Cheney a target

[QueenAdrock]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/cheney.afghanistan.ap/index.html

Apparently the Taliban tried to assassinate the Vice President. Wow. I can just imagine the turmoil and shock if they had succeeded. It'd be a clusterfuck and everything would be on high alert and all that. I heard the suicide bomber got just a liiiiittle too close for comfort, too.

On a related note, how would this affect government? If that had actually happened, doesn't that mean Pelosi would become VP? Not saying I want it to happen, it's just weird to think "Woman VP" out of nowhere.

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- I read about that. There's pretty much going to have to be retaliation, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[QueenAdrock]

Apparently the market's crashing, too:

U.S. stocks plunged today after stocks in China and Europe slumped and investors digested the news that Vice President Dick Cheney was the target of a Taliban suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan. Cheney wasn't hurt. The Dow was down more than 133 at one point. China's stocks fell 9 percent, the worst one-day selloff in a decade.

I'm just kind of shocked. I saw a headline this morning on the Metro on the way to work that said "Vice President almost assassinated in Afghanistan" and in my sleepy state of mind, I thought they were referring to the Afghani government. :-/

[abcdefz]

Frankly, it's amazing it doesn't happen more often.

I was sort of wondering if there was going to be an attempt when they were gathered for President Ford's funeral.

[kaiser soze]

hmmm...

Libby trial, Cheney comments being whitewashed from the Whitehouse website, "mechanical failures on jet", failing support for the wars....it's a conspiracy!

:rolleyes:

[yeahwho]

Almost killed?

Seriously, it really is cause for concern. If Cheney were killed, then George W. Bush would be President.

That thought makes me shudder.

[QueenAdrock]

^ahahaha

It took me a minute to get what you were implying.