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Sir Evil
10-16-2007, 06:40 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There's no sign of a family reunion planned, but U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are distant cousins.
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So says the vice president's wife, Lynne Cheney, who said she discovered that her husband of 43 years is eighth cousins with the senator from Illinois.

The two men could hardly be more different. Cheney is an advocate for pursuing the war in Iraq to try to stabilize the country, while Obama wants to get U.S. troops out of Iraq.

Mrs. Cheney told MSNBC on Tuesday that it was "an amazing American story that one ancestor ... could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths."

The common ancestor was Mareen Devall, who the Chicago Sun-Times said was a 17th century immigrant from France.

Mrs. Cheney said she discovered the link through family research for her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," about growing up in Wyoming.

(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/pl_nm/usa_politics_cheney_obama_dc)
Immanuel
10-16-2007, 06:57 PM
Well, aren't we all related in some way?

It either goes back to Noah, or it goes back to a single cell in some primordial soup depending on who you ask.

Immie
typomaniac
10-16-2007, 07:01 PM
Cheney obviously ended up with all the genetic crap. :laugh:

Even as a non-gay man, I don't mind saying that Obama is way better looking than Cheney.
JohnDoe
10-19-2007, 01:09 PM
on Jay Leno, Obama was asked what he thought of the news and he basically said he thought it was cool and that he was okay with being the 8th cousin of Cheney's... but this didn't mean that he was going to attend the Cheney Family Hunting Reunion anytime soon! LOL!

or something like that! It was funny...got a rise out of the audience!
glockmail
10-19-2007, 03:24 PM
Sharpton was right. Obama's not black enough.

I never thought Lynn Cheny would be working for the Hillary campaign.
typomaniac
10-19-2007, 03:29 PM
Sharpton was right. Obama's not black enough.

I never thought Lynn Cheny would be working for the Hillary campaign.

Lookit that original avatar! I WONDER where you got that idea from? :lol:
glockmail
10-19-2007, 03:37 PM
Lookit that original avatar! I WONDER where you got that idea from? :lol:
From my two favorite bitches.
jimnyc
10-19-2007, 03:39 PM
I wonder if 'ol Dick has a secret desire for watermelon and fried chicken.
typomaniac
10-19-2007, 03:47 PM
From my two favorite bitches.

You're a sad, sad little man, glock.

So here's a pat on the head. http://th106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/RiverIsMyGoddess/icons/th_smiley_pathead.gif
glockmail
10-19-2007, 03:50 PM
You're a sad, sad little man, glock.

So here's a pat on the head. http://th106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/RiverIsMyGoddess/icons/th_smiley_pathead.gif

Oh, my life's not so sad. In fact, its pretty fucking awesome. :coffee:
typomaniac
10-19-2007, 04:27 PM
Oh, my life's not so sad. In fact, its pretty fucking awesome. :coffee:

The fact that you believe this is the #1 thing that makes your existence so sad.