Video: The obligatory “Cheney calls West Virginians inbred” clip
posted at 10:10 am on June 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
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In which Appalachians who were derided as racist a few weeks ago for voting en masse for the white Democrat over the black Democrat have their honor defended from the malign insinuations of Darth Cheney. Eventually some liberal will make a joke in this vein and all the conservatives who are shrugging this one off will shift to exquisite high dudgeon while liberals assume the lighten-up posture, and a good mindlessly partisan time will be had by all. Bonus points to any lefty who went the extra hacky mile on this and made a that-explains-a-lot crack about inbreeding in the Cheney family tree.
West Virginia pols are responding as they must. Exit quotation: “It’s no more than you can expect from someone who doesn’t know how to aim a shotgun.”
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*groan*
Not running for re-election doesn’t mean you have to insult some of the people who gave you your job, Dicky.
MadisonConservative on June 3, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Cheney insulted about a million (?) W. Virginians, but then apologized. In his response, K.K.K. Byrd insulted dozens of millions of Republicans, & has not apologized.
jgapinoy on June 3, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Ah, that’s not bad at all. Someone call John Kerry, that’s what a joke looks like.
Spirit of 1776 on June 3, 2008 at 10:13 AM
I am sorry, I love West Virginia, but I laughed… its an old joke. He shouldn’t have said it though.
Canerican on June 3, 2008 at 10:13 AM
What’s his quote? Cant view it at work
Dash on June 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM
I drove thru West Virginia once and hated every minute of it. Am I’m as redneck as they come.
Mindcrime on June 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Maybe he should have said that neither he nor his wife are descended from royalty instead. Cause it’s always safe in today’s PC world to make fun of royalties penchant for inbreeding, isn’t it?
NotCoach on June 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM
What’s so bad? He didn’t say they were siblings. He said they had the same last name…just like Franklin and Eleanor. It’s a big nothing.
RBMN on June 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Just like libs explained away Bittergate, but harp on the VP’s remarks.
Says the ranking member of the KKK who uses the n-word.
amerpundit on June 3, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I love C-Span.
And the darth guy is still brilliant. On par with Kissinger.
But the best of the night goes to Mrs. Cheney: “darth vader” humanizes Mr. Cheney.
heh.
locomotivebreath1901 on June 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Hey, at least he wasn’t armed.
pilamaye on June 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM
RICH!
maverick muse on June 3, 2008 at 10:19 AM
And Dick Cheney will get the worst person in the world nod tonight on every one’s favorite show about self parody, Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
NotCoach on June 3, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Well, I thought it was funny. And it’s a shame those “running for office” think they can’t crack a joke. People are too sensitive these days. We shouldn’t be concerned about peoples’ skin colors, it’s the thinness of it we should be concerned about. Personally, I’ve always really liked Cheney; its a shame he’s not president.
Special K on June 3, 2008 at 10:21 AM
What’s in that article makes it even funnier. Nichols, not-inbred, thought it was funny but was worried about it offending real inbreds. Classic.
Spirit of 1776 on June 3, 2008 at 10:22 AM
He should have said “Eastern Tennessee”. The gene pool is quite shallow there.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Actually, Eleanor and Franklin were distant cousins — third, maybe. As far as West Virginia goes, drive into any county seat, and pick up the phone book. You’ll see one or two pages full of the same Scots-Irish surname.
Well?
manwithblackhat on June 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM
You know, I actually found the “reelection” remark rather funny. The nation spends most of its time on PC eggshells, fearful of offending anyone…doubly so during this election year. It’s rather nice to hear a politician say a joke that nearly any American would make — and every West Virginian I know would tell it with a straight face. So what if it’s a little tasteless. Cheney’s had far worse events in the past 8 years. Honestly, I’ll be sad to see him go in January.
Spc Steve on June 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM
When Obambi lashed out against Pennsylvanians who hugged their guns and seeked comfort in their church because they were bitter, he wasn’t cracking a joke now, was he?
No chuckle and wink from the Messiah, because he was dead serious.
fogw on June 3, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Well I thought it was funny.
“&$%@ ‘em if they can’t take a joke…”
salmonczar on June 3, 2008 at 10:29 AM
He insulted, me, my wife and my sister and should apologize to the both of us!
Kasper Hauser on June 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Without a doubt.
(I bet if I spent 30 minutes looking up politician’s gaffes, I’d find at least one democrat that made such a joke. And also find that it wasn’t given the same attention that the media(Olbermann) will be giving this one today. We’ve heard the “Ghandi operating a gas station” joke from Hillary, Al Gore with the “Extra chromosome Republicans” remark, and others – so something similar from a democrat shouldn’t be too hard to find.)
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 10:31 AM
There you go!
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 10:31 AM
It is biting political humor based on Obamas racist rantings
tomas on June 3, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Give him a break. He went for the easy joke. West Virginia folks…lighten up.
jimmy the notable on June 3, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Might want to stop in Morgantown, an underrated college town.
mymanpotsandpans on June 3, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Cheney should threaten to go hunting there!
Know what’s needed? A Darrell Hammond SNL spoof of this.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 3, 2008 at 10:40 AM
From the beginning of time, regional jokes.
This one is from the history books,
An Pueblo Indian Chief was bitterly complaining about Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull (leaders of the Plains Indians) causing so much trouble.
When he was asked if they were called Plain Indians because the lived on the prairie, he stated “No, just look at their women”.
Thus begin the war between the Pueblos and the Plains Indians.
*
Cheney from Wyoming, where the men are men and sheep are nervous…
right2bright on June 3, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Implicitly, he was only mocking white West Virginians. But who hasn’t done that?
What do a WVA tornado and a WVA divorce have in common?
Either way someone loses a trailer.
Akzed on June 3, 2008 at 10:42 AM
There is a certain shakiness to West Virginia being a red state. We’d do well to talk about what warm wonderful people live in West Virginia. I’ve gone camping a few times in the New River Gorge National River and the people I’ve met have been wonderful.
Also, it wouldn’t hurt the Republican Right to admit the true evil being done in that state by mountaintop removal mining–but sadly environmental sanity is not what I expect from this blog. It’s so much important to have cheap energy than to have beauty and a non-poisoned environment.
thuja on June 3, 2008 at 10:42 AM
I drove through West Virginia once. It was the most terrifying two and a half minutes I have ever experienced.
wccawa on June 3, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Now that’s cruel.
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 10:45 AM
But isn’t that sort of joke the kind of thing the left loves?
Krydor on June 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM
I know. Sorry. It was originally Arkansas, which made more sense.
Akzed on June 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM
And if a couple in WV gets a divorce are they still brother and sister?
And what do you get when you put 20 women from WV in a room?
A full set of teeth.
This stuff is not new.
Jeff on June 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Yes.
inbred.jpg
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 10:48 AM
We know you’re from W. Virginia if…
you keep a can of Raid on the dinner table.
jgapinoy on June 3, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Sigh…I don’t think we would have heard such things coming form Ronald Reagan or Newt! The current crop of country club Republicans are in big trouble…and it’s really remarkable when the ONLY real conservative in the bunch acts like a dillweed! Sorry, with John McCain as the Republican nominee, I’m a bit dispirited this cycle! But hey, maybe Hillary will run as an Independent and I can vote for someone with some stones!
sabbott on June 3, 2008 at 10:59 AM
It’s funny, Allah points out how mindlessly partisan the reaction will be, and how the reaction will be (and has been) the opposite when it’s a liberal saying something similar, and then we get several comments here that are mindlessly partisan.
tneloms on June 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM
We know you’re from W. Va. if…
you take old hubcaps & make belt buckles out of them.
jgapinoy on June 3, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Shoots friend in face; shoots self in foot.
Displaying a childish mentality.
(The looking back at his wife trick was embarrassingly infantile, like a drunk at a party trying to deflect attention from himself.)
No big surprise, and exactly why he could have never run.
profitsbeard on June 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM
OK, let me see if I got this straight, Cheney makes this tired old joke about West Virginia that’s been around as long as I can remember and West Virginia politicians get all in a huff about it.
Yet, from the Church of England, Bishop of Stafford Gordon Mursell yesterday called most people on the planet incestuous child molesters. He said that anyone that doesn’t kowtow to the global warming fraud is just like Josef Fritzl, the revolting monster that imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years to have incestuous sex with her.
Yet not a single politician speaks up for the majority of people and Americans who were so unjustly defamed, offended and insulted. I would say to the people of West Virginia that you owe Mr. Cheney an apology if you are willing to accept such a true insult from Bishop of Stafford Gordon Mursell, yet can’t take a joke from Dick Cheney.
OK all of you politicians that are so sensitive, and scored some quick political points by scolding Cheney over an obvious joke, now what do you have to say about Bishop of Stafford Gordon Mursell remark that was a thousand times worse?
/ crickets chirping /
Maxx on June 3, 2008 at 11:12 AM
After reading your post I now love this joke and may consider writing Cheney’s name in for president.
NotCoach on June 3, 2008 at 11:13 AM
LOL. The joke was funny, and the PC poisoning of this poor kid is funny too. Well, the latter in a kinda sad way.
funky chicken on June 3, 2008 at 11:14 AM
The biggest teller of West Virginia jokes was my late brother-in-law, who was from West Virginia. Here’s one I remember:
“If a couple married in West Virginia move out of state and get divorced, are they still legally brother and sister?”
irishspy on June 3, 2008 at 11:18 AM
We know you’re from W. Va. if…
your watchband is wider than any book you’ve ever seen.
jgapinoy on June 3, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Gawd, Liberal are so sensitive and stooopid.
West Virginy
folksGovernor actinginsulted and the PC movement has stuck again.
Your momma wears combat boots.
Texyank on June 3, 2008 at 11:23 AM
That was hilarious. People need to lighten up. You don’t see me getting all huffy about this:
Even though it isn’t funny to me — it might be to someone.
wytammic on June 3, 2008 at 11:24 AM
yes virgina we are governed by idiots.
unseen on June 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM
I thought he was making fun of himself, not West Virginia.
RushBaby on June 3, 2008 at 11:33 AM
*gasps, laughs*
inviolet on June 3, 2008 at 11:33 AM
I love this man. Throw a tiny bomb of truth into the Congress and they all get damp.
He can say whatever he wants. Get over it.
If he was running, he would have my vote
Hening on June 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM
The thing with politicians telling jokes isn’t whether they are funny–usually they aren’t–it’s that we get to see that they have a sense of humor.
Cheney is a really bright guy who can present his views very articulately. It’s too bad he hid in a bunker for 8 years and played to the Darth Cheney perception.
dedalus on June 3, 2008 at 11:38 AM
No harm, no foul. It’s just a joke. Jokes need a butt to be funny. Here’s one I heard on a radio show:
“Did you hear that Brett Farve is moving to Minnesota?”
“Since he retired, he wants to get as far away from professional football as possible.”
Ba dump bump.
Doug on June 3, 2008 at 11:43 AM
I am usually on the VA side of the ongoing VA/W.VA backstabbing contest, but really.
The joke possibilities are endless with Richard (Dick) Cheney.
Dickhead.
—– —- —proud Virginia Hillbilly
hillbillyjim on June 3, 2008 at 11:47 AM
cheap shot
hillbillyjim on June 3, 2008 at 11:49 AM
I think that dick cheney should apologize to you, your wife and your sister.
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Algore, is that you?
kcd on June 3, 2008 at 11:56 AM
ex:
Q. How many a$$holes does it take to shoot a friend in the face?
A. Dick Cheney
hillbillyjim on June 3, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, that is the very definition of evil. Providing jobs and reasonably priced energy has just got to stop.
hillbillyjim on June 3, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Truth hurts ;)
from a WV-by residence, not birth.
dish on June 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM
You can imagine how that quip ignited the “doves”.
Jimmy never had a chance.
He knew the Dems better then anyone.
If you were a war protester you would feel like you were from West Virg.
right2bright on June 3, 2008 at 12:19 PM
That’s the point, nobody thinks every punch of humor is funny. Look at Reagan’s joke about the Soviet Union. That caused a huge uproar, huge, but I think it was funny.
Obviously you haven’t lived around a ranch…
right2bright on June 3, 2008 at 12:23 PM
To me politicians that make such a big deal out of such things are like socialist who always promote a humorless society, because their hold on power is threatened by it. Just look at what Putin did the other day, he banned all political humor from Russian TV.
Maxx on June 3, 2008 at 12:35 PM
I think it was a silly overreaction to a comment intended to be a joke .. Cheney didn’t say they were siblings. It demonstrates a really lack of understanding about the history of the early days in America when clans migrated here and 1st cousin marriages were not uncommon.
Texas Gal on June 3, 2008 at 12:46 PM
kara26 on June 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM
He insulted, me, my wife and my sister and should apologize to the both of us!
Kasper Hauser on June 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM
——-
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
now that was funny.
I dont give a crap what he says, he is the MAN!!!!!!!
I would love dick to be pres, nobody would F with him.
ross
kara26 on June 3, 2008 at 1:08 PM
I currently live in AL. Here they tell it with “Tenessee” substituted for “West Virginia.” In Georgia, I’m pretty sure they used “Alabama.” Before we went to MS for a soccer tournament one of the other parents (AL native) made a similar joke about MS.
It’s funny and harmless. I’m a yankee so I just laugh and, ya know, I think they are all right!
/KIDDING sheesh
funky chicken on June 3, 2008 at 1:12 PM
In full fairness to the VP, West Virginians have sent Robert Byrd (senile former Klansman) to the Senate for almost five decades. If West Virginians are offeded by Cheney, tough.
I’m offended by Byrd and every out-house named after him.
RobCon on June 3, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Ah, this crap is getting pretty old already. Cheney has been and always will be one of the best to hold any position in any administration. All the bent liberal whiners (including those here) are just going to keep jumping on everything until the end, and blaming Bush/Cheney for the suckie a$$ life people make for themselves. I don’t know what the deal is? I’m doing pretty damn well these past eight years, and in no small part due to the Bush era. The uneducated morons have only themselves to blame for what they don’t have.
Grow up, get a life, and hold onto something if you plan on putting a liberal in the White House. They’re the true inbreds of the country. You can see the resemblence in all of them. It’s that puckered up, constipated, clueless look…
stacman on June 3, 2008 at 2:09 PM
It was funny, anyone offended, lighten up. Reading responses from libs, proves to me once again they have no sense of humor always looking to be offended so that they can get all angry again. What a bunch of haters.
Conservative Voice on June 3, 2008 at 2:17 PM
What a jerk!
Good riddance Cheney, you scum.
SaintOlaf on June 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
My husband’s young cousins live in Western Virginia and had to be specifically told that “it’s not okay to marry your brother, your sister or your cousin.”
pookysgirl on June 3, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Yeah it’s funny right?
Just like Cheney’s other re-election “joke”..
He also thought it was funny that he concealed the fact that he is Rockefeller’s puppet and was the director of the globalist council of foreign relations..
He must think all Americans are dumb as dirt.
Funny guy right?
Someone you admire maybe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYWujMC-0k
SaintOlaf on June 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Sniff, sniff…
I smell burning tinfoil.
wccawa on June 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Funny, but definately not PC. Probably best saved for a small group with no media around.
Mallard T. Drake on June 3, 2008 at 3:07 PM
LOL, dood. That’s a good one.
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Conan O’Brien made several jokes exactly like this the week of the W.V. primary. But I guess you’re supposed to lose your sense of humor if you’re a Republican politician.
WasatchMan on June 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM
wise_man,
Yeah it’s hilarious…that is until you wonder why they keep trying to push amnesty bills and open up the borders and then you wonder..why does it seem like they’re trying to make mexico a state?
But we stopped Mccain/kennedy you say?
Wrong.
Mccain is our nominee now!
Voters be damned..you get gay marriage/mexico as a state/ John Mccain, whether you like it or not.
SaintOlaf on June 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM
You can’t make stuff like this up…unless you work for The Onion.
capitalist piglet on June 3, 2008 at 3:40 PM
It’s an obvious joke, though probably in bad taste for the VP to make. I hear the late night hosts, and Red Eye, make similar jokes all the time and it’s just a joke. I can understand people being upset that Cheney said it, however it’s VERY clear he’s “joking”, as opposed to Biden’s comments about having to be Indian to work at 7-11 (or whatever it was he said, I know I’m paraphrasing), or WV’s own KKK Byrd saying “White ni**er” on FNC, or the photoshopping of Condi or black face on Lieberman, etc. etc. etc. Then there were things like Hillary saying Gandhi worked at a gas station. That, like Cheney’s comment, was an obvious joke that is only “offensive” because of the perseon telling it. And I wasn’t particularly bothered by it, as much as I was bothered by the career ender it would have been for any Republican to say it. Cheney will only survive this because he’s already viewed as Satan. But look at what happened to Trent Lott for saying “too bad you didn’t win the presidency” to and old friend.
RightWinged on June 3, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Here in East Dakota we say the same stuff about Iowa.
oakpack on June 3, 2008 at 3:50 PM
And I’ll ask again ; these are the ass clowns (the repub party) who many of you here are so desperate to get back in power?
God help us all.
tomk59 on June 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Shees, can a Republican do something wrong without you bringing up some Dem act from years before? I mean if you can’t call Cheney on this one, you need help. He insulted people for no reason except to tickle his funny bone. Is that the kind of disregard you accept from your VP?
Apparently so, as long as their a red stater. I’ve been to Wyoming. I’ve been to WV. I don’t recall meeting anybody married to a cousin.
Do you really think being a sycophant is helpful? Well, at least you vote Republican.
The Race Card on June 3, 2008 at 4:14 PM
stacman on June 3, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Megga Dittos
Texyank on June 3, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Yeah it’s hilarious SaintOlaf on June 3, 2008 at 3:39 PMYes you are.
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Point here?
hollygolightly on June 3, 2008 at 4:43 PM
And then you crossed the border and everything was instantly, magically not terrifying? Wow, that must’ve been something.
hollygolightly on June 3, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I can never get enough of Dick Cheney. He is the Man! And are people really getting offended by this?
TDBURN on June 3, 2008 at 4:52 PM
First of all, are you sure the WV were insulted? Was that 10% of them or 30% or 70%…you don’t know. What would you say if the majority from WV thought that was funny, you would apologize?
And so if you never met someone married to a cousin, it does not exist…if been through the Appalachian mountains.
Here try this on for size.
right2bright on June 3, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Come on people, it was a joke. Get a life.
duff65 on June 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Here’s proof again that the smartest can also be dumb as a rock on occasion.
“Thanks for the memories Dick Cheney, and nice parting gift. Now, go back into hiding and stay there for the next 6 months” – - your party.
Entelechy on June 3, 2008 at 6:21 PM
“In which…”
That’s the second AP colloquialism, after ‘the obligatory…’. What’s up with you and those phrases, allahpundit? Cut it out!
Kevin M on June 3, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Attention Dick Cheney. Attention.
“Entelechy” does not speak for the party.
Thank you. That is all.
wise_man on June 3, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Dick Cheney: traitor,scumbag rockefeller republican..
Good riddance!
SaintOlaf on June 3, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Heh, now that’s the right way to react — with another joke.
Otherwise it’s just PC liberal fascism. People can’t joke about anything anymore. We have to be sennnsitive.
West Virginia deserves worse for returning a senile old Klansman to the Senate. How much of the state isn’t named after him? They need to change the state’s name to Robert C. Byrd and use the appropriate costume on the flag.
Feedie on June 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Even Cheney can be right once in a while.
freevillage on June 4, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Wise-man; maybe if people like Entelechy did speak for the party, it wouldn’t be such a pathetic sack of s**t.
By the way; f**ck the party- both of ‘em.
tomk59 on June 4, 2008 at 1:17 AM
Come on–it was just stupid. Cheney wasn’t on the golf course, he was at the NPC. Worse than the lame joke was the follow up line about not having to worry because he wasn’t running again. I’m a West Virginian by birth and I’m not laughing.
Veritas on June 4, 2008 at 1:32 AM
That there’s funny, I don’t care who ya are!
UndertheBridge on June 4, 2008 at 7:33 AM
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