I'm sure Cheney loves bottled war, but can hotel managers really provide that for him in his hotel room?

At what point do we go from typo to briliant Freudian slip? As posted at 8:24 am CST, Cheney's rider calls for "decaffeinated coffee in a carafe; BOTTLED WAR; ice," (emphasis mine).

Now what I really want to know is if Cheney's rider is actually calling for bottled war, which seems entirely believeable to me, what does the decalf do for him? Help with the war-jitters?

Ian

I think this is as funny as the next person, but geez, let's acknowledge that he's not asking for a whole lot here.

When I saw the headline for this War Room entry, I thought here we go, just what America needs.. A peek into the tailored and coiffed needs for it to feel like home away from home for #2 (eye patch and Italian confidante not included)..But after reading it, I realized this list falls well short of what most readers would expect to be bordering on the outlandish, tax payer sponsored fringe. What I believe was editied out and failed to be mentioned were the dancing chimp with organ grinder, the...wait.. what was it..."Extra Zappy" (don't want to plagerize!) defribulators, and the travelling munitions team to press his bird shot shells together while he's doing other things like watching the self-soothing "news" on every monitor and TV...It must feel like a baby's binkie to him.. Also, maybe someone can explain this, but what the hell does it matter weather or not its a cable or sat. feed for his pacifing? Is one of a particularly better quality than the other or will the sat. tranmissions disrupt his pacemaker if he sits too close to the TV? Just curious.

I remember a certain Democrat Presidential candidate in 2004 who was relentlessly mocked for his "Frenchness," and here we've got the Cheney's swilling down Perrier. It should also be noted that when Cheney shot the old man in the face, he did so with a $2800 Italian shotgun.

Did anyone else find that one a bit odd? I don't recall ever even thinking about, let alone caring, whether the TV in my hotel room was cable or satellite. Maybe Dick has to know whether or not to bring his tinfoil hat.

It's probably a typo, but with Cheney one can never be absolutely sure: Does he really require "bottled war" everywhere he goes?

Why do they need to spell out Caffeine Free Sprite?

Per the Coca Cola website, all Sprite is Caffeine Free...actually, there isn't a product called Caffeine Free Sprite.

How can they run a war if they can't manage a simple soda order???

How fitting.

"Bottled war?" Makes sense, coming from these guys, I guess.... IF you are going to have endless war, might as well have it available in convenient plastic bottles.

R. Kimbro is right, it seesm very modest compared to, say, Jimmy Buffet's requirements for backstage. What I found more interesting was that when Deadeye Dick spoke in Tallahassee a couple years ago, a nearby hospital set up a full-blown luxury suite hospital room for him, flowers included, in case the ol' ticker started grinding some gears while he was here. Word on that got out when some politico in town for the Legislature spent the night at the get-wellery and saw the lavish appointment for an empty room that was standing by in case His cardia Majesty needed it. Obviously, he was not going to spend nine hours in the ER the way my mom did when she broke her leg.

"Global warming is after all & really a 'chicken-little'

phenomenon and mindset."

I made that up but are they related?

Only pansies have such boring and lame lists like Cheney...

Here's a sample from my list I send out to hotels when traveling with my entourage:

- Broadband internet connection and Wi-Fi, with all computers tuned to Salon.com

- All televisions tuned to Keith Olbermann or Comedy Central (Daily Show re-runs are acceptable).

- A Hammock

- Fridge stocked full of Bass Ale, Guinness, and a selection of local micro brews

- CAFFEINATED Coffee (Brewed 5 minutes prior to arrival - Fresh grounds)

- Jacuzzi

- Personal Iron Chef

- Massage Therapist (for my aching neck from sitting in front of the computer all day)

- Temperature set to 69 degrees (I have to one-up Cheney)

- All lights turned off

On and on...

Most of the items he requests are quite ordinary and can be found in many $60/night motels. If anything, it is refreshing to see that he reads 3 newspapers with different viewpoints. Bush's reading list, on the other hand, would include "Highlights for Children."

Now, if Cheney's list included a pedicure, a Turkish bath, and the services of 3 hot local escorts...then we might have something worth discussing.

Bottled war and Fuxxsnooze are the same thing.

I think Dick and Lynne are the anti-Crist and his bride.

However, that list is no big deal, and in fact, pretty typical of better-quality hotel service. Most ask you if you have any special requests. What the Smoking Gun left out was that the bill reflects the special perks.

The fact that we on the left are even talking about it is embarrasing.

...Of course he'll want to be checking on them...

He has to be sure they're saying what he tells them to, how he tells them to, when he tells them to, in the exact order that he tells them to...

Simple.

You can never rely on hotels getting that sort of this exactly right, Dick.

I think this might have to do with the "local" segments & news programs... I don't watch Fox News much, but most cable news stations/weather stations/etc. have space for local news provided by the cable operator. Maybe Cheney wants to know if he's going to get bombarded by a local anchor who's off-message...

You know, after mulling this over for a couple of days, and seeing how many people here think it's no big deal...any chance this was deliberately leaked to "humanize" him?! My hubby says no; they don't like to let go of any information, ever, no matter how mundane...but I wonder.