Vice President Dick Cheney was noticeably absent from a landmark dinner held last Thursday for the 50th anniversary of the conservative National Review magazine, Roll Call will report in Tuesday editions, RAW STORY can reveal...
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While guests raved about the gourmet food served at the National Review’s 50th anniversary party Thursday night, they couldn’t take their minds off who wasn’t there: Vice President Cheney. His absence dredged up the question that dominated the blogosphere in recent months: Where’s Dick?
“Not here,” was the short answer. “Scheduling conflict,” the party line.
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Cheney, whose chief of staff, Scooter Libby, was under intense scrutiny in the CIA leak investigation, originally wanted to speak at 7:30 p.m., but his office called National Review party planners two days before the event and said the veep wished to speak at the very beginning of the dinner, at 7 p.m.
According to one source, Cheney’s office cited health reasons for needing to speak a half hour earlier. That person said Cheney, who two weekends ago underwent surgery to fix aneurysms in both legs, supposedly wanted to get to bed early. “I don’t know why a half-hour would have made a difference,” the source said.
Vice President Dick Cheney was noticeably absent from a landmark dinner held last Thursday for the 50th anniversary of the conservative National Review magazine, Roll Call will report in Tuesday editions,