# Yes Co President Cheney. Profanity befits you. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098 "2004-06-24T22:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/1 "2004-06-24T22:53:34Z")
Why should we expect better of you? [http://cnn.allpolitics.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+Cheney+curses+senator+over+Halliburton+criticism+-+Jun+24%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=10825391&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FALLPOLITICS%2F06%2F24%2Fcheney.leahy%2F&partnerID=2001](http://cnn.allpolitics.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+Cheney+curses+senator+over+Halliburton+criticism+-+Jun+24%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=10825391&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FALLPOLITICS%2F06%2F24%2Fcheney.leahy%2F&partnerID=2001) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/2 "2004-06-24T22:56:23Z")
If the prafanity isn’t clear in the article… He told Sen Leahy…Fuck You. Classy Mr Cheney…really classy. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/3 "2004-06-24T22:59:14Z")
Big fucking deal. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/4 "2004-06-24T23:02:22Z")
Well, I don’t really see anything that would lead ME to believe that he actually said “fuck you.” But if he did, I think his spokesman’s description of it as “a frank exchange of views” is absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/5 "2004-06-24T23:08:18Z")
**TYM** , don’t just dismiss this. This is a big deal. I mean, he said “Fuck you!”. It would be OK if he cheated on his wife and got a blowjob while conducting business on the phone, though. But, if _South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut_ taught you anything, it’s that anything goes as long as there’s no naughty language. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/6 "2004-06-24T23:08:48Z")
I’ve never been a big fan of Cheney, but this bumps him up a bit. Does anyone have details about what Leahy actually said? I can just picture it: Leahy: Halliburton, Halliburton, Halliburton, HALLIBURTON!!! Cheney: Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/7 "2004-06-24T23:08:54Z")
Here is the headline lifted straight from Drudge himself. Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism… VP to Sen. Leahy: ‘F\*\*k You’… Nearly a dozen senators witnessed… [http://www.drudgereport.com/](http://www.drudgereport.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/8 "2004-06-24T23:16:42Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I’ve never been a big fan of Cheney, but this bumps him up a bit. > > Does anyone have details about what Leahy actually said? I can just picture it: > > Leahy: Halliburton, Halliburton, Halliburton, HALLIBURTON!!! > > Cheney: Fuck you. Actually, according the press the exchange went: Cheney: Stop criticizing Halliburton. Leahy: No. Cheney: Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/9 "2004-06-24T23:19:10Z")
No no no, he meant Fuc Yu. The director of Halliburton’s Asian contracts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/10 "2004-06-24T23:22:13Z")
> [@MrTuffPaws](#): > > No no no, he meant Fuc Yu. The director of Halliburton’s Asian contracts. What are you–dense? It was “Fung Kyu”; he was describing the Bizarro World version of Chinese fighting. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/11 "2004-06-24T23:24:00Z")
Ok, [this](http://wcco.com/topstories/topstories_story_176185116.html) news article says it was either “fuck off” or “fuck you.” I stand by my previous promise: calling this a “frank exchange of views” is definitely hilarious. Other than that, I can’t honestly see any reason to keep discussing this, and I loathe Cheney with the fire of at least a couple of suns. It doesn’t even have the ironic appeal of your typical conservative moral blunder, since it’s not even something he’s ever railed against, to my knowlege. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/12 "2004-06-24T23:32:35Z")
Unfortunate that this had to happen on the very day that the Bush/Cheney campaign unveiled a new [video](http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/archives/week_2004_06_20.html#001194) attacking Democrat’s “rage”. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/13 "2004-06-24T23:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > CNN is reporting that on the floor of the Senate yesterday, Dick Cheney told Sen. Pat Leahy, **"Go fuck yourself."** [Wonkette](http://www.wonkette.com/archives/dick-advice-016782.php) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/14 "2004-06-24T23:33:16Z")
Lucky he didn’t get more riled up, something could have gone wrong with his pumper. Wouldn’t that be a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/15 "2004-06-24T23:40:07Z")
Honestly, **Reeder**. Haven’t you anything better to do? ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/16 "2004-06-24T23:51:21Z")
Reeder, as someone who generally agrees with you, I have to ask-What the bug **fucking** deal? We all use profanity. Do you honestly think that being the veep elevates him beyond the occasional cuss? I don’t, and I think he’s a crooked sonofabitch. Sam ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/17 "2004-06-24T23:54:17Z")
Frankly, I think politics could use more profanity. Sure would make the debates more interesting, if nothing else. This is very likely the first thing Cheney has done in his entire life that I approve of. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/18 "2004-06-24T23:58:44Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > Reeder, as someone who generally agrees with you, I have to ask-What the bug **fucking** deal? We all use profanity. Do you honestly think that being the veep elevates him beyond the occasional cuss? > > I don’t, and I think he’s a crooked sonofabitch. > > Sam Well…we all aren’t the co president on the floor of the Senate for a photo op when we tell someone “fuck you”. The man is losing it. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/19 "2004-06-25T00:12:04Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > The man is losing it. I think everyone is losing it these days. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098/20 "2004-06-25T00:53:59Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > Reeder, as someone who generally agrees with you, I have to ask-What the bug **fucking** deal? Waitwaitwait… _Cheney_ said this? The guy from the Republican party? The guy from the **family values** party? The family values party that is all up in arms about the sex, violence, and obscenity-laden speech so prevalent in today’s pop culture? I’m going to start a written tally of all the reasons I’m voting against this administration. Should this go under “Hypocrisy” or “Two-faced”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-co-president-cheney-profanity-befits-you/252098.md?page=2)