Lynne Cheney Helps Soften Husband's Image

[RedEarth]

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Lynne Cheney smiles, nods and applauds. Sitting on a stool beside her husband, she shows none of the fire that made her a leading conservative in her own right. She is the adoring wife, the woman who knew Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) when he was a teenager sweeping out the Ben Franklin store.

Mrs. Cheney, campaigning across the country for another four years as second lady, is downright warm. And she helps the vice president look a little warmer too.


"I get to introduce Dick because I've known him for so long," she says at nearly every campaign stop. "I have known Dick Cheney since he was 14 years old."


Cheney typically responds: "That's true. But she wouldn't go out with me until she was 17."


It all paints a portrait of high school sweethearts, together ever since. And strategists for both parties say it's a clear attempt to soften the image of a man who cuts a divisive and hard-edged public figure.



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20040923/ap_on_el_pr/lynne_cheney

[cthrumatrix]

1. Lynne....."talk to the hand"....and then the 1000+ families your husband

mislead with the "greeted with roses" bullshit

[rooboy]

2. Awwww....... I bet they even shoplifted together. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Now who's going to soften the image of the Dragon Lady?

[ChrisK]

4. I think the only way Mrs. Cheney could soften his image is..

If she morphed into Mother Theresa ;)

[robbedvoter]

5. Women as props - halleluja! Naomi Wolf - where are ya?

Besides all the softening, Lynne is the brains (evil) in that family - the explanation of the mysterious advanced of her monumentally incompetent hubby.

[Darth_Kitten]

9. she's too busy selling out it seems.

Naomi Wolf goes for this softening crap now. :eyes:

[KlatooBNikto]

12. I call her the Lady macBeth of American politics.

" All the perfumes of Arabia ( Iraq) ...... etc.

[Isere]

6. This is a joke, right?

Lynne Cheney ""softens something? Maybe she softens the brains of American school children who have to read the revisionist history books she promotes!

[9119495]

13. Word! She almost single handedly brought back the history

of the dead white male. Okay, she had help form Bush Sr. and Chester Finn...but still.

[punpirate]

7. Soon to be seen starring in...

... Fox's new sitcom, "The Wingers (They're Always Right!)." :P

[peekaloo]

8. Damn how old is Dick? He used to sweep up Ben Franklin's store?

fuckin' vampire or something? :scared:

[ChrisK]

11. Now thats too funny

..I can see him and Robert Novak working together in that same store :evilgrin:

[kskiska]

15. Actually, Dick is only 5 years older

than *. He looks at least 70, though.

[UpInArms]

10. did she use one of these on him?

[kokomo]

14. Nice that she has a beautiful mind like Barbara Bush...

who told ABC's Good Morning America, "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths. Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

If the GOP can get folks to love Barbara Bush by having her translate a book by her dog, Millie, they can make Lynne another Mother Teresa. Barbara Bush also escaped scorn, even calling Geraldine Ferraro "a rhymes with witch" perhaps because everyone assumed, subconsciously, that she wasn't George's wife but his mother, and it takes a cad to attack someone's mother.

[pop goes the weasel]

21. Lynne and Babs

They are both "toxic grannies", a designation that fits whether online or off.

[demnan]

16. She's always been there for little Dickie

Conveniently getting pregnant to keep him out of the draft. Gotta love a good little wifey like that.

[Cha]

17. Bullshit! Nobody could "soften" that mean spirited

asshole's heart much less "image"!

Least of all dracula's wife!

Everybody I know is talking about go cheney yourself's threat to Americans..

"Vote for us or Die"!!

[Cocoa]

20. he may be threatening us with mass violent death

but he looks like he's a nice grampa.

[hackwriter]

18. And if enough women are stupid enough to fall for it....

...then they'll get the administration they deserve. Problem is, they'll be taking the rest of us with them.

[goclark]

19. I have been seeing his mean face

for about 8 years and Lynn Cheney needs her eyes checked.

That is one mean and evil man.

[cliss]

22. I have a little bad news

according to Randi Rhodes of Air America Radio, Dick Cheney is a latent homosexual. Randi seems to feel that Lynne Cheney is actually a lesbian, based on Lynne's sleazy book 'Sisters' which can be bought for $2.95.

I don't know. Only they know. All I know is that it's really tough to "soften" this guy's image. He's about as popular as cancer.

The Ratpubicans rightly see this guy as a liability (compare this dude with John Edwards). Just imagine, Cheatin Cheney is only 12 years older than Edwards. He looks like 112.

[Zorra]

23. Why is this waste of time posted at DU? It's republican propaganda. n/t

[yellowcanine]

24. How can a hard woman like Lynne Chaney "soften" Dick?

Oops - I guess I inadvertantly provided the answer there. Unfortunate wording, that. Soften Dick? Heh.

[MagickMuffin]

25. The Make Over

[MagickMuffin]

26. oops posted twice

[Career Prole]

27. Introducing Lynne Cheney...

...Dickless Cheney's fifth and final draft deferment!
(o-o-oh, what's love got to do with it?)

[emad]

28. Plastic surgery might just stop him looking like his lip is curling

up in a sneer..........but a hammer would be better at softening up that facial contortion..........

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. Even Water Moccasins Meet, Mate, and Raise Little Reptiles

The Reptilican Party would have to start over and re-invent itself to soften its image and that of its leaders.

[DemCam]

30. But who's gonna soften Lynne Cheney's image?

Lady Macbeth, anyone?