Cheney has come out of his hole to enguage in a little old fashioned damage control after the stunt the Republican pulled in the house last friday backfired.  He’s making the rounds on the speech circuit, but about 100 anti-war protesters got a hold of him last Tuesday at the University of Tennesee in Knoxville.

On Tuesday, Cheney attended an 80th Birthday party for former Tennesee senator, Howard Boker, with some othe Republican buddies.   According to the  Knoxville News Sentennial:

Others who attended the groundbreaking and birthday included Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., R-Knoxville, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Jim Haslam II, a member of the UT Board of Trustees.

UT President John Petersen hosted the ceremony, which about 500 people attended at the Thompson-Boling Assembly Center and Arena.

 About three minutes into Cheney’s speech, a woman shouted, "War, what is it good for?"

Another pair of protesters answered from a different part of the arena. UT police hustled both groups outside.

A few moments later, three protesters of the Iraq conflict raised a green and white sign demanding "Peace Now."

"Stop the war!" they shouted.

They, too, were escorted outside. Police took the names of the protesters but did not arrest them……….

…A group of Cheney supporters were upset by the disruptions inside the arena and confronted the protesters on the street corner. One of the Cheney supporters, dressed in a suit and tie, taunted the protesters with vulgarities.

There were over a hundred students there to protest the event.  It was even reported by the BBC, but sadly nobody in this country got a look.   Take a look at some pictures here

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