As it turns out, even the lighter side of Dick Cheney can prompt major disapproval. As Sheryl Stolberg reported this morning, the vice president elicited a wave of laughter from the National Press Club on Monday by cracking a joke about his extended family, which includes a tie to Senator Barack Obama:<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cSo we had Cheneys on both sides of the family \u2014 and we don\u2019t even live in West Virginia,\u201d the vice president deadpanned [\u2026] \u201cYou can say these things when you\u2019re not running for re-election.\u201d <\/p>\n

Charming guy. You can read all about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But then, we knew he was a compassionate and caring man already, didn’t we? His love and respect for Americans knows no bounds.<\/p>\n

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