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Cheney in the Shrubs Caption Contest

Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 11:59 PM by Countdown
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By popular demand, here's the "Dick Cheney in the Bushes" clip we played in the "Soundbites of the Day" segment...



Feel free to write your own caption in the comments section (keep 'em clean please), winner will be named official sponsor of an upcoming blog post!*

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"Vice Presidnet Cheney prompts Presidnet Bush through hidden microphone at todays press conference."

Kevin Conway (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:15 AM)

"Thar she blows, a hump like a snowhill...it's Tubby Dick."

Nelson, Seattle WA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:15 AM)

"Until his approval rating climbs above 20%, the White House restraining order on Dick Cheney is still in effect: no less than 500 feet from a working television camera"

Dan, Boston (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:24 AM)

Making Cheney stand in the bushes is Bush's idea of a time out for the Veep--and long overdue, we might add.

M S, Allentown, PA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:41 AM)

Cheney is thinking: "just once, get it right, Georgie"

David Bingham, Lyons, CO (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:48 AM)

Its getting harder and harder to pull his strings from these distances

Hank Thierry, Gaithersburg, md (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:49 AM)

Cheney shows up early for White House Easter Egg Hunt, discovers he wasn't invited to major press conference."

Dan, Boston (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:53 AM)

I can't believe I ate the whole thing.

Rocco, Denver (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:11 AM)

Funding shmunding...step on it, Dubya. I got some Quiznos indoors I'm fixin' to HOUSE.

Derek, Kinosha WI (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:31 AM)

"I gotta get some of them astronaut diapers...this guy just won't stop yakkin"

Derek, Kinosha WI (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:34 AM)

Cheney thinking: "Where's my gun!"

Dr. Rod Strong, Portland, OR (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:37 AM)

"OMG, will this guy ever STFU? JK, LMAO! Dickie C.: OUT!!!!!!"

Justin, Delaware (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:37 AM)

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

Mitchell Mullens, Roanoke VA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:40 AM)

Grassy knoll, grassy knoll, grassy knoll .......

Roy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:48 AM)

"Shhhhhhhh, be vewy vewy quiet; I'm hunting wabbits, heheheheheheh"

Nick Jub, Broken Arrow, OK (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:54 AM)

"Pay no attention to that man behind the shrubbery! I am Dubya the Great and Powerful, uh, Wizard of . . ."

Niels, "Bayou DeGradeabelle", MS (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:13 AM)

Pay no heed to the man behind the Bush! Uhh, curtain, I meant curtain.

Debin, Lynchburg, VA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:14 AM)

I can't believe that he actually put me on "timeout".

Josh Richter, Scottsdale, AZ (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:19 AM)

Cheney looks on admiring the handiwork of his Haliburton engineers... 6 years and the DubyaTron 2000 is still fooling the media.

Rob, Indianapols, Indiana (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:29 AM)

"So close, yet so far..."

Robert Oliver, Phoenix, Arizona (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:31 AM)

Having written Bush's opening remarks, Cheney knew that a lightning strike was a good possibility.

Josh Richter, Scottsdale, AZ (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:51 AM)

"There is a great disturbance in the Force"

Brian Gallagher, Boston, MA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 3:38 AM)

Edgar Bergen, eat my dust.

Mike Harney, Boston, Mass. (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 3:52 AM)

"Oh crap. They must have meant for me to meet WITH the Bushes, not IN the Bushes. Damn, now he's gonna get up there and say whatever he wants. Boy, are WE in trouble!"

Kristin Hutchinson, Shawnee, KS (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:12 AM)

Cheney thinks, "Note to self: Look into a remote control with longer range. This one sucks."

Todd, New Orleans, LA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:38 AM)

Damn this 20 yard restraining order.

Tim Morehouse, Lynnwood Washington (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:27 AM)

Wait a minute. I thought I was the president.

Catlin, Murray, KY (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:41 AM)

Vice President Dick Cheney, relying on intelligence from the White House Iraq Group, insists that he is standing "right smack in the middle of the action" at a Presidential press availability. He later inquires why no reporters asked him a question.

Keith NYC (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:50 AM)

Heh, this invisibility cloak is really cool.

Laura FitzPatrick, Phoenix, AZ (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:03 AM)

I feel like I am in the last throes, if you will, of my Vice Presidency.

Brian (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:19 AM)

"And those idiots think 'secure undisclosed location' means I'm off in a bunker somewhere. Ha!"

Tru M., Cleveland, Ohio (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:34 AM)

President Bush, utilizing the leadership skills he picked up on Fox's Nanny 911, neglected to let Cheney out of "the naughty place" in time for today's press conference.

J. Livingston Boston, MA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:48 AM)

Wow! George is speaking and Dick's lips didn't move! That's amazing!

Tammy, Billings MT (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:57 AM)

Amazing! Still can't see the strings.

JP (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:00 AM)

Bush to Cheney prior to the 'Press Conference'..."Sure Dick, I don't mind you being there. But I think it best you don't stand to close to the Podium, It might distract the Press. Why don't you stand, say...In Maryland."

Sheila Friend, McConnelsville, Ohio (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:11 AM)

"Damnit George, get that funding back or my profits from Haliburton will drop below a million a day and you know I can't build my palace in Dubai without it!"

Dennis, Arvada CO (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:22 AM)

Undisclosed location discovered!!!

Roser Chicago IL (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:25 AM)

Geez...I wonder if I can get a shot off at this distance ? That is a rabbit hiding behind that podium..Isn't It ???

Dick Drews, Watertown, Wisconsin (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:26 AM)

cue dueling banjos music, "he's still sure purtty, but doesn't he ever shut up ?"

Jim Dandy (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:26 AM)

That's one helluva somber looking garden gnome

Bob, West Islip, New York (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:37 AM)

@#$% cloaking device failed again! or... Keep out the Bushes! (with apologies to Jess Jackson)

Karl, Cheshire, CT (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:41 AM)

Luke.. Surrender to the dark side of the force and together we can rule the galaxy.

Fred, Buffalo, NY (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:42 AM)

That new PR person they hired for Cheney is off to a bang-up start.

Charity, Princeton, NJ (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:01 AM)

Reports were stunned by President Bush's new insistence that Vice President Cheney stay out of firing range.

Beau, Germantown, TN (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:06 AM)

Warning!! A Cheney Leaf Viper related to the more commonly known Atheris Squamiggera, or Bush Viper, was seen crawling among the bushes in the Rose Garden. Normally a species found in Africa snake experts surmise a Cheney Viper was released near the White House to ambush any unsuspecting snake hunters from the press. Both species cannot be readily identified solely from body color with a wide range of colorization including that of "yellow". They are also known for their ability to change color hues at will in order to survive. Known to be aggressive ambush predators the Cheney Viper is also recognized by his pronounced keeled scales and wide girth. If seen in the Rose Garden please contact your nearest friendly "RightWingSnakeExterminator".

C A, Tuscaloosa, AL (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:11 AM)

Bush, Cheney stay 500ft apart to avoid holy lightning bolt from eliminating both Pres and VP.

Pete Seinen (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:15 AM)

Hey Bushie! Your doing a heck of a job!

Pete Seinen Atlanta, GA (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:17 AM)

Sorry, boss, but when nature calls........

Ed Wilson (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:23 AM)

DAMN ! ! THEY MOVED THE LAND MINES AGAIN AND DIDN'T TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE ! NOW I'M STUCK LISTENING TO BUSHIE SAY THE SAME OL' CRAP OVER AND OVER.

DAVE CROZ (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:29 AM)

Good! Good! With each moment you make yourself more my apprentice! Soon you will know the full power of the Dark Side!!

Paul Reilly NY (Sent Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:33 AM)



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