Dick Cheney in naked fly fishing shocker
So what's Dick Cheney doing going fly fishing with a naked lady? Hasn't he got a superpower to help run?
This official White House photo of the US Vice-President enjoying an afternoon's fishing at Snake River, Idaho, set off a bit of a storm after an American blogger noticed what looked like a woman in her birthday suit reflected in his sunglasses.
"First he accidentally shoots a man. Now he is fishing with an inflatable sex doll?" wrote a poster on the sportsshooting.com photography website. "That explains his heart problems," replied another.
The White House was quick to damp down the rumours. "Clearly it's a hand holding a rod," said spokeswoman Meagan Mitchell.
So what do you reckon? (Clue: this full-sized version of the image might help.)
KASIO - you sound like the kind of person who would be against the lift on the ban of knobbly carrots! They obviously have their own personal lives and would be hurt at this childish discrimination. If Esther Rantzen can take the p--- out of rude things like carrots, why can't we take the mickey out of the Vice Vegetable of the US?!
Posted by: KA | 18 Nov 2008 19:54:58
Surely you don't think that a nude woman would warm Cheney up that much?
He *HAD* to be involved with killing other living creatures to smile that broadly!
Posted by: Lina | 11 Apr 2008 23:50:48
She was only the fisherman's daughter but she reeled when she saw his rod.
Posted by: McRob | 11 Apr 2008 23:42:06
is that what rod stewart looks like naked?, and why is he in a boat with the dick
Posted by: Tony Edinburgh | 11 Apr 2008 23:29:02
ITS A ROD - YES IT IS FOLKS !!!
Posted by: IAN PAYNE [WALSALL - ENGLAND] | 11 Apr 2008 23:21:47
spare the rod, and spoil the child...ish head of the US Olympic torture team ( eight time world champion)
Posted by: Wilbur Varela | 11 Apr 2008 22:23:05
This is the kind of cr-- the media and many morons in the Western World, dwell on.
Most of us normal people don't give a sh--.
Posted by: James | 11 Apr 2008 21:56:21
The headline should read more like:
Dick with naked woman in rod holding scandal!
Posted by: Terry Jeeves | 11 Apr 2008 21:34:49
I know that girl like the back of my hand!
Um,...
Posted by: Dan | 11 Apr 2008 21:04:28
Methinks its a naked woman holding a rod (note smile on the face of the Veep).
Posted by: Deepak | 11 Apr 2008 21:01:48
hand etc. but it's FUNNY!! HAHA!
Posted by: A.C. | 11 Apr 2008 20:46:17
Surely if it was, the photographer would have got a shot with the woman in?
Posted by: Mark | 11 Apr 2008 20:35:47
Hardly newsworthy, but funny because he sucks!
Mary, Atlanta USA
Posted by: Mary Russell | 11 Apr 2008 20:34:50
Not good for the rep is it... but clearly he's holding his rod(!)
Back to the real news.
Posted by: MNS | 11 Apr 2008 20:31:19
Very funny article. Totally harmless. It's obviously a hand holding Freedom!
Posted by: Benjamin | 11 Apr 2008 20:21:05
Brilliant.
Posted by: taustin | 11 Apr 2008 20:00:22
The sad thing is that it's this man who is holding the rest of the world by the throat and he couldn't care less. It's not Dubya who's the dangerous one at the helm it's this so-called Vice-President.
Posted by: m3photo | 11 Apr 2008 19:13:22
O dear, Times. Decending into tabloidian, irrelevant articles. Clean up your act and give us clear, relevant information please.
Posted by: Chris | 11 Apr 2008 18:31:35
Well, something certainly removed his trademark sneer and replaced it with a smile.
Posted by: Shaun Smith | 11 Apr 2008 18:29:06
Surely worms would work better?
Posted by: JT | 11 Apr 2008 17:58:38
Damn!! Fly fishing with naked women....not a bad way to spend a day when you think about it!
Posted by: John | 11 Apr 2008 17:56:56
Good job Dick!
Combining 2 of a mans favourite pastimes. Multi-tasking par excellance.
Posted by: Andrew S Pearson | 11 Apr 2008 17:42:43
I agree with James that you would have to be a totally humourless curmudgeon for this not to bring a smile to your face, Particularly when the White house spokeswoman pipes up about it being his hand holding his rod. ooo err missis.
Posted by: Roland Jones | 11 Apr 2008 17:37:17
it makes me laugh that the white house even commented on it!
Posted by: Jon | 11 Apr 2008 17:35:32
seriously, how humourless do you have to be to criticise the paper for running a blog entry like this? maybe you should switch to the telegraph or something...
Posted by: James | 11 Apr 2008 17:27:58
Although the close-up very clearly shows it's just a hand holding a fishing rod... that was hilarious. Totally made my day. :D
Posted by: Jina | 11 Apr 2008 17:13:59
Is that what a woman looks like? I don't think so. Even if it was a woman and she be naked, then so what? Whats the big deal. He is a human being and can do as he wishes in his private life. Is there really nothing more worthwhile to put into the news? Next, George Bush caught visiting the restrooms?????????
Posted by: Kasio | 11 Apr 2008 17:09:40
"A hand holding a rod"?
Whose hand holding whose rod?
Posted by: Toby | 11 Apr 2008 17:04:08
It's very obviously someone holding a fishing rod...
Posted by: Jordy | 11 Apr 2008 17:04:03
OMG!
Whatever next!!!
I am NO lover of anything this man has ever done ... but please do not descend the depths of pointless journalism to even dare suggest that this is in any way newsworthy.
It is what it is. A hand holding a rod.
Posted by: David Michael | 11 Apr 2008 17:00:45
Yes, it is a hand holding a fishing rod. Light news day or something?
Posted by: Nigel | 11 Apr 2008 16:59:40
This is clearly a hand holding a fishing rod. Let's worry about real issues, like getting America back on track with leadership we can be proud of again. Maybe history will ultimately convict this amateur brownshirt of his warcrimes.
Bush-Cheney--the finest leadership since Warren G. Harding!
Posted by: Shannon | 11 Apr 2008 16:45:35