[Rick Lee]

First time I met him, he had just landed at Halliburton and was speaking at Pitt on the length of time between weapons design and deployment. It was a pretty small venue and there was a few crunchy kids there, who I was sure were gonna start trouble about the Gulf War. But after the speech, Cheney stayed and took every single question and shook hands with everyone.

One of the crucnhy kids, obviously no BUsh I voter, stood up and told Cheney he was a rhetorical studies major and was just swayed by Cheney's speaking style and asked how he developed it. Cheney chuckled and said it came from living in WY, going to town hall meetings and hanging with those kinds of people. Had to be there, but it was very funny. I wonder how that kid feels about Cheney now.