Cheney On TV: Seeing Double?

Dick Cheney has appeared on television in a residential area of Washington - but was it really him? The pictures show what is apparently the American vice president being cheered and praised as he walked through the streets in an impromptu visit to various areas of the capital.

As he walked he was mobbed by passers-by who began chanting his name.

FAUX News claims the pictures were recorded today.

Cheney is known to have at least five lookalikes of himself but if real, the video would quash rumours that the vice president has fled the country in the wake of the Enron scandal.

It was the first footage of what appears to be the vice president in public since the the attacks on the World Trade Center in September of 2001.

Debating whether or not the man could be the real Dick Cheney, FAUX News' foreign affairs editor Rush Dimbulb said: "You just have to make your own mind up."

He added: "What is important is that these images have been shown - even if it is a body double."

Speaking from Washington, FAUX News correspondent Bill O'Really told of the propaganda value of seeing the Vice President at a time when the Halliburton investigation had been enlarged in scope.

He said: "This man hasn't been seen doing this for absolutely years.

"That has a huge impact. For him to be shown with the people on the streets at this moment of crisis is electrifying."

He added: "It has been timed very specifically after the Department of Justice warned there would be random searches at the Washington International Airport."

O'Really scrutinised the footage, saying: "You actually see the Washington Monument in the background so it is contemporary footage.

"He is alive and well - if this is the man. Whether he is or not, these pictures will have a reinvigorating effect at this moment in the crisis."

Earlier, Cheney appeared on American TV mentioning for the first time a specific event that happened after the start of the investigation.

It is not known whether the footage was live or a recording but US intelligence says it could indicate that Cheney is still in hiding.

There had been rumours that the vice presidemt had fled to Paraguay.

But in this afternoon's message, Cheney asked his people to remember the stock broker who he said had reported insider trading "for the good of the country".

During the address the vice president also spoke of the investigators "by-passing the defensive lines around Washington" and called on the people to "ignore the newspapers".

Cheney told his people they would be victorious over evil.

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