Why Did Cheney Administer the Oath of Office to Gates instead of Bush?

[Wiley50]

Or at least a member of the Supreme Court?

I just heard it on Air America news

Where was Bush?

[evlbstrd]

1. Does it really matter?

He, like all the others, doesn't mean it anyway.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. IIRC, you can request anyone to administer

the oath at that level, it does not have to be any specific person.

[Wiley50]

4. Oh. OK. It just made me curious

Probably didn't really deserve a thread, but I thought I'd ask

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Cheney said if he did not let him do it, he

would take him hunting?

[babylonsister]

9. Smart-Ass!

:rofl:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

13. Thank you! Thaaaaank you very much...

I am here all week... make sure you tip your waitresses, cause everyone likes waitresses with big tips!

[northofdenali]

18. And make sure he (Big Dick) had a snootfull -

before loading his shotgun..........

WJMS, :yourock::hi:

[originalpckelly]

3. Why did darth pledge his allegiance to the emperor?

How many licks are there to the center of a quail? The world may never know.

[tritsofme]

5. Strange that he wouldn't, but he doesn't have to.

IIRC even a notary public could swear in any federal officer.

[orleans]

7. maybe laura was getting more skin cancer removed and fuckhead

wanted to hold her hand

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&scoring=d&q=laura+bush+leg

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. hey, he was not there for his daughter's

appendectomy... so why be there for a little scraping?

[Canuckistanian]

8. What? This is bizarre

Espaecially knowing how much Dick must *hate* this guy.

After all, he's taking his old boss's job AND he's from a different "clan" than Cheney and Rummy.

I heard this was a slap in the face to Cheney.

[tritsofme]

14. The "split" between the Jr's neocons and Poppy's realists is an illusion

created by the media.

How fast people forget that Cheney was Poppy's SecDef.

[William769]

10. Bush can't read.

[PsN2Wind]

11. Cheney could pronounce the words

N/T

[SoCalDem]

15. Naptime for Chimpie? n/t

[TahitiNut]

16. If the Chimp did it, then each time Gates started to repeat after him, Chimpy ...

... would scream "LET ME FINISH!!!" :evilgrin: Chimpy can't stand sharing a stage.

[whoneedstickets]

17. Because the Senate confirms cabinet positions

and Cheney, as VP, is the President of the senate? That's my guess.