Dick Cheney Bust Unveiled At The Capitol
To think, "old iron ass" is going to be immortalized in a statue. I know it's tradition, but is there any other Vice President as hated as Cheney?
A Dick Cheney and George W. Bush reunion was slated for Thursday's unveiling of a marble bust of the former vice president in the U.S. Capitol.
The bust, unveiled in the Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, is part of a long tradition of placing busts of ex-vice presidents in the Capitol. Vice presidents preside over the Senate, where they have a tie-breaking vote.
Bush reportedly said at the ceremony former President George H.W. Bush sent his "best regards to 'old iron ass,'" a reference to the nickname the senior Bush gave Cheney is his new biography.
Instead of a prison cell, he gets a statue. That sounds about right since nobody was convicted on Wall Street after they collapsed the world's economy.