Said a Mississippi resident to the vice president during (yet another) administration press conference, 11 days after the storm hit:
"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney!! Go fuck yourself!!!"
Cheney: [chuckles]
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"Go Fuck yourself!" says Katrina survivor in Mississippi to Cheney
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