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What's Reflected in Cheney's Glasses?
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Just what is the Vice President looking at?
A photograph of Dick Cheney from the White House Web site has quickly made the rounds on the Internet, fueled by speculation about what is being reflected in his sunglasses.
Cthulu? A woman in her birthday suit? A naked alien? Osama bin Laden?
The picture has been posted, linked, enlarged, enhanced on dozens of Web sites in the last 48 hours. While popular on left-wing sites, its sheer curiosity value appeared to have drawn interest from around the blogosphere.
The photo was popular on the news-sharing site reddit.com yesterday, drawing hundreds of comments from readers. An item on the picture appeared Tuesday on a blog for the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post newspaper; that was in turn picked up by the megatraffic site FARK.com, where it quickly became one of the site’s most popular recent posts.
Many guessers have said it could be an alien life form, though the most popular pick appears to be some version of a barely-clad lass. Opinions differ about how many arms, legs and heads she may have.
Commenters at some sites have noted that what one sees reflected in Cheney’s glasses may actually be a reflection of the viewer’s own psyche – a kind of cyber-political Rorschach test.
What does the vice president’s office say?
“He’s casting a reel,” said a (very terse) LeeAnn McBride, spokeswoman for Cheney. McBride said she did not know if the arm – and it is an arm reflected in the vice president’s sunglasses, she confirmed – belonged to Cheney or his fishing guide.
An enlarged version of the picture - here - appears to support McBride's contention. And an investigative photo editor for McClatchy/Tribune Information Services said that's his conclusion.
"In one lens of his sunglasses you can clearly tell it is a sleeved arm of Cheney or a fishing companion," editor George Bridges said for an article by his wire service. "The other lens has an extreme distortion that, without looking at it closely, could be misconstrued."
Why? What did you think it was?
April 11, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (104)
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It's an image of me not caring!
Posted by: Deep Release | Apr 10, 2008 12:46:29 PM
Who cares?
Posted by: Oldgaman | Apr 10, 2008 12:52:21 PM
Good lord…ITS SOMEBODIES HAND! Anybody looking at the ENLARGED PIC can see that! It’s a hand!!!OMG!
Posted by: Atariah | Apr 10, 2008 12:59:12 PM
And why is this in ‘’Investigate’ it SHOULD be in entertainment!
Posted by: Atariah | Apr 10, 2008 1:01:56 PM
"An enlarged version of the picture - here - APPEARS to support McBride's CONTENTION."
Way to eliminate all this speculation !!!!
ABC APPEARS to have no interest in creating unfounded speculation.
Posted by: Ziggy | Apr 10, 2008 1:16:37 PM
Does anyone care what he does. Maybe he will hook himself and jump into the water. Thank god he is not holding a gun.
Posted by: Paula2223 | Apr 10, 2008 2:15:34 PM
Silliest story ever. You've reached a new low. Obviously a hand on a fishing pole. Sigh.
Posted by: louiebond | Apr 10, 2008 2:19:32 PM
I for one am glad he's fishing instead of hunting.. :)
Posted by: Christopher Powers | Apr 10, 2008 2:29:53 PM
Who Cares? ABC you guys are so pressed for a hot story since this space between the next election on April 22nd that you will try to make any little trivial thing news. GET A LIFE!
Posted by: Justin | Apr 10, 2008 2:58:02 PM
If you look closely at his eyes you will see avarice.
Posted by: riddelup | Apr 10, 2008 3:36:40 PM
Its the reflection of the fifth cylon.
Someone tell Guyus Baltar quick!
Posted by: dave | Apr 10, 2008 3:46:55 PM
...So~!!!
Posted by: nun | Apr 10, 2008 4:39:12 PM
It's a bar graph showing ABCs credibility droping. Find some real news.
Posted by: augiedogie | Apr 10, 2008 6:38:07 PM
I personally like dave's answer... Yeah, it's a slow news day, and it really is going around the blogosphere, left and right, so, it's a story. Kind of a 'big whoop' story, but these guys have to earn their pay, right?
Posted by: bikermailman | Apr 10, 2008 8:08:35 PM
It's Cthulu. It explains a lot.
Posted by: Mightybri | Apr 11, 2008 12:23:28 AM
The image in Cheneys glasses is his alter ego :The evil emperor from Star Wars.
Posted by: AJ | Apr 11, 2008 12:49:22 AM
it's a fishing rod....idiots.
No wonder your country is in the toilet with "news" like this.
Posted by: NoNewsDay? | Apr 11, 2008 12:10:19 PM
The bloody hands of a Supreme War Criminal...nothing more.
Posted by: TheHagueCalled.... | Apr 11, 2008 12:14:10 PM
Let's hire Ken Starr and find out!
Posted by: Lorelei | Apr 11, 2008 12:17:34 PM
Given the perverse look on his face, I think we can guess what he is looking at. I wonder what the Christian Republican Church Party thinks of their hero now.
Posted by: Mike | Apr 11, 2008 12:21:20 PM
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