At Americablog, John has a hunch that Cheney could be ill...perhaps seriously. It got me to thinking. WHen WAS the last time that anyone has seen him? It stands to reason he would at least ceremoniously leave his vacation early to appear concerned. Also, the lack of Cheney's puppetmastering could explain Bush' EXTREME mishandling of EVERYTHING, most especially the very words spewing forth from his mouth.
Heres the Americablog link
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/is-cheney-ill.html
Rep. Chuck Rangel has a similar hunch
http://tinyurl.com/duvb5
Here's how Rangel answered a question about W's excessive vacation time:
"Oh no, it makes the country a lot more safe," the Manhattan Democrat said. "The further Bush is away from Washington, the better it is. And sometimes I don't even think Cheney is awake enough to know what's going on. Rumsfeld is the guy in Washington to watch. He's running the country,"
"Cheney's not awake enough?" reporter Davidson Goldin asked.
"Well, he's a sick man you know," Rangel said. "He's got heart disease, but the disease is not restricted to that part of his body. He grunts a lot, so you never really know what he's thinking."
Asked whether he was suggesting that Cheney was not healthy enough to do his job, Rangel said, "Why do you think people are spending so much time praying for President Bush's health?"
Here I am, rumormongering. But still, its a rumor thats not terribly beyond belief. ANyone remember seeing Cheney lately?