Over at MSNBC's Hardblogger, correspondent David Shuster pens an amuzing post on the loose lipped Vice President. As Shuster writes, "Vice President Dick Cheney... bland and boring? Absolutely not."

In the post, Shuster recalls one of Cheney's brilliant comments from today on how the economic statistics belie the actual status of today's economy. He writes,

Today, our Vice President suggested national employment statistics were artificially high and misleading because they miss people who make money on E-bay. Yes, he said "E-bay." Quote: "That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago... 400,000 people make some money trading on E-bay." But, how many of them make a living on E-bay? Details, details, details.

In the same speech in Cincinatti (yes, it was the equivalent of a daily double) the Vice President linked Iraq to those responsible for 9-11, (despite the assertion from President Bush last year that there was no connection.) Cheney mentioned the invasion of Afghanistan in which the U.S. punished the Taliban for harboring Al-Qaeda. Then Cheney said, "In Iraq, we had a similar situation." Huh?

Shuster also digs into the archives to pull out some other classics we may have forgotten.

Earlier this week, Cheney suggested that a vote for the Democrats is a vote for another terrorist attack. Quote: "If we make the wrong choice, then the danger is we'll get hit again." Cheney also warned about a return to the "pre 9/11 mindset." Pre 9/11 mindset? As in, ignoring a White House intelligence briefing titled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States?"

Four years ago, Cheney offered this in the 2000 VP debate: "I clearly have spent a lot of time in executive positions, running large organizations." He was, of course, referring to his tenure as CEO of Halliburton. The Securities and Exchange Commission is now examining Halliburton's accounting practices and the Pentagon is reviewing Halliburton's overbilling in Iraq.

Speaking of Iraq... just before the war, Mr. Cheney said on Meet the Press in March of 2003, "We know he (Saddam) has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons."

As for the welcome U.S. troops would receive (also Meet the Press... and another daily double). Quote: "Now, I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

Not missing a beat, Shuster reminds us of the best quote of all.

Oh and who could forget the famous greeting Mr. Cheney gave to a democratic critic during the annual Senate photo-op this year. Quote: "Go F (expletive deleted) yourself."

I guess George W. Bush ("Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country") and Donald Rumsfeld ("As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know...") aren't the only ones in the administration who provide fodder for the late night comics.