publication date: Monday, January 2, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)

category: Government

clue: Just because you ran Halliburton and represented Wyoming doesn't mean you have to be a Dick.

explanation: Cheney was CEO of the Halliburton corporation and a Representative of the state of Wyoming before becoming U.S. Vice President, the office he held when this goo was published. The word "Dick" was a play on his first name. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Aaron Fischer, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Michael Paul Cote, Jackie Mason, Wendy Hampson, Christine Marie Doiron, Justin Hampson, Bob Miller, Jacque Miller, and John Julitz


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