{"id":14029,"date":"2004-07-29T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-29T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/29\/cheney-needs-a-timeout\/"},"modified":"2004-07-29T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2004-07-29T14:04:00","slug":"cheney-needs-a-timeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/29\/cheney-needs-a-timeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheney Needs A Timeout"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure that everyone heard about Dick Cheney telling Senator Leahy to “Fuck off”<\/a> on the Senate floor. I was sorely tempted to post about it, but it seemed like old news by the time I got around to it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Cheney’s slip was cast back into the spotlight when 12-year old Ilena Wexler, who “won a speaking role for launching a Web site called kidsforkerry.org,” addressed the Democratic Convention last night. According to ClickOnDetroit<\/i><\/a>,<\/p>\n

Wexler told delegates that she’d heard about Cheney’s heated exchange with Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor – during which Cheney used what the 12-year-old calls “a really bad word.” She said if she used that word herself, she’d get a “timeout” – and she thinks that’s what should happen to Cheney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think he deserves a timeout for some other things as well, but that’s another story. This is obviously a publicity stunt, but I still think it’s funny…<\/p>\n

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I’m sure that everyone heard about Dick Cheney telling Senator Leahy to “Fuck off” on the Senate floor. I was sorely tempted to post about it, but it seemed like old news by the time I got around to it. Anyway, Cheney’s slip was cast back into the spotlight when 12-year old Ilena Wexler, who … <\/p>\n

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