How he got in a room with Dick Cheney is mystifying to me. Doesn’t Cheney still have a Secret Service guy?
I don’t know, but Cheney is pretty smart even though still a dirtbag. I imagine he “got it” and was playing along.
I recall Ali G interviewing C Everett Coop and discussing bone development. He wanted to know why some bones grow so much faster than others, and ended up arguing with the surgeon general about whether or not a certain part of the male anatomy was, in fact, a bone.
Why do you think the Secret Service has anything to say about editorial content? I’m quite certain the Cohen would not pose any physical threat to Cheney.
I might normally have sympathy for people in Moore and Palin’s situation because I’m not a fan of ambush comedy. It’s unfair and that makes it unenjoyable.
Except when it’s Sacha Baron Cohen.
I’m compleletly biased in his favor. He actually has a point in what he does, which is usually to give someone rope and see how badly they’ll hang themselves. He does this by giving bigots, idiots and assholes the illusion of an agreeable or welcoming situation situation and let’s them talk.
Cohen has also roped in non-assholes like Buzz Aldrin. Being a good person, he patiently explained to Cohen’s Ali G character why landing astronauts on the sun wouldn’t happen any time soon. Aldrin and some other cool people came out looking great on Cohen’s show.
Whereas Moore, Palin and Cheney can choke on having their true selves and horrible opinions put nakedly out in the open. Fuck them in the neck.
One of the best examples of this was the time that Ali G did a segment training with the Philadelphia PD, IMO. The cops came away looking great because they played it straight, remained nonplussed and treated Ali G with respect even when it was clear (as far as they could tell) that he was a total clown.
Not necessarily. If they can show a pattern on Cohen’s part of intentionally rushing each one of his targets so they won’t have time to read them, they might be able to make the case that his conduct made the waivers void, because his entire goal was to have them signed in circumstances where the targets wouldn’t know what was in them.
I’m neither a judge nor a potential juror in this action, but I find myself unlikely to be sympathetic to that argument. A public figure used to being on the news has no one but himself to blame if he lets his interviewer’s unprofessional behavior inspire sloppy due diligence on his own part.
ETA: Courts tend to be deferential towards signed contracts, irrespective of any claims of manipulation asserted by remorseful signers, do they not?
Yeah, fuck that motherfucker and the motherfucking horse he rode in on.
It hasn’t gotten old yet
No, there’s no legal precedent that says a contract is invalid if one party is pushing the other party to sign it quick.
They might try to argue that they were under duress - but that’s more for things like where one party is an employee of the other or one of them was blackmailing the other. Cohen and his team didn’t threaten or try to force anyone; they just had a well choreographed Marx Brothers routine to keep the target distracted.
Moore might have more luck arguing that that the waivers were signed under fraudulent and misrepresented circumstances. But without seeing the waivers, it’s hard to say. Cohen’s been doing these types of acts a long time and he’s been very successful at it. I would be surprised if his bases aren’t well-covered.
The Secret Service should know who is having a sit-down with the Vice President. They should have discovered that Cohen is not this “Dr. Cain” fellow, or whoever he was pretending to be and they should have asked Dick Cheney what was up.
I know Cheney’s an unrepentant monster, but even so, I can’t imagine he would sign that waterboarding kit if he knew the guy who brought it was trying to mock him. But we’ll see when it airs, I guess.
Does Cheney even have Secret Service protection anymore?
Cohen isn’t funny to me. I kinda dig deprecating humor, but he’s so bland. Jimmy Carr is intensely funny, though.
From wikipedia on who gets Secret Service Protection:
Looks like Obama authorized an extension, but not sure if it’s still in effect.
The mothers weren’t the ones he was after.
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Well, nertz. Yeah, I knew it had been extended, but I’ve looked and can’t find anything beyond that. I know that Cheney (and other VPs who gets SS protection) can ask to renew his extension, but I don’t have any idea if he has or if the original extension was left open ended.
I couldn’t find anything about an end date - but on the other hand, I couldn’t find anything about renewals. So I’m calling it a Win for me :p.
If it turns out that Cheney is currently Secret Servantless, please accept these contingency apologies:
:o :o :smack: :o :o
I find myself wondering if he has interviewed Barbara Streisand under false pretences and how much of a fuss she’s kicking up.
I’m perfectly happy if stupid people have their stupidity exposed. At no point were they forced or obliged to do any of it.
I’m not sure which is worse for someone who’s seeking a position in the government; seeing yourself mocked by Sacha Baron Cohen. or suing to block the show from airing and admitting that you got outsmarted by Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dammit, no Showtime here and I would DIE to see Arpaio, the senile old fuck.