Buy Cheney a Bus Ticket: Help Send Former VP Home to Wyoming!

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The thread discusses the idea of sending former Vice President Dick Cheney back to Wyoming via a bus ticket, prompted by his recent public criticisms of President Obama's policies. The conversation includes humorous and critical remarks about Cheney's political legacy and public presence, as well as participants' willingness to contribute to the cause.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses frustration with Cheney's continued public presence and suggests funding his bus ticket home as a humorous solution.
  • Another participant sarcastically claims that everything was fine until Obama took office, implying a disagreement with the original post's sentiment.
  • A participant mentions personal financial struggles that prevent them from contributing to the bus ticket fund.
  • Several participants express a humorous reluctance to sit next to Cheney on the bus, with one jokingly offering to pay for a ticket if Cheney is seated next to them.
  • Another participant suggests sending Al Gore along with Cheney, indicating a desire to include another political figure in the humorous scenario.
  • A participant questions whether Cheney received a low number of votes among his contemporaries, hinting at a critique of his political standing.
  • One participant humorously remarks on Cheney's potential reaction to the bus ticket suggestion, implying he would dismiss it.
  • A participant inquires about the fate of any excess donations beyond the ticket price, indicating curiosity about the logistics of the fundraising effort.

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Participants generally share a humorous and critical view of Cheney, but there are varying opinions on the seriousness of the proposal and the implications of his political actions. The discussion remains light-hearted and does not reach a consensus on any substantive political issues.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects a mix of humor and critique regarding political figures, with no formal resolution or agreement on the underlying political issues raised.

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This email received from the dems was good for a chuckle.

Have you ever had a guest who overstayed his welcome and wondered, "why is he still here?"

After some of his recent interviews, former Vice President Cheney has shown that he clearly doesn't know when to pack it in.

In just the last week, he's gone on national television in an effort to tear down President Obama's agenda -- saying the President's economic programs will be "devastating to our society" and that his foreign policy makes us seem "weak" to the rest of the world.

I don't know about you, but I think it's time for him to stop sniping from the sidelines and let President Obama usher in the changes Americans demanded after eight years of Cheney's disastrous policies. That's why I want Cheney to go back home to Wyoming, and why I want you to help me get him there.

Will you help pay for Cheney's bus fare? A one-way ticket from Washington, DC to Jackson, WY costs $202 -- will you chip into help us buy one for him?

Normally, when a Vice President leaves office with a disastrous legacy and the support of less than one quarter of the public, I'd expect him to keep out of the spotlight.

But with the Republican "Party of No" out of ideas and without any new leaders to provide real solutions, failed leaders like Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have once again taken the helm of the GOP.

While President Obama has been working to tackle America's biggest issues, Cheney has been busy bashing the President in nationally-televised interviews -- warning about a "vast expansion of the deficit" and agreeing with Sean Hannity that the President is "naive."

This all from a man who after eight years in office left the country with two wars, a sky-rocketing deficit, rising unemployment, and an unprecedented financial meltdown.

If there's one person who should understand the crucial need to get this country back on track, it should be the man who took it so disastrously off course -- but he doesn't seem to get the message.

That's why we need to help him off the national stage and back home to Wyoming. Please take a look at the itinerary we put together and then chip into get him on a Greyhound bus out of town:

Thank you for your help,

Jen

Jen O'Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee
https://www.democrats.org/page/contribute/cheneybus?source=20090425_JOC_ND2
 
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No, really! Everything was going along just fine until Obama took office. :rolleyes:
 
I'd donate to help. However, I'm currently unemployed and thanks to an unexpected hospital stay and my insurance company being uncooperative I'm too far in debt to donate any money.
 
I would not like to be stuck aboard this bus in the seat next to Dick. Damn !
 
humanino said:
I would not like to be stuck aboard this bus in the seat next to Dick. Damn !

I'll pay the whole price for http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/litrial/Hearing-set-for-man--41037497.html" ticket, as long as he's in the next seat.

:devil:

Yes. I know. Sick. Sick Sick.
 
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I will be happy to contribute if we buy two tickets and send Al Gore with him:rolleyes:
 
OmCheeto said:
I'll pay the whole price for http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/litrial/Hearing-set-for-man--41037497.html" ticket, as long as he's in the next seat.

:devil:

Yes. I know. Sick. Sick Sick.


I was thinking the same thing. :devil:
 
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Had Cheney garnered the near-least number of votes among U.S. senators elected contemporaneously to him?
 
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After getting this message and bus ticket, Chenney told you all to "**** off"
 
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humanino said:
I would not like to be stuck aboard this bus in the seat next to Dick. Damn !

I would like to have Dick Cheney stuck in a bus next to me. God save him. :devil:
 
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Is that a joke? :smile:

What will happen to the money if people donate more than 202$?
 

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