Huckleberries: Top 10 reasons behind vice president’s CdA visit

As you know, Vice President Dick Cheney will drop by the Coeur d’Alene Airport on Thursday evening to celebrate the pending Repub victory in Idaho next Tuesday. (‘Tis good he’s coming ahead of time because state R’s might not be in the mood to cheer after the election, what with the closeness of several state polls and all.) My Huckleberries Online crowd and I wondered what really is behind the VP’s visit. In David Letterman style, we came up with the following possibilities: 10. He wants to see if actor Dennis Franz will play him in a movie (suggested by Cis); 9. He’s heard about the catfights at The Coeur d’Alene Resort Lounge (Cabbage Boy); 8. North Idaho remains one of the only places in the nation that still cheers the news that Saddam Hussein has been captured (DFO); 7. He’s heard that there aren’t enough Democrats in Kootenai County to stage a demonstration (DFO); 6. He heard he could get a good deal on waterboards here (Bill McCrory); 5. He’s visiting to recruit bodies into the Idaho National Guard. Some of the NGs are on their third or fourth trip to Iraq and enlistments are sagging (House Maid’s Knee); 4. Isn’t it obvious? He heard that, for once, he wouldn’t be the only Athol in the area (Bronx Boy); 3. He heard that Sacred Heart is one of the best cardiac hospitals in the U.S. (Granati); 2. He heard that Coeur d’Alene is a place where you can be the most unpopular guy in town and still be the most powerful. He thought he would fit in well (Eagle Eye); And, 1. He wants to take Democrat Larry Grant snipe hunting (DFO).