Dick Cheney -- bouncer

Dick Cheney took time off from his post as the guy who is really running the country to open a Washington Nationals baseball game:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cheney ... tossed a pitch that reached Nationals catcher Brian Schneider on one bounce.

The vice president, whose popularity is slumping along with that of President Bush, walked out on the field to cheering and booing from the near-sellout crowd. The boos appeared to be little louder than the cheers at RFK Memorial Stadium.

In addition, he displayed some of his war trophies:

On the field with him were three U.S. servicemen, two of whom had been wounded in Iraq and a third who was injured in Afghanistan.

For some reason he must have forgotten to bring the guy he shot in the face.