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If You Can't Pay... Don't Stop!

 
 
Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 08:06 am
Talk about out of touch with the little guy...

Both Bush and Cheney have now stopped at roadside vendors and under paid for the goods they picked up. Neither one even ASKED what the price was, but simply handed the vendor a ten spot as if they were doing them a favor. What Gall!!

http://www.dailykos.com/ (a little over halfway down the page)

In a lighter moment, the Cheney tour stopped at a farm stand owned by Ray Levan, 65, in the small town of Catawissa. Cheney and his wife went to buy fruit and vegetables, while daughters Mary and Elizabeth went with the Cheney grandchildren to watch cows being fed.

The Cheneys purchased nine apples, five large tomatoes, three green peppers and a dozen ears of corn. Cheney pulled a $10 bill from his pocket and gave it to Levan. Asked by a reporter whether the $10 covered the cost of the produce, Levan indicated that it did not. But he said it was an "honor" to sell the fruits and vegetables to the vice president, even if at a discount.

It's a cute little story that tells us two things most of us already know about Cheney. First, he's completely out of touch with the cost of produce. This isn't that surprising, as he probably hasn't done much shopping in at least the past three-and-a-half years. He's the Vice President of the United States, so it's to be expected that he's not popping into the Social Safeway on Wisconsin every Thursday. Now, of course, if John Kerry had done what Cheney did, and had mistakenly believed that $10 would cover a bushel of veggies, Instapundit, Sean Hannity, and Wolf Blitzer would be up in arms about how completely out of touch with America and how elitist Kerry and Teresa are. But hey, we're bigger than they are, so we're not going to make a stink about the fact that Unca Dick thinks that produce still costs what it did 15 years ago.

But what struck me most about this vignette, and what is troubling to me, was the way that Cheney handed the guy a $10 without asking him what the cost of the goods were. It's as if he sized the tomatoes and corn up, sized the farmer up, decided that $10 was appropriate, and that was that. No need to say, "what's the damage?" No need to wait for the farmer to total the cost. Nope -- Dick saw the entire transaction as he might an interaction with a bellhop at the Plaza. He took a commonplace commercial transaction between vendor and consumer, and turned it into a master-servant relationship. In essence, Dick took his veggies, and tipped the guy $10. Now that's weird. Almost shakes your faith in the GOP as the defender of small business . . .

Original reference http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34097-2004Aug25.html
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 08:08 am
well, I hope he said "have a nice day" as he drove off.
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squinney
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 08:16 am
The incident with Bush took place in Raleigh and was reported in the News and Observer, but I cannot seem to locate it in the search.

Bush visited Raleigh, only about a mile from our house, for a luncheon fundraiser someone held at their home in July. As the motorcade left the event there was a childs lemonade stand just a few blocks away that they stopped at. Bush offered to buy everyone lemonade. They had to make more to accomodate. Bush then handed them a ten.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 08:37 am
as they drove off into the sunset one could hear someone in Bush's motorcade saying "take uncle Cheney's daughter, please"
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Baldimo
 
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Reply Fri 27 Aug, 2004 02:23 pm
Re: If You Can't Pay... Don't Stop!
squinney wrote:
Talk about out of touch with the little guy...

Both Bush and Cheney have now stopped at roadside vendors and under paid for the goods they picked up. Neither one even ASKED what the price was, but simply handed the vendor a ten spot as if they were doing them a favor. What Gall!!

http://www.dailykos.com/ (a little over halfway down the page)

In a lighter moment, the Cheney tour stopped at a farm stand owned by Ray Levan, 65, in the small town of Catawissa. Cheney and his wife went to buy fruit and vegetables, while daughters Mary and Elizabeth went with the Cheney grandchildren to watch cows being fed.

The Cheneys purchased nine apples, five large tomatoes, three green peppers and a dozen ears of corn. Cheney pulled a $10 bill from his pocket and gave it to Levan. Asked by a reporter whether the $10 covered the cost of the produce, Levan indicated that it did not. But he said it was an "honor" to sell the fruits and vegetables to the vice president, even if at a discount.

It's a cute little story that tells us two things most of us already know about Cheney. First, he's completely out of touch with the cost of produce. This isn't that surprising, as he probably hasn't done much shopping in at least the past three-and-a-half years. He's the Vice President of the United States, so it's to be expected that he's not popping into the Social Safeway on Wisconsin every Thursday. Now, of course, if John Kerry had done what Cheney did, and had mistakenly believed that $10 would cover a bushel of veggies, Instapundit, Sean Hannity, and Wolf Blitzer would be up in arms about how completely out of touch with America and how elitist Kerry and Teresa are. But hey, we're bigger than they are, so we're not going to make a stink about the fact that Unca Dick thinks that produce still costs what it did 15 years ago.

But what struck me most about this vignette, and what is troubling to me, was the way that Cheney handed the guy a $10 without asking him what the cost of the goods were. It's as if he sized the tomatoes and corn up, sized the farmer up, decided that $10 was appropriate, and that was that. No need to say, "what's the damage?" No need to wait for the farmer to total the cost. Nope -- Dick saw the entire transaction as he might an interaction with a bellhop at the Plaza. He took a commonplace commercial transaction between vendor and consumer, and turned it into a master-servant relationship. In essence, Dick took his veggies, and tipped the guy $10. Now that's weird. Almost shakes your faith in the GOP as the defender of small business . . .

Original reference http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34097-2004Aug25.html


Apparently your not bigger then that because you just did make a deal out of it. I guess you're not as good as your word. I've have expected that from people like you.
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