A casual Cheney cruise causes consternation

By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin

POSTED August 20, 2008 | 10:31 PM

Beep, beep veep!

A Yeas & Nays spy tells us that some D.C. tourists to Vice President Dick Cheney's hometown -- Jackson Hole, Wyoming -- grew a bit frustrated with the veep after some mechanical difficulties on Air Force Two delayed the flights of several travelers. (Cheney made the Wyoming visit, in part, to vote in a local primary election and attend some fundraisers.)

Passengers in the Jackson Hole airport were left to stew for several hours due to the problems on Air Force Two and the delay was protracted when Cheney reversed course after departing, and returned to the airport.

One plane of disgruntled fliers were told by a joking pilot, “He forgot his cell phone.”

12 Comments

Reader Comments:

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

dmkolvek@ptd.net: "If John Edwards or Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or John Kerry or Jesse Jackson or Howard Dean or Nancy Pelosi or Bob Menendez or Teddy Kennedy or Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow or George Soros or George Clooney or E.J. Dionne or Donna Brazile or somebody from MoveOn or the National Organization for Women pulled a tarmac maneuver like this in some posh resort town, the conservative blowhards would be going ballistic with their hackneyed, "They're a bunch of better-than-thou elitists who hate the little guy" complaints."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

anon@anonymous.com: "@dmkolvek : True. Republican attacks usually are more introspective and self loathing."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

debpresente@gmail.com: "Let me guess he forgot his keys."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

mannhawks@yahoo.com: "Too bad there weren't problems with his mechanical heart."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

shiral14@hotmail.com: "Or maybe Lynn couldn't remember if she'd unplugged the iron, or they just had to go back and make sure they'd locked their back door."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

shiral14@hotmail.com: "Or maybe they just couldn't leave until they'd made SURE the iron was unplugged and the back door was locked."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

rsh1996@gmail.com: "Oh, and he wasn't getting a $200 haircut? Jeebus!"

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

dmcdaniel@oneworkplace.com: "And I'm sure Cheney had his "So" ready for the first complain he heard. Stupid elitist pig."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

dabernero@yahoo.com: "Yea! Cheney should live in a cardboard shack like Obama's half brother!! TAKE THAT!!!"

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

: "Or maybe it just finally hit him: My daughter's a lesbian and I'm in a party that hates gay people."

POSTED Aug 21, 2008

breep@aol.com, mscrisko@yahoo.com: "Your friend and mine screws up again."