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Jenoch

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26. What I think what happened is that

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 11:27 AM

Aug 2013

she moved to Wyoming, the state her father represented in the U.S. House during her formative years, to run for the U.S. Senate. I suppose she figured that since she was living in Wyoming at the time she bought the fishing license, she should buy the resident license. She did not read the fishing regulations before making that purchase.

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Liz Cheney Posts Bond on charge of lying on Fishing License Application [View all] samplegirl Aug 2013 OP

She's NOT a carpetbagger! rdharma Aug 2013 #1

Couldn't happen to a nicer person. snappyturtle Aug 2013 #2

Cheneys just can't resist lying and breaking the law. nt onehandle Aug 2013 #3

Just like her daddy who left Texas and moved to Wyoming in order to run. samplegirl Aug 2013 #5

You know, that makes me wonder... KansDem Aug 2013 #35

I think it is that for them to even be on the ticket they had to have residence in separate states madokie Aug 2013 #64

Yup, just ask Hillary Clinton. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #4

Ask Hillary what? rdharma Aug 2013 #10

Whether you can represent people in a state you barely lived in. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #11

Clinton didn't lie about it on a legal form BainsBane Aug 2013 #12

My comment was in reference to the OP's... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #13

My reaction exactly. maddiemom Aug 2013 #24

You mean, like Bobby Kennedy before her? MADem Aug 2013 #17

NY is a hell of a lot more international than Wyoming. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #58

So do you think this will knock her out of the campaign? gopiscrap Aug 2013 #6

Can't she take the hint... samplegirl Aug 2013 #9

Yep, something's fishy with Lizzie! MADem Aug 2013 #18

Nah. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #36

Damn LearningCurve Aug 2013 #52

Heh heh.... MADem Aug 2013 #61

I doubt if this incident will have any effect one way or the other totodeinhere Aug 2013 #28

She's behind as it is and was deemed unlikely to win rpannier Aug 2013 #57

you know papa's proud.... spanone Aug 2013 #7

Now she says the clerk didn't ask her Politicalboi Aug 2013 #8

So, you thing the drunken duck hunter will have the clerk.... maindawg Aug 2013 #50

Well she is not off to a good start. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #14

I fear; greiner3 Aug 2013 #15

Perfect excuse. She doesn't know Wyoming law. dimbear Aug 2013 #16

If Liz were capable of being embarrassed, her first public utterings would have maddiemom Aug 2013 #25

So then does that mean she also can't run for office there? Myrina Aug 2013 #19

But, but, but...she is entitled to at least 5 deferments from responsibility. She's a Republican. Berlum Aug 2013 #20

Wyoming is not in the 9th Circuit Nictuku Aug 2013 #21

Like father, like daughter. Dick Cheney lied about his WY residency to run for VP! Coyotl Aug 2013 #22

Geez, I'd imagine she could easily afford a non-resident fishing license groundloop Aug 2013 #23

That seems to be the take BlueMTexpat Aug 2013 #56

She could have, but the difference between the two rates is pretty severe jmowreader Aug 2013 #60

What I think what happened is that Jenoch Aug 2013 #26

An attorney that doesn't read the document they are about to sign? Sheepshank Aug 2013 #34

Yeah, she should not have shifted blame. Jenoch Aug 2013 #37

Is she going to hook someone in the face now? hibbing Aug 2013 #27

K&R JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #29

She should give back all the fish she caught illegally. postulater Aug 2013 #30

The female Darth Vader Joey Liberal Aug 2013 #31

Cripes !! dusty trails Aug 2013 #33

She doesn't need one. When she goes fishing she'll use dynamite. nt Nay Aug 2013 #47

She'll cast out her line and hook some poor guy's eyeball out. Rozlee Aug 2013 #66

You can't blame her dusty trails Aug 2013 #32

I am born and raised in Wyoming... Swede Atlanta Aug 2013 #38

I think it's her sister who's gay, not Liz hatrack Aug 2013 #41

Thanks for the correction.... Swede Atlanta Aug 2013 #48

The other Cheney daughter is the lesbian. maddiemom Aug 2013 #42

"So?" lastlib Aug 2013 #39

Now, it she had to post a bond on every lie she's told in public Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #40

R#29 & K for, congrats on the 1300 views, 29 recs, & 42 replies compared to UTUSN Aug 2013 #43

Details count. It's Cheney, not "Chenee". nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #45

This ain't the NYT. We have all sorts of DUisms here: UTUSN Aug 2013 #51

Thanks for the background on the pronunciation. As to threads sinking ... Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #55

a chip off the old block is off to a great start. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2013 #44

Wyoming takes its fishing regulations more seriously than its representation in the Senate. yellowcanine Aug 2013 #46

The ends always justify the means for the Cheney family n/t NEOBuckeye Aug 2013 #49

What does Ms Vader wanna fish for? Gus Lammas Aug 2013 #53

that's a long time to have to be there to qualify as a resident treestar Aug 2013 #54

Should water board her.... Hulk Aug 2013 #59

Have to establish rapport with the people you need to vote for you... Thor_MN Aug 2013 #62

she can't even state the truth on a freaking fishing license! Javaman Aug 2013 #63

Nice FAIL, Liz! Gumboot Aug 2013 #65