I nominate this as the dumbest story of the week:
Vice President Dick Cheney’s feud with Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was perpetuated Wednesday when the 75-year-old congressman said Cheney “ought to be ashamed of himself” for a remark about his age.
Months of verbal attacks from Rangel turned into a back and forth on Monday when the 64-year-old vice president said Rangel is “losing it,” later adding that “Charlie is a lot older than I am, and it shows.”
After an appearance at City Hall on Wednesday, Rangel was asked when the dispute would die.
“I think it ends when he apologizes for attacking me as a senior citizen. It’s true that I’m much older than he is, but that has nothing to do with mental alertness,” Rangel said.
Rangel has suggested in recent interviews that Cheney, who suffers from heart trouble, might not be healthy enough to do his job.
“I would like to believe he’s sick rather than just mean and evil,” Rangel said last Friday on the cable channel NY1.
Yawn.
demomondian
If you’re only as old as you feel, then I’m going to be having trouble remembering…something…oh, look! A rabbit!
ppGaz
Who’s Cheney? That blonde that used to run the National Endowment for the Arts?
She wrote some sexy lesbian stuff.
DougJ
I love this kind of stuff. Why isn’t there more of it? People would like politics more if it had more of this WWF element to it.
demimondian
Isn’t that why we keep Darrell around?
Steve
Praise the Lord for safe seats.
The whole thing started when Rangel said, in answer to a question about whether Bush’s 5-week vacation was too long, that he was in favor of it, because the longer the President is away from Washington, the safer the country is. (Reminds one of John Roberts’ comment that when the Supreme Court adjourns, “the Constitution is safe for the summer.”) He added that Cheney was too asleep to make any difference, and the rhetorical war was on…
Fledermaus
Try again, John
Spys in the white house.
Change ‘Cheney’ to ‘Gore’ and see if you feel the same way.
Paul L.
I think it is a perfect example of how the left works.
The left can criticize the right all it wants to.
But if the right criticizes back, they scream racism, hate speech and “you are crushing my dissent”.
Joey
Yes, Paul, you are absolutely right. This is precisely how the left works, and this incredibly unimportant and downright stupid story proves it. Damn, you caught us. I guess it was only a matter of time until someone of your overpowering intellect came along and shed the light on us.
John S.
Well, Paul’s blog is called Kingdom of Idiots.
Guess who is the King…
MMM
My vote is for Mean and Evil.
kenB
What I don’t understand is, if John thought this was such a dumb and boring story, why did he blog it? Is this a subtle jab at his readership — “Well, I’m much too politically sophisticated to pay any attention to this, but it’s just the sort of thing my philistine audience will want to roll around in.”
Shygetz
It’s because he is a shameless Republican apologist…right John?
Lee
Because while no one will admit it, we all enjoy the good bum fight ;)
John Cole
LOL, no. I just thought it was so absurd it had to be made fun of…
Tim F
The blog’s title is a synonym for hot air. Take a hint.
Cyrus
I haven’t seen the movies Bulworth or Wag the Dog in years, but I have fond memories of both of them. They should be required for poli-sci majors. I bring them up because this Rangel-Cheney “feud” is sort of like the flip side of the coin to the scene where Bulworth, in the middle of a televised debate for a Senate seat, starts comparing notes with his opponent on upscale private schools for their kids.
Birkel
Hey Fledermaus,
The spy did work in VP Gore’s office. He was hired into the Clinton WH.
So we don’t have to play the “change the names and see how you feel now” game.
Did you bother to read the whole news story or were you just interested in scoring political points? Sheesh.
Paul L.
My title is Heir to the Throne.
I started the blog to give “titles” to people who are in my opinion idiots.
List of Titles for the Kingdom of Idiots
The current king is Howard Dean. But Ronnie Earle may overthrow him.
The current queen is Cindy Sheehan.
And I now grant you the title of Knight. Arise Sir John S.
Shygetz is a Subject of the Kingdom of Idiots because he is a shameless Democratic apologist.
Question, How can I be a shameless Republican apologist and say the following?
“I do not like/support John McCain because of McCain/Feingold? I also think George W. Bush should not have signed it.”
Tim F
Keep that hate alive, Paul. It will serve you well during the long GOP wilderness years to come.
Dodd
So, let me get this straight… Cheney “ought to be ashamed of himself” for noting the obvious truth that Rangel is 17% older than he is, but it’s perfectly alright for Rangel to call Cheney “mean and evil” on a nationally broadcast television show?
Well, Algore did note the ‘strangeness’ of our public discourse (a condition for which he himself is surely Patient 0).
BillS
Dodd,
Don’t forget Cheney’s contribution to Dubya’s “changing the tone in Washington” campaign. You know, when he told Leahy to “f**k yourself” on the floor of the Senate.
Yeah, the guy’s a real role model. I’m trying to think of anything Rangel has done that is quite so… classless.
Isn’t it wonderful to have the “adults” in charge for five years?
Paul L.
Another subject enters the Kingdom.
Why is it if I disagree with you it is Hate?
You want to see real hate go to the dailykos.