# WTF?  How can Cheney just get away with something this ridiculous?

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**Created:** [August 19, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-how-can-cheney-just-get-away-with-something-this-ridiculous/260510 "2004-08-19T04:36:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-how-can-cheney-just-get-away-with-something-this-ridiculous/260510/21 "2004-08-19T20:04:33Z")

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I think we’re all missing something important here. From the link.

Is dumbly a word?

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**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-how-can-cheney-just-get-away-with-something-this-ridiculous/260510/22 "2004-08-19T20:40:11Z")

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[Yes](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=dumbly).

But I think I’ve usually heard it used in the “silent” rather than “stupid” sense of the word.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-how-can-cheney-just-get-away-with-something-this-ridiculous/260510/23 "2004-08-19T20:53:31Z")

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> [@Skopo](#):
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> [Yes](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=dumbly).
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> But I think I’ve usually heard it used in the “silent” rather than “stupid” sense of the word.

Unless preceded by “Cheney said” or “Bush intoned” or somesuch. 🙂

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