Finally, Cheney found a doting focus group he can feel good with. Wonder if he bragged about his infinite war and how those little girls can lose their husbands and future children because of him. How touching...

Air Force Two struck a bird as the plane neared Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Better with an airplane than a shotgun it seems.

Daddy, they were little girls seeing the Vice President of the United States. It was a big deal for them - nothing more and nothing less. Find an iota of compassion - not everything must be politicized.

Presumably most of those people are ordinary, decent, Americans who respect him simply because he's Vice President of the United States. They would have done the same thing for Al Gore.

And then the idiot FReepers would have FReeked out just like the idiot lefties are freaking out now.

God, I hate 21st-century politics.

Per the two yahoos above - is there no event sufficiently innocent that it can't be handily turned into an occasion for slimy, overwrought cheap shots?

Criminy, don't you people ever lighten up?

Kind of cute like Shrek, only he really kills and eats people...

You two should have radio shows, so you could be fired.

What's your focus group there, "daddy"? Iranian-trained terrorists with bombs strapped to their chests as they walk into schools and shopping malls?

Seems the young girls and their parents can recognize a true leader better than the crying liberals. I'm sure the girls will remember the day they met the VP as they grow to be future leaders themselves.

Yeah, and I wonder if those like 'daddy' brag about their willingness to surrender to militant religious fanatics who, if they succeed, will kill millions and force billions into involuntary behavior alteration. How touching to worry about the mote in the VP's eye while not noticing the beam in his own.

Just because American leftists don't want to fight for their way of life doesnt mean that the Islamofascist wont fight for theres. All you have to do is open your eyes and look at Spain (havent they surrendered already?) Thailand, Indonesia, France, I can keep going but it gets redundant.

These youngsters understand that if the jihad deniers have their way that a number of them will not grow up to be women and those that do will have all the joys that women in the islamofascist world have, ie, genital mutilation, no education, burkas, etc.

Amazing to see that prepubescents understand the consequences better than the leftists.

Is the bird filing suit.

? i have always wondered at how VP Cheney is frequently described as "cold" or "humorless". He has always reminded me of several men of a generation that didn't display their feelings overtly. It's probably a cultural/generational thing. Personally i have always thought he looks amused of all that goes on around him.

Great news. It seems little girls can recognize a strong and good man when they see one.

Yeah, Daddy, I am sure that's exactly what he did. As we all know, better there be a million dead fathers and future children as long as they are brown Iraqis, and not any Americans.
Jackass.

The first two comments are by clearly bitter people. I feel sorry for their little girls.

A good crowd for him. Most all from loving, well informed homes, and not yet of an age to have been influenced by the propaganda machine.

I find the story endearing. Its a shame that others have to find a way to fit it into their worldview.

Ah, those little girls have yet to learn how to disrepect. What immaturity!

Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a blistering speech today at the Heritage Foundation in Chicago

"Yet now we hear almost daily the claim that the fight in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror. Opponents of our military action there have called Iraq a diversion from the real conflict, a distraction from the business of fighting and defeating Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda network. We hear this over and over again, not as an argument, but as an assertion meant to close off argument.

Yet the evidence is flatly to the contrary. And the critics conveniently disregard the words of bin Laden himself. "The most serious issue today for the whole world," he said, "is this third world war [that is] raging in [Iraq]." He calls it "a war of destiny between infidelity and Islam." He said, "The whole world is watching this war," and that it will end in "victory and glory or misery and humiliation." And in words directed at the American people, bin Laden declares, "The war is for you or for us to win. If we win it, it means your defeat and disgrace forever."

This leader of al-Qaeda has referred to Baghdad as the capital of the caliphate. He has also said, "Success in Baghdad will be success for the United States. Failure in Iraq is the failure of the United States. Their defeat in Iraq will mean defeat in all their wars."

Obviously, the terrorists have no illusion about the importance of the struggle in Iraq. They have not called it a distraction or a diversion from their war against the United States. They know it is a vital front in that war, and it's where they have chosen to make a stand. Our Marines are fighting al Qaeda terrorists in Anbar province. U.S. and Iraqi forces recently killed al Qaeda terrorists in Baghdad, who were responsible for numerous bomb attacks. Iraq's relevance to the war on terror simply could not be more plain. Here at home, that makes one thing, above all, very clear: If you support the war on terror, then it only makes sense to support it where the terrorists are fighting us."

Please read the rest and share it with everyone you can.

You people really are cold and vile.

Wow.

And who says that the Left (please see above comments) isn't Loony?

Yikes.

Only people who despise their own humanity will find fault with this picture of our human vice-president. The only people who never make mistakes are the ones who never do anything. The notion that this frees them to require perfection or assign the failure to the pits of perdition is the irony of the age.

Sheesh,

Can't a VP make a shopping stop with his daughter, shred a bird with AF2, and come away without nastiness splattered about?

ABC: If you're listening (and that's a BIG if) please take a look at some of your readers comments on this post and others. Are they sane? If not, then, why?

JABATTHELEFTWINGMEDIAWHOHAVENTFIGUREDITOUTYET,

Frank

Great idea, 'daddy'. Far better that the little girls should grow up to wear burkas or get blown up by a terrorist's bomb. And if you're worried about their future children, support your local right to life organization.

As for you, Dick, I'll bet it was the left wing...

Cheney, Halliburton, war for oil, black helicopters, 9/11 an inside job, blah blah blah

Apparently some people just cannot disguise their hateful dispositions, or their prejudices. Dick Cheney is an honorable man. I am grateful that neither he nor any other passengers were injured in the bird strike, and I am pleased to see that some parents, at least, are teaching their children the sort of respect so often lacking in comments online.

Dick, that doesn't even make sense.

To daddy + Dick Eagleson - Too badyou are so ful of hatred you cannot see a good item that is what makes this world able to be bearble. These little girls were excited - but - you two are so full of venom - you can't see the lightheardedness in this report. You tow need shrinks - you only see negative in the world!

This is news because? A better news story would be the recall American Girl had on lead-tainted jewelry imported from China. A better reporter would investigate just how many of the toys Americans import from China are lead-tainted.

Oh, please. Mr. Cheney is engaged is an important world crisis in Iraq and crybabies whine about childrens' future, as if both are unconnected. The point being that to save the childrens' future is to end the conflict decisevely now, not a generation from now.

Let's break out some old Doors for daddy:

"The men don't know
But the little girls understand..."

How many little girls got kisses from their fathers before they headed off to work the morning of September 11th, and were the last kisses ever given and received? And, might those daughters be feeling safer now, since we haven't had another attack since then?

The Left continues to astonish.

The future female conservatives club, what a beautiful thought, and young ladies to boot.

It is sad that the first comment by "daddy" is really just venomous bile, buttressed by about 5 falsehoods. Does the antiwar movement scare anyone else as much as it does me? (Did Cheney feel good, the war is not infinite, Cheney did not brag, little girls don't have husbands, what future husbands = 5 flasehoods, at least, packed into about 30 words!)

Daddy, this story isn't about the war, or your petty insults. Some schoolgirls, and their parents, were excited to meet the Vice president. Grow up and get over it.

And, Dick, More people have been killed by Ted Kennedy's car than Cheney's shotgun...

Or, he might have said something about how his unwillingness to embrace Islamic terrorism (like Pelosi) makes it marginally less likely they'll be forced to wear headscarves as a mandatory fashion accessory anytime soon (like Pelosi).

But I'm betting he just smiled kindly and said "Hello."

For both of the previous commenters: "SHUT YOUR DAMED FACE... !!"

Seems little girls have better manners than grown up democrats.

Always warms my heart when I hear about some young children who have sufficiently escaped liberal indoctrination -- in the schools and elsewhere -- enough to still be kids. Awwwe.

On the way there, Air Force Two struck a bird as the plane neared Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Wonder when the Dems will start cruelty to animal investigations.

i guess this means that at least the young girls of America are not poisoned with hatred by the left.

"Wonder if he bragged about his infinite war and how those little girls can lose their husbands and future children because of him."

The left can't let a single moment go by without a bitter, self-serving remark. Not one. Disgusting.

Oh "daddy" you're such a sourpuss. You brag about your infinite sense of righteousness.

Kids are great judges of character. They don't have your weird baggage about rich old white men. Cheney drives you nuts because he's smart, accomplished, and frank.

Cheney 2008!

I dont know about anyone else, but I always thought those American Girl dolls were kind of creepy looking. I cant imagine being in a room full of them AND Dick Cheney. Thats the stuff nightmares are made of

Just a little reminder that outside of your snarky little enclaves, there are a lot of people who admire Dick Cheney. Not least because he makes whinging lefties like you howl with rage and rend your garments.

Halliburton!

daddy,

You probably never heard of freedom, have you. Remember the Revolutionary War? I thought not.

Aw daddy, you can't stand any good news for the repubs.

Imagine all those little kids climbing over him with their grimy little hands, unknown how many times they've been run up their noses. It would be like rubbing germs all over an old man. Sneezing, caughing without not covering, crawling around the floor, picking at everything strange. He's probably sprayed down immediately entering AFII.

Please resist, "the KIDS need the shower, not Cheeny." We know you hate him, we know, we know, we know, we know, we know, I do believe we know.

Dean, the reason this is funny to me is because I am picturing these idiot, blonde, conservative doll moms who think that Cheney is a good man.....because they "don't know no better".

Very funny.....!!!!

I wonder what those little girls will think when they grow up, and realize that as children, they were doting on a monster and a war criminal. The realization would probably be startling enough.

I wonder what those little girls will think when they realize that it's people like daddy and firebrand who prolonged the war against terrorism by supporting islamists simply because of their hatred of Bush and Cheney. I just love the "compassionate" lefties and their hatred of everyone who dares disagree with them.

Cheney is a true leader and the little girls would know that by his demeanor. The fact that sniveling "hate America and hate George Bush" liberals would take an event at a doll store and make it hateful is the true character and the "serpentine" tongues of liberals.

"Let's break out some old Doors for daddy:

"The men don't know
But the little girls understand..."

How many little girls got kisses from their fathers before they headed off to work the morning of September 11th, and were the last kisses ever given and received? And, might those daughters be feeling safer now, since we haven't had another attack since then?

The Left continues to astonish."

Hey zregime I'm a little confused. You seem to contradict yourself in your comment. You say

"How many little girls got kisses from their fathers before they headed off to work the morning of September 11th, and were the last kisses ever given and received? And, might those daughters be feeling safer now, since we haven't had another attack since then?"

but then you make the comment "the left continues to astonish" did you mean the right continues to astonish? because as we all should know it was the current administration (its right wing by the way) that was the one that ignored all the warnings about 9/11 and did nothing to prevent it. Just checking

blake -

Do you mean the warnings like the first World Trade Center Bombing and the USS Cole? I didn't realize that the Clinton administration was right wing...thanks for the clarification!

are all you posters praising Cheney working out of the same corporate funded think tank.
Real people can't be that stupid. You all must be paid shills. After all the man's approval rating is in the teens, but the posts here at disneynews are running 75% in favor of this belligerent, incompentent war mongering profiteer.

Thanks to all the posters here showing their misled lunacy non-stop. Cheney needs kids because most adults now know him to be a war criminal. Bush 41 and 43 as well...the truth hurts as it emerges and the MAINSCREAM media covers for their failings...by the way, somebody tell the zygote huggers they need to go read Genesis 2.7 and hurry...

"These youngsters understand that if the jihad deniers have their way that a number of them will not grow up to be women and those that do will have all the joys that women in the islamworld have, ie, genital mutilation, no education, burkas, etc."

Are you kidding me? My guess is these youngster have almost no clue about the particulars of the Iraqi war, didn't someone else mention something about not politicizing this moment? Geez, the left is bad, but that was plain assisine.

If "daddy" wants to find an "infinite war," let him not the meaning of the Arabic expressions "Dar es-Salaam" and "Dar al-Harb." These mean respectively "House of Peace" and "House of War," and they signify the way fundamentalist Muslims divide up the whole world. What they mean by it is that the ONLY way to have "peace" is for Muslims to be absolutely in charge of everything. Now, Christians would like to see fellow Christians in power through a process of consent and free-will persuasion; but Muslims figure it's okay to take power by violence and fear. For this reason there is an "infinite war" STARTED BY ISLAM, against everyone and everything NON-Muslim. The situation in Iraq is just part of this; and running away will not do the least bit of good.

I hate it when I make typos. I said "not" above when I meant to say "note." Since I'm back on anyway, let me add that the first naval war America ever fought against a non-European adversary was in 1804, against the Barbary Pirates of North Africa. These were Muslim thugs who figured they had a right to extort money out of any infidels who sailed on "their" sea. As I say, this is the real "infinite war."

I was one of those moms at the American Girl Place and I was proud to have my daughter shake the hand and take a picture with the Vice President of the United States--no matter whether he was a Republican or Democrat. He was so kind to all the girls there. People need to lighten up!