Cheney's wife grilled by third graders

[jean]

Cheney's wife grilled by third graders

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=SKorea%20Lynne%20Cheney

SEOUL, South Korea -- Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, faced some tough grilling Friday when she met American and South Korean third graders on a tour of a U.S. military base in Seoul.

Mrs. Cheney stopped in at the Seoul American Elementary School on the sprawling Yongsan Army Garrison in the South Korean capital to give a short history lesson from her 2002 book "America: A Patriotic Primer."

Among the questions: "Do you like America or Korea?" and "Did your husband ever fight in a war?"

During the brief question and answer session, Cheney replied that Korea was a "wonderful country" but that "America is my country. I think there is something in all of us that loves our home."

As for her husband's military record, she said: "He was in college, so he did not fight in a war."

Also seen here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/04/16/international1037EDT0525.DTL

[Cocoa]

1. Dick had "other priorities"

:-)

[jean]

2. Cheney had SIX deferments

[lambsquarter]

3. What were they all for?

I think Franken talked about it in Liars, but I don't remember what the deferments were for.

[onehandle]

4. Chicken feathers.

Shaving the feathers off every morning would have been a military hazard in the field, so they let him off.

[SodoffBush]

11. Cheney had five deferments

4 student, 1 paternity



This site is also helpful:

http://www.symbolman.com/chickenhawks.html

[Ernesto]

13. One could argue that his draft dodging

is the reason that there is a Mrs. Cheney.

[jean]

19. Kerry said (I believe on the big ed radio show this week) Cheney had six

[11 Bravo]

5. Yeah, he was busy giving Limbaugh "anal cysts"

Kept them both out of harm's way.

[central scrutinizer]

6. any questions about her soft-porn novel?

Writing tips from a published novelist should be valuable.

[David__77]

7. Too bad no kid asked...

"Would you attend your daughter Mary's wedding?"

[K8-EEE]

8. ROFLMAO!!!!! DID YOUR HUSBAND FIGHT IN A WAR, HAHAHA

God bless you Korean kid whereever you are!

[lebkuchen]

16. These were American children, our soldiers' offspring

So such a question is all the more meaningful to them.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=21625

The wife, a 1st Armored Division spouse in Wiesbaden who did not want to be identified because she was afraid of possible repercussions to her husband, said the extension has been difficult for her children, ages 2 and 10.

“Well, to put it this way, our son asked a soldier who works at the post office if he was his daddy,” the woman said.

[Ishoutandscream]

9. Cheney's wife grilled?

I bet she tastes like chicken. Just like her hubby.

[Richardo]

10. It's official: US news media easier on admin than Korean third-graders...

WTG, fourth estate! :eyes:

[NormanConquest]

12. Maybe we should outsource our political reporting

to the S Korean school system...the major bureaus should issue a ton of H1B visas, or at least develop some kind of head-start program.

;)

[sce56]

20. That is the US Armys DODEAS School on Yongsan Garrrison

http://www.odedodea.edu/communications/news/releases/111303_read.htm
DoD School Students Continue Top Tier National Performance
Eighth Graders Tops in Nation in Reading
Fourth Graders Move Into Top Five National Ranking






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But Dick Cheny or his wife would not have a clue since they only like to play with the lives of real soldiers from their underground bunkers!<>

[SEAburb]

14. Those third graders don't have a job to protect

The media whores don't want to end up like Ashleigh Banfield, doing severe winter weather reports out in the cold.

[yellowcanine]

15. That kid must hate freedom to ask a question like that.

Is he a former Baathist or something? Funniest thing I have read in a while. It is hysterical that Lynne tried to rationalise Dick's chicken hawk status by talking about his role as defense secretary. I am sure that was convincing to THIRD graders. The kid asked whether your husband fought in a war, Lynne, not why he didn't or what political appointment he was able to land later on. The correct response was, "No he didn't."

[maddezmom]

17. surprised they weren't hauled off like those students in MD

who asked non-scripted questions. :(

[lebkuchen]

18. Lynne pulled the same schtick in Vicenza, Italy two months ago

on one of our army bases. She's touting her "patriotic" book while her husband grandstands on a US army base that either hasn't deployed troops to Iraq, or at least not entire divisions (safe territory), yet he hangs around just long enough to reenlist them for the cameras because, god knows, we need the boots on the ground. He wouldn't have the guts to appear on an army base in Germany and take military family questions.

After he promotes some hapless troop and reenlists two others, he goes to a local cemetary to lay a wreath for one of our fallen soldiers in .......the Korean War. How nice.

So, you see, Cheney's chickenhawkedness didn't end when the Vietnam War did.

I recorded the Vicenza event here (nice archive service, btw...worth the price of membership considering how often my computer crashes):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1059973

[MountainLaurel]

21. Would have paid admission to see that

To watch ol' Lynn stutter while trying to bullshit her way out of answering the question honestly and forthrightly. Especially considering that these children have to deal with the fear every day that daddy or mommy will get hurt in a war.

[CRK7376]

22. I saw the signs outside

Seoul Emementary as we were marching over to Cole Fieldhouse for the wonderful 15 minute production that was a pep rally for the troops I guess. Pain in the ass was what it was...Havne't seen any reports on the Cheney's visit...AFN is promising complete coverage of the Cheney visit sometime Monday night after they are long gone and forgotten.....

[sangha]

23. Lynne was later heard muttering

"Which idiot put the free speech zone INSIDE the school?"