Vice President Dick Cheney threw out the first pitch Tuesday at today’s Washington Nationals’ home opener and something immediately happened.
No, ballplayers closeby didn’t cover their faces.
He had a ball in his hand, not a gun…
Apparently some crowd members made it clear they don’t love the Veep, bigtime, and he should “go Cheney himself” (a expletive substituted expression that gained popularity due to an incident on the Senate floor two years ago). The AP:
Greeted with loud boos and some cheers, Vice President Dick Cheney threw out the ceremonial first pitch Tuesday at the Washington Nationals’ home opener.
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.