Why dont you ever write a story on Ron Paul? Especially when he leads in most polls and has lots of straw poll wins!

The self proclaimed secretcy of this public official goes beyone logic reasoning. The same posturing that crimminals usually take when they clam up before they spill the beans. And always followed by a quick quirky joke, to coat the matter as insignificant. Darf Vader; More like Daffy Duck.

By the way, Bush was laughing at you last night by releasing the Halloween pictures of his dog dressed as Darth Vader. Cheney's not supposed to be able to take a joke, remember… Whose the town's idiots??

Ha Ha!!

Thank you CNN for your first hand example of your bias.

Hahahaha to see the liberal loons got nuts over this is very amusing.

Here's a hint, people. He's laughing at you! He knows many of you have characterized Cheney and Bush as Darth and the Emperor.

So, no costume change for Dick. What's the big deal? Cheney's Darth Vader everyday!!

Elmer Fudd…….. (they're just issuing blanks to him this year- he's on hunting probation).

Well, this is one side of Cheney I like. He at least has some sense of humor, unlike hypersensitive Hillary 'he was being mean' Clinton.

A neo-con,"proud" to be perceived evil? No way!

See dems the man can laugh at himself and all you hate mongers want to do is spew hate…I guess Cheney is a really bad guy keeping america safe and killing terrorist, I guess that is so BAD….

Mike from New Orleans wrote:

"Are you freakin kidding me? Bush and Cheney are clowning around at a time when their approval ratings at its lowest. New Orleans is drowning in crime and broken infrastructure because of federal red tape and these idiots are laughing and carrying on…"

Wow, I didn't know that the POTUS and VPOTUS (or ANY federal officials) were directly responsible for nabbing criminals on the streets of New Orleans. Gee, and I always thought that's what the LOCAL police were for.

Silly me.

I sure am glad we have federal government official to blame for the more than 100 years of absolute incompetence and insane levels of corruption in Louisiana's local politics and basic civil services.

Besides, Louisiana has been "managed" by Democrats for over 100 years (minus an exception here or there). There shouldn't be ANY crime there. I mean, really, after 100 years of Democrat rule, the place should be a liberal Utopia, complete with no crime, no poverty and abundance of happy smiles and rainbows for all. Kumbaya indeed! I get all fuzzy just thinking about it!

I can't believe Bob and all the other Repubs even care to dignify.

If this was Al Gore and Liberman they would be filling the blogs more that the Libs. If you're defending these moron's in an article like this then you would most likely be one of the right's BASE HATE MONGERS if this was a Dem administration. Your blind goofy loyalty to obvious ineptitude puts you on the BASE LOVE MONGERING side of your ideology and represents an equally extreme view that would turn on a dime based on the party in power.

In other news, here's some interesting info:

1. No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 ushered in military commission law for U.S. citizens and non-citizens alike, allowing for institution of a military alternative to the civilian justice system for “any person” arbitrarily deemed to be an enemy of the state.

One section of the act is specifically directed at American citizens: “Any person subject to this chapter who, in breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States, knowingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished as a military commissioner under this chapter may direct.”

— Robert Parry, Consortium, Oct. 19, 2006.

2.

The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 allows the president to deploy military troops anywhere in the United States
This law essentially nullifies the Posse Comitatus Act, signed into law in 1878, which restricts military involvement in domestic enforcement. The new law also grants the military the right to round up protesters, illegal aliens, and “potential” terrorists and grants the Pentagon $532.8 billion to implement it.

— Frank Morales, Oct. 26, 2006, in Toward Freedom, a self-described progressive internet site that features news stories and editorials.

How apropos! He is really the power in Washington because a village idiot occupies the Oval Office. He's a sinister, evil man who just loves to see people blown to bits and lots and lots of blood spilled. Iraq is a good example of hid lust for blood. Actually, he's more of a vampire than anything else. Boy, his old pals at Haliburton must love him! I just wonder how much they are paying him to keep blowing people up.

I regret having wasted 5 minutes of my life reading this "news" article. It's only purpose is to give the hateful left a place to meet to reinforce and advertise their hatred. Nice work CNN, I am now stupider for having visited your site.

He should have come as Sugardaddy Warbucks!

How appropriate

It is truly amazing how liberals operate completely out of touch with reality.

They should be put out of their misery.

If you are going to report on something as trivial as this, you might as well get your facts straight. Vice President Cheney's remarks were made to The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

I see now why Bush never found WMDs, CNN was running the search. Just like them posting the news they wish. How interesting.

We won't have Dick to kick around much longer. I just want to praise him for his attempt to demon-strate the finer qualities of his namesake, Darth Vader.

So what is the matter Cnn Moderators ? You are not taking up my offer for you to spend the holidays in Baghdad ? Why Not ? Obama paying you off too much ?

Send Chewbacca to stomp both of these idiots.

Why would you brag about that>?

What possibly do you get from that? Maybe when History judges he will have primed us all to expect a "live up to it" comparison.

If you live up to a terrible character, that when they find out the truth, You will have needed to already establish a threshold. One, to attempt to associate with the Likeability aspect of a Comic Book Super Villain. At worst, to diminish extent of crimes by liking them to what the favored supervillen would do.

Why don't Cheney, Bush, Blizter, and all the CNN Moderators spend Halloween and Thanksgiving in Iraq, showing the troops how much we appreciate the freedom they are providing for our country. Or on the Democratic campaign trail, asking the Democrats what their response to 911 would have been.

I'd like to see him wear an orange jumpsuit for Halloween… and every other day for the rest of his life.

Dick Cheney should do Halloween as himself. That's scarey enough.

Actually, I believe that the people of Mississippi and California are going as taxpaying construction workers and firefighters, and the people of New Orleans as welfare recipients. Whose idea was it to ship all the red tape to New Orleans anyway ? Or did California and Mississippi just leave it in the box for some other occasion besides the excuse-du-jour ?

And FEMA employees are dressing up as reporters…what a depraved world.
Why do we just sit back, laugh, and accept this nonsense? Is anything too outrageous anymore?

Vote and pray for change.

Cheney doesn't need to put a mask on to be scary.

Watch 3 years from now people are going to look at this and realize what he really meant.

Here is a thought…It’s a joke guys. Every time any republican makes a joke, they're criticized, yet nobody has anything to say about the Joke that is the liberal congress. And before people make fun of anyone for their stupidity or ignorance, they should learn how to spell Halloween or emperor.

Cheney is an insult to villians everywhere - real or fictional. He's just notorious for being a demented plain ol'good-for-nuthin' shell of a human being.

Cheney should have went as the Darth Vader look-alike from Spaceballs. The pair of them (Cheney and Bush) are more of a joke than any other administration in history.

Jeff,

You can contact the League Against Imaginary Offenses (LAIO) at 1-800-TRIPPINHIPPY

This is all very funny.. A few weeks ago Comedy Central had a show called little Bush. In this show little Cheyneys father was Darth Vader!

Who do we talk to about getting this guy tried for war crimes?

Hey all you ignoble Cheney haters. This is a prime example of Dick Cheney's class and your base hate-mongering.

At least he admits that he is dark and twisted. If only the Republicans will open their eyes.

Nope not going to happen they enjoy torture, death and destruction better.

Fine with me. If I remember, the story ends with Return of the Democrat . . . oh wait, that was Jedi but close enough.

Does that make Bush the Emperor?

And I bet Darth Vader wishes he could come back and kick the murder Chenney's butt. Chenney is such a joke! Hope he enjoys running his secret societies!

Are you freakin kidding me? Bush and Cheney are clowning around at a time when their approval ratings at its lowest. New Orleans is drowning in crime and broken infrastructure because of federal red tape and these idiots are laughing and carrying on

Hillary as Chewbacca

That's such a cute political fluff piece about two guys who lied thousands of people to their deaths.

Quite appropiate and in that sense surely Mr. Bush will dress up as the emperor. Senseless celebration, senseless fact. decaying empire. what a joke.

"This is how liberty dies — with thunderous applause."

He should dress as a Rockefeller NWO PUPPET!

This a bald face attempt by Cheney to give himself a kinder public appearance. We will not be fooled!

Hmm. Does this mean that Dick Chaney will come back to the light side, i.e. become a bleeding heart liberal right after Barack Obama cuts his hand off in a daring lightsaber fight in front of Carl Rove, who gets chucked into the pit of lightning kept in the center of the White House used to destroy the Constitution? Now that's a movie I would pay to see. The good guys win in the end!

Heck, I think Dick Cheney would make a scarier costume!

Personally I think he should have put on a tinhat and gone as Ron Paul

I think him dressing as the Evil Emperor would be more appropriate. We all know the real power behind the evil. Bush is Vader- a person who quests to be more powerful than all others, but needs help to do it.

May the force be with us…

If Cheney is Darth Vadar, does that mean Bush is Emperor Palpatine???

Heh…did anyone else see when Lynne Cheney appeared on the Daily Show and gave John Stewart a Darth Vader action figure?

Hmm… Looks like CNNs credibility has gone out the window, as it models itself after the hard line censorship policies of Communist China.

I've also noticed that stories about Republican scandals and Iraq (safe bet neither of those have ended) are visibly absent! Pardon me if I don't use my real name or EMAIL address. I wouldn't want CNN to turn that over to the Repuclican National Comittee lest I be put on a "terrorist watch list"!

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I think they should both go trick or treating as a corpse. I'll bet their polling numbers go up if people think their dead.

Wow! An honest self assement of the Bush administration!!!

Must be time to lace up the old ice skates in Diablo country!!

Oh, happy day!! Hillary was exsposed last night as the in-experienced fence rider that she is and EVEN CNN is reporting on the good news from Iraq. The jerks protesting war dead lost $2.9 million. Now, to top it off, Cheney and the President use Halloween to mock the upsurd wacko name calling and rub the liberals faces in the mud!! Oh, happy day! If I'm hit by a bus on the way home, at least I'll die with a smile on my face, knowing there is justice somewhere!!

I find it quite revealing that even V.P. Cheney can see his obvious dark, diabolical, evil side. The alarming thing is he isn't pretending, this man is the very essence of evil, a villainous incubus, the lowest of the low. May the force be with him.

Even though I live in Northern Ontario, Canada, I watch CNN News on a regular bases.

I think Mr. Chaney is a rough and tough person but at least he has a good sense of humor. This article and his comment made me laugh.

I think he doesn't need anything to make him more scary. His grey hair is becoming more shiny everyday as the wealth comes in from the American kids dying for him in IraQ

I don't care who you are, that's funny.

American history will prove that we critically needed Mr. Cheney's service these past 8 years. Thank you so much Mr. Cheney. It is because of you that we have 'true' respect from the Germans and the French now that Ahmadinejad is really being seen for what he is and Islamo-fascism is being seen for what IT is. Only because of you and President Bush are we in position to keep powerful, evil forces at bay. Hopefully, American leadership will continue in it's strength and zeal for lending a hand to countries where 'real' tight fisted rule is forcing those country's citizens to think, say, and do what they are told, or else. Weak, liberal gibberish will NOT win the day globally. America is looked on for it's strength. Hopefully, for a long time yet to come. Could any liberal expect to 'survive' in some of those countries? Let alone, speak out of their mind? Hardly. God Bless America. Please.

I have never called him anything nearly as nice as Darth Vader.

Is Karl Rove going as the evil emperor Palpatine????

Report the real news!

Sibel Edmonds has just offered to break state secrets gag orders on her and face charges in exchange for an unedited interview!

You would think this would be news in a supposedly free society!

FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, the most gagged person in the history of the USA is willing to face charges, and wants to name names of people still in our Congress and government who were involved in corruption and TREASON prior to 9/11.

Instead of Darth Vader, Cheney should dress up as something a little more appropriate…but as far as I know they don't make douchebag costumes.

Hillary is going as herself with that lovely CACKLE..

So Bush jokes about it but what if Cheney wasn't ? What if he truly is the dark side of the force ? What if he's the 3rd anti-christ ?

If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, that makes Karl Rove the Emperor, and George W. Bush is Jar Jar Binks (exactly right, Yoda from Dagoba, IL).

Of course, this is assuming we are talking about this group of villians before the ending of Jedi when Darth Vader finally redeems himself. I'm thinking this is more the Empire Strikes Back crew, with Donald Rumsfeld in charge of torturing Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Cloud City.

THIS GUY IS SCAREY ENOUGH WITHOUT HALLOWEEN

Totally inappropriate - Darth Vader was once an honorable man, and in the end he turned on his evil overlord and saved the day.

Cheney, on the other hand is . . .

Hillaryyyy, I am your Fa-ther(heavy breathing)…

Posted By Darth : October 31, 2007 3:43 pm

Funny!!!! Well, he's scary and evil but at least he seems to have a sense of humor.

The GOP has more reason to be smiling today, as a new national general election poll has the Republican candidates strengthening.

Regular people villified by the left (and Hillary supporters….she voted for the war…with the same intelligence….yet…Bush and Cheney are to blame…not Hillary….smart crew)

LOL… sweeet.

Dark side FTW!!!

So doesn't that make Bush the Evil Emporer? Why dress up for Halloween, they are in full time roles. These aren't just costumes. They are sad realities we unfortunately have to live with for another year. GUH!

If Cheney is Darth Vader, what does that make Karl Rove? We all know that George W. Bush is Jar Jar Binks!

Why isn't this whack job in handcuffs already?

How appropriate.

Hillaryyyy, I am your Fa-ther(heavy breathing)…

Can't you just see it?… in the middle of some important meeting, Bush starts joking around and talking about how excited he is that it is Holloween… he he. Sure Darth mumbled… wishes he didn't have to put up with this idiot in order to run the country.

Cheney should dress up as the southbound end of a northbound horse, because that's what he is!