Cheney Has to Apologize After WV 'Joke'

By Denise Williams
Jun 2nd 2008 9:54PM

Filed Under:eBreaking News, Dick Cheney, Gaffes

Vice President (R-Obnoxious) needed to apologize to the entire population of West Virginia today after some impolitic remarks made to the National Press Club on Monday.


Via the AP/AOL News:


Talking about his family roots and how he's distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the vice president noted that he had Cheneys on both sides of his family.


"And we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped.

"You can say those things when you're not running for re-election."


Yeah, you can, Dick. And you can contribute to the enduring legacy of this administration and assist in turning West Virginia blue again. Thanks, we'll take it.


Reaction from West Virginians - both Democrat and Republican - was swift:


WV Governor Joe Manchin:


"I truly cannot believe that any vice president of the United States, regardless of their political affiliation, would make such a derogatory statement about my state or any state for that matter."


Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) (before falling ill this evening):


"Now that he or the administration he represents no longer needs their vote, Mr. Cheney apparently feels that he is now free to mock and belittle the people of West Virginia."


Cheney's apology via spokesperson Lea Ann McBride:


The vice president's offhand comment was not meant to hurt anyone. On reflection, he concluded that it was an inappropriate attempt at humor that he should not have made. The vice president apologizes to the people of West Virginia for the inappropriate remark.


Whatever. He doesn't even give a damn about his own party...

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