Posted on 02/04/2008 1:05:08 PM PST by truthkeeper
DENVER -- No one can agree on what exactly happened the day a Colorado man spotted Dick Cheney strolling the streets of a ski resort town and decided to give the vice president a piece of his mind.
Steve Howards, 55, says he walked up to Cheney and delivered his message -- "Your policies in Iraq are disgusting" -- then lightly touched the vice president's shoulder.
The White House photographer says he saw Howards slap Cheney on the back.
Cheney's personal aide remembers Howards placing his hand on Cheney's arm and shaking his hand.
As for the Secret Service agents who arrested Howards on suspicion of assault: two say he lightly clapped Cheney on the shoulder; one demonstrated it as a shove; a fourth said Howards reached over several small children and struck Cheney.
Since the agents -- now accusing one another of changing their stories and lying about what happened -- can't agree, Cheney should give his own version, Howards said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
How did he get that close to the VP in the first place?......
I’ll bet if Cheney was hunting, he would’ve kept his distance!
It’s the LA times and I would take their characterizations of what the witnesses said with a major grain of salt.
They should just go out to the hunting lodge and settle it over a beer. ;~))
Try the whole salt lick!
"Well, I was just about to reach for my shotgun, and the damned Secret Service agents took this guy away...."
Seriously, how could anyone get that close to the Veep?
P.S. I'm REALLY looking forward to whatever book the V.P. decides to write. I rather doubt that he'll pull any punches.
Dick Cheney - "Well, lets go hunting next week and we'll talk about it."
“How did he get that close to the VP in the first place?......
It sounds like someone really messed up. This loon could have had a weapon.
Heh, heh!
I was wondering the same thing.
Maybe Bob Knight can go for good measure. If Cheney doesn’t shoot him, Coach Knight will.
I agree. How did this idiot get close enough to touch him (regardless of whether it was a slap, a shove, etc) and now the guy is obviously angling for a lawsuit. Had he been tasered, he’d be angling for a lawsuit against the “jack-booted thugs”. Let the whiney bastard yell at Cheney from a dozen yards away- don’t allow him close enough to touch the second most powerful man on the planet...
All three.
I respect Cheney immensely, and think he does have a strong policy voice in the White House. But by saying that the policy in Iraq is Cheney’s policy, Howard is self-identifying as a lefty moron. This notion that Bush is Cheney’s puppet, and that Cheney pulls all the strings in the White House, is standard fair over at Kook Central.
I don't care if they call it an assasination attempt. You don't walk up to the Vice-President of the U.S. and lay your hand on him.
bingo question....
Colorado hippies... hate everyone.
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