Cheney Defends Use Of Four-Letter Word (washingtonpost.com): "Cheney said he 'probably' used an obscenity in an argument Tuesday on the Senate floor with Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and added that he had no regrets. 'I expressed myself rather forcefully, felt better after I had done it,' Cheney told Neil Cavuto of Fox News. The vice president said those who heard the putdown agreed with him. 'I think that a lot of my colleagues felt that what I had said badly needed to be said, that it was long overdue.'
... Cheney said yesterday he was in no mood to exchange pleasantries with Leahy because Leahy had 'challenged my integrity' by making charges of cronyism between Cheney and his former firm, Halliburton Co. Leahy on Monday had a conference call to kick off the Democratic National Committee's 'Halliburton Week' focusing on Cheney, the company, 'and the millions of dollars they've cost taxpayers,' the party said.
'I didn't like the fact that after he had done so, then he wanted to act like, you know, everything's peaches and cream,' Cheney said. 'And I informed him of my view of his conduct in no uncertain terms. And as I say, I felt better afterwards.'"
And, if you want my unvarnished opinion, I would feel a lot better if you were not Vice President any more, Dick.
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