So that's what happened on the Cheney Plantation

KC Scott · Post by **KC Scott** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:01 am

Fucking Priceless.......

Cheney and Obama are distant cousins: Mrs. Cheney Tue Oct 16, 6:01 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There's no sign of a family reunion planned, but U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are distant cousins.
So says the vice president's wife, Lynne Cheney, who said she discovered that her husband of 43 years is eighth cousins with the senator from Illinois.
The two men could hardly be more different. Cheney is an advocate for pursuing the war in Iraq to try to stabilize the country, while Obama wants to get U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Mrs. Cheney told MSNBC on Tuesday that it was "an amazing American story that one ancestor ... could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths." The common ancestor was Mareen Devall, who the Chicago Sun-Times said was a 17th century immigrant from France.
Mrs. Cheney said she discovered the link through family research for her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," about growing up in Wyoming.

If this doesn't cause Cheney's heart to explode, nothing will

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:10 am

Is there a term limit for VP ?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:33 am

Bucmonkey wrote:Is there a term limit for VP ?

None whatsoever. The only limitations placed on ones ability to serve as VP are that you must be eligible to serve as President. Which means that the only natural born American citizen over the age of 35 not eligible to be VP is William Jefferson Clinton.

KC Scott · Post by **KC Scott** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:07 am

BSmack wrote: None whatsoever. The only limitations placed on ones ability to serve as VP are that you must be eligible to serve as President. Which means that the only natural born American citizen over the age of 35 not eligible to be VP is William Jefferson Clinton.

I bet you died a little inside when you typed that

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:17 am

KC Scott wrote:
BSmack wrote:None whatsoever. The only limitations placed on ones ability to serve as VP are that you must be eligible to serve as President. Which means that the only natural born American citizen over the age of 35 not eligible to be VP is William Jefferson Clinton.
I bet you died a little inside when you typed that

Not really. Bill Clinton would so overshadow any of the current crop that he would likely wreck their campaign. That's why you don't see one term Presidents recruited for the job. The last time anyone even thought about such a ticket was Ronald Reagan back in 1980 with Ford. And he very quickly came to his senses.

My favored Democratic candidates would be Edwards, Richardson and Obama. In that order. Hillary is a distant 4th.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:23 am

Can we get back to discussing the drunk driving draft dodging manipulative war hawk white guy with a heart condition who shoots his own friends and gets away with it, has a lesbo for a daughter, voted against making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, voted against a Congressional resolution for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison,and is related to a black man?

Comparatively it's a fucking goldmine of political fun.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:09 pm

You're part eggplant.