See: http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/lynne.asp >IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE: Mrs. Cheney's husband wishes you to be aware (SEE >LETTER AND STATEMENT) that some/all of the biographic information >contained on this PARODY page about Mrs. Cheney may not actually be true. >Indeed, it may all be lies propagated by the many people whom she rubbed >the wrong way during her long and still-unfolding life as a controversial >public figure. You know how political vipers gossip! Besides, how on earth >is one to know whether an interesting tidbit arises from fact or from the >seamy whispers of mendacious Chatty Cathys? That said, the editors of >WHITEHOUSE.ORG are confident that any rumors about Mrs. Cheney formerly >being a crystal meth pusher are 100% likely to be absolutely untrue. >Similarly, any stories about her penchant for licking Brandy Alexanders >off the hirsute belly of her spouse are all lies, lies, lies! --- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/nyregion/06PARO.html Web Site Hears From Dick Cheney After Parody Involving Wife By BENJAMIN WEISER ice President Dick Cheney's office has spurred an unusual dispute by asking a Web site that parodies the Bush administration to remove a satirical biography and pictures of the vice president's wife, Lynne. After receiving the request in a letter from Mr. Cheney's counsel, the Web site doctored the photographs of Mrs. Cheney, adding a red clown nose and blackening out one of her front teeth, said its creator John A. Wooden. "The letter is, if you read it carefully, it is only a request," he said. "But there's really no such thing as a request from the vice president's office. It's a threatening letter." The New York Civil Liberties Union said yesterday that it would go to court to defend the parody's posting if Mr. Cheney's office did not back down from its request. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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