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Cheney caught napping at emergency cabinet meeting

rawstory.com — Vice President Dick Cheney was caught dozing off on live television during an emergency cabinet meeting called on Wednesday to discuss the devastating California wildfires. Cheney was previously spotted napping in April 2006, during a press briefing by President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao, and again during a meeting on Iraq in May 2006.

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  • gmillerd, on 10/26/2007, -5/+17Needs to have more time standing upright for long periods of time, his 8-10 hours a day at his standing desk isn't cutting it.
    • stopbrorape, on 10/26/2007, -3/+11he doesn't have a desk just a dungeon.
      • Innova69, on 10/26/2007, -1/+9The guy just needs some nappy time, after all, he's been up all night planning on how he is going to get Bush to stumble through the phonetic wording for declaring war on Iran & Syria.
    • xerexes1, on 10/26/2007, -2/+2Ronald Reagan used to do that all of the time. Actually, he was known for his long vacations and taking daily naps. Wow, so Cheney and Bush really are trying to following in Reagan's footsteps.
      I used to think that Reagan was a warmongering, "voodoo economic" friend of the wealthy and the worse thing that happened to American foreign policy. I also used to think that George Bush Sr. was the most idiotic president in history.
      Do you think that sometime in the future, there will be a president or vice president who will make Bush Jr. and Cheney look rational and harmless?
    • cjhowe, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2Well, when you can't sleep at night....
    • brundlefly76, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1It was Rumsfeld who had the standing desk, not Cheney.
  • derrickgossman, on 10/28/2007, -36/+16Who hasn't slept at a boring-ass meeting?
    • mightydavefish, on 10/26/2007, -5/+32The second (maybe first) most powerful man on earth should be able to pull his head out of sleepland long enough to get the job done.
      • derrickgossman, on 10/26/2007, -22/+6Surely he's got staff there listening for him that can fill him in later. Cut him some slack.
        • Murdats, on 10/26/2007, -4/+3He is ***** incharge of the politics of a super power, and by extension, the global political stage
          if you cant do the job well, then gtfo and let someone fix the world properly
          • ufia, on 10/26/2007, -3/+2Who would you suggest to fix the world properly?

            /Oh, and spare us the idealinuts like Ron Paul who can't possibly form a complete sentence without mentioning the constitution. Fixing the world requires more than the two words "founding fathers" in your vocabulary.
        • m0tbaillie, on 10/26/2007, -0/+5If by fix you mean *****. ***** the world properly...which is essentially what he's been doing for the last 7 years.
        • mightydavefish, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1I got it man. Don't know why yer getting buried.
        • savethehobos, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1I can understand falling asleep in a business meeting, but this isnt a business meeting. People's homes and llives are being burned away. I think that should be enough of a reason, since he is supposed to hold a public service office, to at least stay awake to serve the public.
      • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 10/26/2007, -3/+1VP doesn't do *****. Like the cabinet, he's just an advisor and second in line to the presidency.
    • snapper27613, on 10/26/2007, -1/+20Yeah, you would think, but at this point in the game maybe he doesn't care what anyone has to say.
      • zybch, on 10/26/2007, -2/+7Has he ever?
        • Bdog2g2, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1Well Anakin wasn't too bad when he was a kid, so I assume that maybe Cheney had a heart priori to the mechanical one he now has.
        • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1Is there any footage of Cheney's volcano incident?
        • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1Or when he got his mechanical arms? (oops double post)
    • CraigJ, on 10/26/2007, -6/+7I work for a large multi-national company and sometimes the exec come in to a meeting directly after a flight from Europe or something. I have occasionally seen them nod off during a presentation. They may be big execs with big salaries, but tired is tired.
      • Bdog2g2, on 10/26/2007, -2/+4But your large multi-national company isn't second in command of the free world, unless of course you work for Haliburton, then I retract my comment.
      • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -2/+4It's called A CUP OF COFFEE
    • actionmann50, on 10/26/2007, -2/+16Usually emergency cabinet meetings to deal with disasters affecting thousands of Americans aren't "boring-ass"
      • derrickgossman, on 10/26/2007, -3/+2I think I dare say that they most likely are.
    • 2reflective, on 10/26/2007, -1/+9This meeting was only boring to him because it didn't have the words "bomb" and "Iran" in it.
  • jucodadi, on 10/29/2007, -6/+179This is what happens when he doesn't get his morning puppy blood.
    • nonymous666, on 10/26/2007, -1/+18Puppies are good for strength, but kittens are much more invigorating.
      • gahal, on 10/26/2007, -1/+16"The orange ones ***** you up real good."
    • sahaskatta, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1if there was only a way i could "favorite" comments
      (in addition to thumbs up)
  • dnic24, on 10/26/2007, -13/+9i nodded off watching that video
    • Intangible360, on 10/26/2007, -1/+7That joke might have worked if the video hadn't been something like 10 seconds long.
      • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2Considering how short attention spans are these days, it worked out pretty well I think.
  • MasterThief117, on 10/26/2007, -6/+86Its a good start. I'd like it when he sleeps and never wakes up.
    • moxley, on 10/26/2007, -2/+28.....and cue the DHS/secret service knock at your door..........................................................................now.
    • robschraer, on 10/26/2007, -1/+17ah crap i dugg that comment now im going to get a trip to the water board.....
      • saifatlast, on 10/26/2007, -0/+10In the future, trips to the water board for Americans will be complimentary
        • Waterrat, on 10/26/2007, -2/+1 The cement overcoat companies are going to love Digg.
    • bono4u, on 10/29/2007, -1/+1Mustn't be for ever till next election or he gets impeached or brought to jail would be enough.
    • jivecjedkin, on 10/29/2007, -0/+4Wow, I love the double standard here at digg.
      It's full of the most "Tolerant" intolerant dumbasses.
  • whatthefu, on 10/29/2007, -4/+96There are far more vile things to pin on him than napping during a meeting.
    • zybch, on 10/26/2007, -4/+11But the utter contempt this bastard shows by going to sleepy land during important meetings is a big part of that!
      If he cares so little about the country that he does that, its no ***** wonder that this ***** treats the entire US populace like *****!
    • stopbrorape, on 10/26/2007, -0/+7yes, for example he could of been raping animals during a meeting. But he didn't.
      • snapper27613, on 10/26/2007, -2/+2wow - sleeping vs raping animals - LOL
    • bono4u, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1Yes but congress men thought that's not enough for impeachment how about sleeping regularly in meeting? I mean if you are too old to drive and sleeping at a traffic light your license will be catched, too.
    • Metis2be, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1Ah yes, but we actually have him on tape for this. It's not like he's stupid enough to go on the record saying invading Iraq would be a quagmire or anyth- wait, what? Oh damn.
  • mightydavefish, on 10/26/2007, -1/+50Cheney, showing the world that the business of running the US isn't as interesting as warmongering against Iran. He seems to stay awake during those meetings.
  • reeder, on 10/26/2007, -6/+36Fat Darth Vader prick.
    • tastypastry, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2You got it all wrong. Bush = Darth. Cheney = Emperor Palpatine.
    • Waterrat, on 10/26/2007, -1/+3Don't insult Darth Vadar!
      • bono4u, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1Yes Darth Vader changed in the end, can't imagine that one would do, too.
  • snapper27613, on 10/26/2007, -5/+5I bet if he had a shotgun in his hand he would have stayed awake! News must be slow today.
    • fixedcoma, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1or wake him up with a blast to the face with a shotgun! Harhar har!
  • nouns, on 10/26/2007, -3/+46Oh come on folks; don't you ever get sleepy? :) It's not like it was important like a state was burning dow...what? The State is Burning Down! CRAP!!!!!!!
    • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2It's California, that's why he's asleep
  • Happy_Phantom, on 10/26/2007, -4/+31If I was caught sleeping on the job I'd be dismissed, or at least reprimanded. Cheney deserves the same. If it were a crisis meeting involving billions of dollars in damage and the potential loss of many lives, I'd be a goner on the spot.

    Of course, he should have been impeached for the high crime of fraudulently leading this nation into an illegal war of conquest based on trumped up "evidence" and outright lies regarding non-existent weapons of mass destruction. But that's another issue.
    • rz8472, on 10/26/2007, -1/+4This is actually good. Less time plotting... I dont know what, but its something evil. He should take longer naps.
    • UMustBeNewHere, on 10/26/2007, -2/+0nt
  • lmarshall8675, on 10/26/2007, -3/+10im sure he looks like a little angel when he sleeps....awwwww
    • zybch, on 10/26/2007, -11/+2Well we should all start masturbating then, because we all know that every time you masturbate an angel dies!
      Sure, we might have to go through a few million angels before we get to him, but I think the collateral angel-damage is well worth it!
      • AnthonyA7, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2I kinda get your logic, but masturbation is probably the last thing that should be going through your head after a video of Dick Cheney.
        • objectcode, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1im guessing the angel part was thrown in there to hide his true feelings
  • bobbyschultz, on 10/26/2007, -22/+2Yeah for real. Honestly who cares if he dozes off. I sleep through French III everyday.
    • 3tcp, on 10/26/2007, -1/+8Yeah, running the country is just like high school foreign language class

      how do you say dumbass in french?
    • Acewrap, on 10/26/2007, -2/+2Imbécile.
      • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1Isn't it something like embetant? Highschool French was so long ago...
    • savethehobos, on 10/26/2007, -2/+1I'm glad you think that a good bottom portion of a state burning down is equivalent to your French III class. Nicely put. Ya know what I heard that Global Warming was in the same boat as Geometry down the hall.
  • Tryptomine, on 10/28/2007, -2/+34Frankly, I'd prefer him sleeping on the job as opposed to the alternative.
  • craiglerock, on 10/28/2007, -2/+8Not as long of a nap as I imagined, but still pretty effing amazing he could get that sleepy with all of those media around. Kind of makes him look a little unconcerned. Perhaps if there's no reason to invade a foreign country it doesn't hold his attention
  • raharris, on 10/28/2007, -2/+8I'd rather have the asswad asleep, killing sheep as they jump over the fence, than awake and finding something real to shoot. Unless he wants to shoot his friends, then have at it.
  • loggia, on 10/26/2007, -3/+5hmm
  • Rich711, on 10/28/2007, -23/+3It's funny when Clinton would fall asleep at meeting the media always follow with the obligatory fluff piece on how just like John F Kennedy, Clinton feels a president should be able to function on only 4 hours sleep.

    ... granted with Kennedy it was because of his heavy use of amphetamines and Clinton it was because he was usually up sodomizing interns with random objects in the oval office, but whatever.

    You'd think they'd take the chance to make a remark about his Darth Vader chamber is being repaired or something. For sad attempts at journalism, this story is a pretty sad attempt.
    • bastardo, on 10/26/2007, -3/+9Oh, just shut the ***** up.
    • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -2/+3For a sad attempt at commenting this comment is a pretty sad attempt.
  • Bossy, on 10/26/2007, -1/+5He is there to score political points-- after the fire has been put out. Do people really vote for someone because "OMG, he was so in my county!" or "OMG, he (the mittrobot) shaked my hand."
  • Frnnkdlxx, on 10/28/2007, -1/+3He's probably taking so many medications for his many ailments and sicknesses that his doctor is probably surprised he shows up.

    Just providing my own idea of sanity, don't mistake it for me not wanting Cheney strung high.
  • Banelos, on 10/26/2007, -1/+10He must have been up all night preparing that pre-emptive strike on Iran that he wants so bad.
  • moxley, on 10/28/2007, -2/+15It's because he knows it's all for show and has no consequence. He'll do what the ***** he wants, like always. How dare the peons of of the public even question this administration...that is how they feel.
  • fuckingusername, on 10/26/2007, -7/+5he was doing a Vulcan mind melt with satin
    • mattsw84, on 10/26/2007, -1/+9Vulcan's love soft fabrics.
      • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1not if they're doing a mind melt they don't.
    • darlyn, on 10/26/2007, -6/+1Was that a Star Wars reference?
    • contemplate, on 10/26/2007, -1/+0maybe he meant his satin pillow?
  • seanhive, on 10/28/2007, -2/+16Seems like Cheney is finally reacting the way everyone else should when they spout fear and control inducing words like TERROR, EMERGENCY, and ALERT every five ***** minutes.
  • masterm1nd, on 10/26/2007, -12/+2This is kind of ridiculous because you guys would be all over him x2 if he were awake making decisions and what not...
    • card51short, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1you're right...he's better asleep we shouldn't be complaining.
  • empraptor, on 10/26/2007, -13/+2As much as I detest Bush and Cheney, I've napped in class before (approx third of the time). I can't really rip on Cheney for falling asleep.

    Funny, though.
  • RollFizzlebeef, on 10/28/2007, -1/+6That's what happens when Lord Vader isn't wearing his breathing apparatus.
    • pseudononymist, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1No, he DIES fool! But again, Bush is really Vader--we all saw the breathing apparatus on his back during the 2004 presidential debates.
  • CraigJ, on 10/26/2007, -2/+5I like how Rawstory watermarked ABC's video...
  • huskerdude, on 10/28/2007, -1/+15At least if he's asleep he can't be giving orders to invade anyone.
  • bobakanush, on 10/26/2007, -4/+6Stay tuned for exclusive shots of Cheney wipes nose, and Cheney looks down menacingly
  • mattsw84, on 10/28/2007, -1/+4Old people kinda tend to do that.
  • pcghost, on 10/28/2007, -2/+21Sssshhh! Slip the cuffs on him before he wakes up. This is our chance!
  • liquisoft, on 10/26/2007, -8/+2I'd be sleepy, too. Some of those meetings can be dull as *****, and he was probably only there to be seen.

    Plus he's clearly overweight, and that always makes a person sleepy.
  • aarongzmn, on 10/26/2007, -1/+1I think I could handle his job!
  • roberto_deneero, on 10/28/2007, -1/+7In other news...Cheney caught napping entire 8 year term in office...and now a word from our sponsor, Haliburton...
  • dupswapdrop, on 10/28/2007, -1/+7Hey it's not his home thats on fire is it?
  • Myonosken, on 10/28/2007, -1/+13Be fair, fire is nothing new to Cheney is it, what with the brimstone and everything.
  • zevgreen, on 10/26/2007, -1/+3He wasn't sleeping... he was using the force to talk with the Darth Sidious. Either that or he was trying to convince the world he was right using jedi mind tricks. Uh, it didn't seem to work.
  • jxfallout, on 10/26/2007, -1/+6The thought of Cheney napping like a baby during a meeting regarding fires that caused a massive amount of destruction is scary to me.

    FIRE!!!!

    Zzzzzzzz......

    TERRORISTS!!!!

    Zzzzzz.......

    WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!!!

    Zzzzzz.........

  • skews13, on 10/26/2007, -1/+3let me know when he gets caught with any lucid thoughts
  • Bots, on 10/26/2007, -8/+1I might not like the guy but wow.. god forbid someone actually gets tired. ALERT THE MEDIAS
  • 4degrees, on 10/28/2007, -1/+8conquering the world through deceit and puppetry is tiring work.
  • dafragsta, on 10/28/2007, -5/+1C'mon... all the accountability he owes for aside, everyone has done this. Not news at all. I'm not going to be a hypocrite at Cheney's expense.

    To go one level deeper than I probably should on Digg, anyone else ever sprout a peg after spending 30 minutes or so in that half asleep/half awake state?
  • yojiffyskippy, on 10/26/2007, -8/+1O'Really?!?!?! What useful input do you really expect from him during this meeting? Do you really think he's going to have a eureka moment of brilliance like "Did anyone think to use water to extinguish the fire?" Followed by ooooooo',s, ahhhhhh's, and bravo's in the crowd. NO! He's there for political reasons only. He has a lot more important shortcomings to focus on than him dozing during a meeting.
  • Gangis, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1"Are You Being Served?" comes to mind...

    "Mr. Grainger, are you free?"
  • inchrnt, on 10/26/2007, -1/+17I guess they didn't learn anything from hurricane Katrina. The only agenda that matters to these guys is war profiteering. Domestic issues are just a burden and a distraction.
  • bastardo, on 10/26/2007, -1/+4This is the man running the world.
  • rz8472, on 10/28/2007, -2/+21Aww... look at him sleeping. He's like a little angel who's killed 50 million people. Yes you are, yes you are!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXMOva0XMEA
  • dnic24, on 10/26/2007, -2/+1zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  • WaltDismal, on 10/28/2007, -1/+10Cheney (waking up suddenly): "Snort! Grunt. Wha! Oooh, I was dreaming we were nuking Iran!"
    Rice: "Mr. VP, looks it was a wet dream! Tee-hee!"
    Cheney: "Just wait until I don't need you anymore, you @$^. We'll see who laughs."
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