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Friday, June 25, 2004

DICK CHENEY: Man of the Fuckin' Hour

As a user of profanity herself, UD is pleased to note the Vice President's recent unapologetic invocation of the F word in the halls of Congress (it wasn't in session, so he broke no rules). "I said it...and I felt better after I said it," Cheney remarked to a reporter later that day, after Senator Patrick Leahy - to whom he angrily said it - told on him.
Posted at: 6/25/2004 05:27:00 PM