Smart @ss, @ss hole. One’s just a little more vulgar. Coming out the mouth of a sitting Vice President? That’s being an @ss Hat!
I will admit Cheney did have me proud when he told, I forget now who to go FY! Then again, he was talking to another politician NOT an American Taxpayer! I gave him a pass.
I also remember Bush leaning over to Cheney in some event saying of a liberal reporter/columnist “major league a$$hole!”. Only they thought the mic was off. Loved it
I enjoyed it immensely when Cheney and GW were speaking somewhere and one of the two described a NYT reporter as a real asshole; and the other replied: “Bigtime!”
The fun part is that they were standing by a live microphone at the time! It had the libtards stirred up for several days!