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FU Cheney: See Movie, Buy Shirt

Jenn Shreve writes in Wired News:

In the past two weeks, Dr. Ben Marble of Gulfport, Mississippi, lost his house, saw his wife give birth by flashlight, and became an instant celebrity for telling Vice President Dick Cheney to go fuck himself.

"I tell you it was a good feeling at the time. It did feel really good. Wasn't quite as good as having sex or something, but it was good," Marble said of the Sept. 8 event, captured live on CNN.

Seconds later, however, he noticed this "panic stricken look on the Secret Service guys' faces, like they were about to tackle me or I didn't know what." Marble walked briskly from the scene, leaving his friend Jay, who'd captured the whole thing on video camera. Marble told the man who'd just patted him down to "have a nice day," before heading home. He was later detained by two men in fatigues, questioned and released.

But that wasn't the end of it. The incident, remarkable for an administration renowned for screening its audiences, was not only captured live on CNN but replayed on numerous websites and blogs, and even earned a Daily Show screening.

posted by Fergie @ 9/14/2005 03:16:00 PM