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Fuddle Duddle: Free speech doesn't mean indecent or profane speech.

So, it was shocking to read in the press that Vice President Dick Cheney told a senator to F himself--or words to that effect. A spokesman for the vice president admitted there had been a frank exchange of views, but added, "That doesn't sound like the kind of language the vice president would use." In that regard, and leaving aside energy policy for a moment, it sure would be interesting to see a transcript of Vice President Cheney's conversations with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that weekend they went duck hunting. But, those private conversations are probably not something that could be disclosed to the American public, because of some "separation of powers" argument.

By the way, a Canadian Prime Minister, the late Pierre Elliot Trudeau, faced a similar controversy over his frank exchange of views in Parliament. Here's a news clip showing how Trudeau famously handled the fuddle-duddle incident in Canadian politics.

Posted by abnu on Friday, June 25, 2004 @ 12:15 AM [ + ]

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