Rangel Says No Animosity to (off-color comment about) Cheney

[Rose Siding]

Rangel, a Harlem Democrat who regularly exchanges verbal volleys with the vice president, called Cheney a "son of a b...." on Monday when asked by the New York Post about comments Cheney made about him in a television interview.

He repeated his comments in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, but added, "I shouldn't have said it."

"I thought that he should be flattered, there's certainly no animosity in it," said Rangel, saying he had been making an observation about Cheney. "Some people just have that as part of their personality."
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More than a year ago, Rangel said he would like to think Cheney is "sick rather than just mean and evil," prompting Cheney to answer: "Charlie is losing it, I guess."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/01/ap/politics/mainD8L3UDO00.shtml

[Tuttle]

1. Go fuck yourself, Mr Cheney

n/t

Tut-tut

[tanyev]

2. Rangel said what badly needed to be said,

and many of his colleagues feel that it was long overdue.

[tabasco]

3. Is there animosity when Cheney tells Senators to "fuck off?"

I'm a bit confused about the protocol.

I say Charlie and all the rest of the Dems start calling republicans what they are - criminal war profiteers and traitors.

My my how the repug piggies squeal when we state the truth.