning, and the senate would confirm a new guy. There wouldn’t be the massive turnover that would occur of the president or both the pres and the veep died. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/26 "2003-04-14T14:44:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Hermann Cheruscan_ > He also doesn’t go to churches to raise money for his political campaign, like Algore illegally did when he broke the law by accepting money at that Buddist temple. Nor would he say that there was “no controlling legal authority” like Algore said when he was caught breaking that law. And how about when Algore led that parade on the White House lawn, defending Clinton after Clinton had just been impeached. Ooh, and he doesn’t get headjobs from _anyone_, like Clinton did. And Algore probabaly did, except that we don’t know about that. And he doesn’t kill babies like Algore and Clinton, and hey did you hear Clinton got a head job? Clinton also rapes puppies. Which is something Cheney doesn’t do. And Clinton once spat in my Coke when I was at Burger King. And remember how he gave Baghdad to Saddam Hussein, and suggested to Osama Bin Laden that he crash some aeroplanes into the World Trade Centre? And do you remember how he led a hoard of Mongols through east Asia, raping and pillaging? Oh, and then he imported slaves from Africa, and invaded Poland. Right after he crucified Jesus Christ and gave Goliath a back rub. And did you hear about the time Clinton went to the sea, and told it not to come in any more, and it did? And how about how he sold state secrets to the Russians? For a head job? And then he tried to kill James Bond and gave smallpox blankets to the Indians. And he hates Mexican Food. He tried to sell Oklahoma to the Communists once. And he loves Tom Green movies. It’s his fault that this country is going to hell in a handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/27 "2003-04-14T15:29:32Z")
Tell you what… All you lefties who think Dick Cheney sits cowering in a bunker, doing absolutely nothing, on THIS side… All you lefties who think Dick Cheney is secretly ruling the world, and is making ALL the important decisions, on THAT side… Now, fight to the death!!! (We Republicans will just watch.) Whichever side wins will get to pronounce the Left’s official stance on Dick Cheney. ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/28 "2003-04-14T17:01:38Z")
I thought Dick Cheney was dead and/or seriously ill. Isn’t he on the same medical regime/animatronics that kept the Queen Mother going all those years? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/29 "2003-04-14T17:38:04Z")
> [@](#): > > medical regime Too funny. I believe Cheney was in east Asia not long ago taking part in some talks or other. And **gex gex** , you are a funny guy. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001/30 "2003-04-14T19:00:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > **Payton–I can understand not having them _both_ in public at the same time and place, but why has he not been in public at all?** It depends on what your definition of _in public_ is. Cheney makes regular appearencs on the Sunday Morning talk shows: **Face The Nation, Meet The Press, This Week** and he gives speeches which are carried on C-Span. He’s not out gladhanding and shaking citizens hands, but that sort of thing just isn’t done anymore, except during an election year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-dick-cheney-actually-do-anything/168001.md?page=1)