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Vice President Dick Cheney coming to Cape Girardeau for Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder fundraiserSunday, October 12, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Cape Girardeau later this month for a private fundraiser to benefit Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. According to the invitation, individuals will pay $250 each to attend a reception Oct. 20 at the home of lawyer and conservative author David Limbaugh. Big spenders will be able to get their picture taken with Cheney for $1,250 for individuals and $2,500 for couples. Representatives of Kinder's campaign would not comment on the event until the White House communications office confirmed the event was on Cheney's schedule. Jamie Hennigan, assistant press secretary, did so by e-mail late Friday and said additional details of Cheney's schedule while in Missouri would be released a couple of days before the visit. Neither Kinder nor Limbaugh was available for comment. But James Harris, Kinder's campaign manager, said Kinder was pleased the Wyoming Republican would be in his hometown. "I would say it is wonderful and we are pleased to have the vice president coming to Cape Girardeau," Harris said. The fundraising appearance will be Cheney's fourth visit to Cape Girardeau. He was in town the first time in 1993 for a Republican fundraising event. He also campaigned in Cape Girardeau in 2000 when he was George W. Bush's running mate and again in 2002 to stump for Jim Talent during his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Cheney, who has been vice president since January 2001, is a former member of Congress, a former secretary of defense and was White House chief of staff during the administration of President Gerald Ford. He has been a polarizing figure during his tenure under President Bush, assigned early on to guide the administration's energy policies and because of his strong support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. So far no public events or news conferences are planned during Cheney's visit, said Lindsay Burcham, who is handling the logistics of the event for Capitol Consulting LLC, a Jefferson City, Mo., firm that specializes in fundraising for Republicans. Burcham said she has been told Cheney will be in St. Louis earlier in the day for a similar event for another candidate, but she was unsure which Republican officeholder or candidate was to be the beneficiary of the vice president's help. rkeller@semissourian.com 388-3642 Have a comment? Log on to semissourian.com/today Related Links
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If you're an independent, I'm a Venutian.
It doesn't matter how calm you try and appear or what hypocritical cloak you don Mr. Change, I can see your rage and hatred in between every line and word you write.
You've pumped so much stool into your ears that it's coming out of your mouth. If you had done any independent research instead of devouring and regurgitating socialist propaganda, you may have come to the definitive conclusion that ANY government interference in the market is poison.
Your candidate said Sunday that, "I think if you spread wealth around, it’s good for everybody." That, comrade, is the creed of a communist.
Your candidate's economic plan is for the fangs of government to plunge deeper into the productive neck of our nation to engorge those that help keep the fangs deep and the blood flowing.
You are suicidal and want to force the rest of us to believe in your insanity.
I wouldn't expect a coward such as yourself to respond. Although I'm sure your ultimate response will be to gather all other maniacle zombies to mob the streets and feed on brains.
Voting for Barack is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.
Wisconsin- Thanks for the clarification, your info was accurate and well researched. Much of what you posted was accurate, but I believe there was a lot going on behind the scenes. Things we would be infuriated about.
Uberfan20- Yes, Democrats are just as much to blame as the Republicans. I'm not going to sit here and argue about which party is better than the other. They both have their faults. I still reserve my feelings towards Bush and Cheney. They have no business in the White House and I'm going to celebrate the day they leave.
As far as the election goes, I'm going to vote for the major party candidate I think will do the best job at getting our economy back on track. Also, I want a candidate that will focus on helping the middle class. One that will stop cutting taxes on the wealthy and raising them on the rest of the population. The middle class are the life blood of the economy.
I'm an independent, I'm not loyal to either party. I'm voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. John McCain is getting desparate and wreckless with his campaign. He can't handle the pressure and is showing the fact. It's a good indicator of how he'll act as president. Plus, lets face it, no one wants Sarah Palin in the White House.
Also, keep your insults to yourself. This will be my only response to you since you can't seem to contemplate the fact people may have an opinion that is different than your own.
and the right wingers are communist
Again, all I hear is some blithering idiots yelling "Bush bad! Cheney bad!".
Make a point and defend it. I say there is no one voting for Barack that can make a credible argument.
I don't have a party.
Everything that is wrong in America and the world is socialism in all it's variances. The democrats have adopted socialism as their mantra.
I don't know who deserves the credit for the death of JFK.
uberfan,you are just in denial, just like your whole party is, i would want to distance myself as well from this failed administration... its always the dems. fault just like the cover up of jfk... nixon did it!
How did George W. Bush and Dick Cheney "steal an election"? I'm sure you have facts, evidence, and witnesses to back up your utterly ridiculous statement. I'd wager you've created this plausibility out of your own warped sense of reality. Ask yourself why you believe this and you may one day drift back to conciousness.
If you understood public debt, maybe you could comment without appearing as a regurgitating government/media slave. You obviously have never asked what is the national debt and how has it been created?
What could possibly have happened in the past eight years that increased non-budgeted spending? Anything happen in New York, Louisiana, Afghanistan, or Iraq that rings a bell?
We went from a budgeted surplus of $1.25 trillion in Bush's first year and change to a 1 trillion deficit overnight.
I assume you've overlooked the $50 trillion in debt that democrats have amassed since 1930 in Social Security, Medicare, and other forms of forced wealth redistribution.
Bill Clinton was the first to attack Iraq after the Gulf War for amassing and hiding WMDs (I have no doubt you'll believe the CNN article):
http://www.cnn.com/...
It surprises you that companies are moving from the US to other nations that give them tax breaks? Democrats have emaciated our entire production system to the point where companies are shipping jobs overseas and moving their headquarters.
I don't think you have the cognitive ability to define greed. Maybe you could ask the people of Iraq or the millions of people employed directly and inderectly by Halliburton how they define it.
I have a better idea: Stop using electricity and anything produced using electricity.
You are simply a blind hypocrite cheering while you're throwing yourself off a cliff. The rest of us are ready to cut your life line.
urbanfan20...your response?
urbanfan20....your response?
Jason:
In the interest of accuracy:
- "Intelligence Gathering Group at the Department of Homeland Defense:" Actually, this was was the Special Plans Group, located with the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and established by Doug Feith, USD(Policy), and Paul Wolfowitz (Deputy SECDEF) ... not Vice President Cheney.
- "CIA had no evidence suggesting Iraq was trying to acquire WMDs:" Actually, the Director of Central Intelligence (i.e. CIA Director) was responsible for putting together the National Intelligence Estimate published in October 2002, which commented that Saddam was "intent on acquiring (WMDs). ... http://www.fas.org/.... You might also be interested to learn that President Clinton believed Iraq to have WMD intent before he left office ... http://www.nationalreview.com/....
- "Bush and Cheney stole the election:" Actually, the first independent recount of the 2000 presidential election was conducted by the Miami Herald and USA Today. According to their review, Bush won the election ... http://www.pbs.org/....
- Bush and Cheney "doubled gasoline prices:" Gasoline was ~ $1.47/gallon when President Bush assumed office in January 2001 ... http://www.swivel.com/.... You are correct that gasoline prices have doubled; however, you have excluded the price of oil. Prior to 9/11, the average price per barrel of oil was ~$30. It is now just below $90/barrel, after having peaked above $150/barrel ... http://www.wtrg.com/.... While gasoline prices doubled, oil was up 300% (at a minimum) to 500% (at a maximum) over 2001 market prices. OPEC largely establishes the market volume of oil barrel pricing, not President Bush or Vice President Cheney.
- "Halliburton was still paying Cheney:" Misleading statement, as stated here by Fact Check ... http://www.factcheck.org/.... Vice President Cheney did receive deferred payments after he left the company in 2000, but it was based on past performance ... not future access. According to Fact Check's page: "The $398,548 Halliburton has paid to Cheney while in office is all deferred compensation, a common practice that high-salaried executives use to reduce their tax bills by spreading income over several years. In Cheney's case, he signed a Halliburton form in December of 1998 choosing to have 50% of his salary for the next year, and 90% of any bonus money for that year, spread out over five years. (As it turned out, there was no bonus for 1999.)"
- "Halliburton moved its headquarters to the UAE:" You are correct ... they did open offices in Dubai; however, "the company will maintain its existing corporate office here as well as its legal incorporation in the United States, meaning that it will still be subject to domestic laws and regulations" ... as noted in this NY Times article, http://www.iht.com/.... As you'll also see in the article, the company is incorporated in Deleware, remains listed as a US company on the NYSE, and is subject to corporate taxes as before. According to the NY Times article: "some analysts who follow Halliburton said they did not think the relocation of Lesar reflected anything more than changes in the energy business."
I am not pro-Bush or pro-Cheney, but I am interested in finding the ground truth and not relying on the soundbites offered by the media. Personally, I wouldn't walk across the street to see Vice President Cheney, but I don't quite believe he's Satan walking the earth.
Hmmm, where to start. Bush and Cheney stole an election, maybe even both of them. They started a war in the name of corporate profits. Their deregulation practices have crippled the economy, more than doubled gasoline prices, and ultimately caused the price of food to skyrocket. They have almost doubled our national debt. Dick Cheney thinks he's more powerful than the Supreme Court.
Dick Cheney started his own intelligence gathering group in the Department of Homeland Security to gather false intelligence because the CIA refused to tell the American people Iraq had or was trying to acquire WMD's. They CIA had no evidence suggesting Iraq was trying to acquire WMD's.
Haliburton was still (and may still be) paying Cheney several hundred thousand dollars a year for the job he's doing as Vice President. Also, under Cheney's approval Haliburton moved it's headquarters to the UAE to avoid federal taxes after making billions off the Iraq war.
The man is the definition of evil and greed.
A bigger embarrassment than being socialist automotaun?
Go ahead and pick out an instance when Dick Cheney or George Bush damaged the country.
I will tear such a hole in your flacid brainwashed response that you may finally question the public education and media influence that has poisoned you.
This area certainly doesn't need that criminal leaving his stain here. And if I was a "Cheney Chick" I certainly wouldn't go broadcasting it. In fact, I'd consider getting counseling for the condition. You either like fascist criminals or you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Bush and Cheney, along with Rove, have damaged this country maybe beyond repair, and they are the biggest embarassments in our history.
-- Posted by heye1967 on Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 11:21 am CDT
Maybe Cheney will get struck by lightning. This area certainly doesn't need that criminal leaving his stain here. And if I was a "Cheney Chick" I certainly wouldn't go broadcasting it. In fact, I'd consider getting counseling for the condition. You either like fascist criminals or you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Bush and Cheney, along with Rove, have damaged this country maybe beyond repair, and they are the biggest embarassments in our history.
-- Posted by heye1967 on Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 11:21 am CDT
amen justus
Good one, townie!
Im REALLY surprised kinder is a republican, knowing his lifestyle, but him and cheney do have a lot they can talk about knowing cheney's background and kids.
I am sorry to say that I voted for Bush and Chaney both times they ran for office together. They have got to be the worst team since Jimmy Carter, maybe worse than Jimmy. At least Jimmy Carter was a "decent" man just a lousy president. IMO I can't wait to pay
$2,500.00 for a picture plus $250.00 for some snacks. Of course I won't get too as I am not on the invite list. (That is good) I will not be voting for Mr. Kinder this election although I normally vote for most Republicans. My ballot has a lot of cross over votes this time around. No mark for Jo Ann, either this election. Too much St. Louis Democrat Lawyer in her vote for the bail out bill for me. 70% of the people did not approve of the package yet "she" did. Probably will lose my vote but rest assured I will vote.
BABE: I can tell you how Reagan won but I still struggle with GWB's second term. I guess democracy has several stages, and Reagan was way before my time sweetheart.
I hope no one shows.
Kinder, do you really need the money that bad? I guess Page is making some huge gains going for your job. Well, I guess you didn't do much for the position anyway. All you did was pal around with our goofy governor and take a few extra bucks from Rex Stinkfield.
Keeviah
You sound like that hoity toity society lady who was quoted as saying "I don't know how Reagan won. I don't know anyone who voted for him". giggle
Cheney may have done more damage to the American way of life than any other person in history. Nice call.
It's one thing to hate someone- but to wish they were struck by lightening is a bit harsh. Be careful- you actually wished him struck by lightening on a Sunday- I wouldn't want to be standing next to you....I see clouds.
Kinder has really lost it on this one or did he ever have it???
Cape Girardeau Resident's do not want Cheney!!!!!!!
I dont know anyone who would actually pay to have their picture taken with this criminal.
He should be paying us to take a picture with him!!!!!
Cheney's schedule for October 20-24
October 20 - Mow yard, clip coupons, ride tax payer jet to Cape Girardeau for what's his name.
October 21 - Eat express breakfast at Drury Inn, ride tax payer jet back home, call my grandkids and tell them to ignore what they see on tv, go shoot at some cans in backyard.
October 22 - Wake and read the classifieds, call to follow-up on potential job at Raj's mini-mart. Go to town and buy some bullets.
October 23 - Wake and read the classifieds, check email for potential jobs through monster.com and pay some bills. Go over defense strategy with W. Call to make sure that my stock in AIG, Lehman Bros., Wachovia, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Winchester have been sold and the money has made it safely to that off-shore account in cuba.
October 24 - Wake up and call about cameo on Jacka$$$ III. Play some mini-golf. Go to town and buy some bullets.
Hey Peter, why don't you host a fundraiser in Cape County Park, like the good ol' days, eh?
And James Harris as campaign manager...wasn't he the outgoing governor's director of commissions and appointments (why did he leave) and good pal of Federal inmate #34350-044 aka Nathan Cooper? Between Peter and David I thought there was more sense.
Who's next Kinder? Satan?!
I'm a Cheney Chick and I think Kinder made a wise choice in bringing him to Cape.
Nice job Kinder, you just lost my vote as well.
Well Kinder just lost my vote. If he doesnt have anymore sense than to bring in Dick Cheney to campaign for him, he doesnt have enough sense to be Lt. Gov. Major screw up by the Republican Party.
Linking yourself to Cheney and Bush is going to be toxic to any Republican campaign.
Are we stupid or what? McCain NEEDS SE Missouri and the local idiots bring in Cheney.
Smooth move Ex Lax.