monk222: (Monkey Dreams)

In which Cheney shows himself to be a pussy:

According to the lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver, Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible," or words to that effect, then walked on.

Ten minutes later, according to Howards' lawsuit, he and his son were walking back through the same area, when they were approached by Secret Service agent Virgil D. "Gus" Reichle Jr., who asked Howards if he had "assaulted" the vice president. Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and taken to the Eagle County Jail.

That's the way to show the common people! You cannot go around bothering important people like that. I mean, what's your opinion really worth? Even counting votes is optional.

Though, I remember some of the protests of the Vietnam War. In that LBJ movie, one man doused himself in gasoline before Defense Secretary McNamara's office and lit himself on fire, like the burning monks in Vietnam. If that's a true story, that is one striking way to register your opinion. At least as an emotional matter. But I can hear Cheney now, "Hell, I'll supply the matches and gasoline." Off the record, of course, as we have not entirely shed our democratic innocence so that appearances need to be preserved. That's why they had to make up the assault charge.


(source: Charlie Brennan for The Rocky Mountain News)

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