Come on people, lighten up. V.P. Chenney didn't say anything any worse than commedians like Jay Leno, Don Rickles and others have said. You people are also forgetting he was saying it the same about himself and his own family. But you only remember one little line of something he said instead of his entire talk. I have heard worse things than that said about my home state of Wisconsin.

... have their panties in a bunch over a comment that obviously strikes a bit too close to home. And if things strike a tad too close to home for them, well, then, that means there must be some truth to the statement.

West Virginians ought to sit back and shut up--remember the adage: "Keep thy mouth shut and appear a fool rather than open it up and confirm the suspicion."