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MARCH 23--After posting the performance contracts of artists like Bruce
Springsteen, the Rolling
Stones, and U2,
The Smoking Gun has finally obtained the backstage demands of a real rock star.
That's right, below you'll find a copy of Vice President Dick Cheney's standard
"tour" rider. The document is provided to hotels where Cheney will be
bunking and lists how the Republican pol's "Downtime Suite" needs to
be outfitted. While the vice president's requests are pretty modest (no
extract-the-brown-M&M demands here), Cheney does like his suite at a comfy
68 degrees. And, of course, all the televisions need to be preset to the Fox
News Channel (what, you thought he was a Lifetime devotee?). Decaf coffee should
be ready upon his arrival along with four cans of caffeine-free Diet Sprite. And
when Cheney is traveling with his wife Lynne, the second family's suite needs an
additional two bottles of sparkling water. Mrs. Cheney's H2O should be either
Calistoga or, curiously, Perrier, a favored beverage of French terrorism
appeasers. The document, prepared by the vice president's advance team, was
obtained by TSG after it was provided to a hotel employee prior to a Cheney
visit. When we asked Cheney spokesperson Jenny Mayfield about the document's
reference to gifts that hotels might leave in the suite for the vice president,
she told us she was unable to address that question since she had not seen the
"downtime requirements" rider (she asked for a copy, which we declined
to provide in advance of its publication here). At our source's request, we've
blacked out the handwritten name and Washington, D.C. phone number of a Cheney
staffer. As for the notations regarding extra lamps, specific newspapers, and a
carafe, it is unclear whether they were added by an advance team staffer or a
hotel official.
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