Exclusive To True/Slant: Dick Cheney Sends Holiday Film Widget To Joe Biden*

Earlier this week we announced that, during this time of financial stress, an ideal present is a SnagFilms Holiday Gift Widget, in which you can send friends or loved ones up to five films which they can watch for free. It's incredibly easy to do, and we can even help you choose the right films to offer via our MovieMatcher, which suggests films according to particular topics of interest either to you or the person to whom you're giving the film.

We were very surprised to learn that one of the first people to send a SnagFilms Holiday Gift Widget this year was former Vice President Dick Cheney, who in the spirit of the season, sent a five-pack of films to none other than Vice President Joe Biden. We contacted the former Vice President's office to seek permission to share his film choices with True/Slant's readers, and received this reply: "Oh The Holiday Season is a special time, filled with comity and good feelings toward all. For this reason, I was pleased to send Vice President Biden a SnagFilms Holiday Gift Widget. After all, I've known Joe since, well, since he had his real head of hair. In other words, a long time. I'm happy to send him the gift of free entertainment. After all, now that President Bush isn't president anymore, America needs all the free entertainment it can get. Anyway, perhaps my old friend Joe can even learn a thing or two from the movies you offer. I have no constitutional objection to your sharing my choices with a broader audience, and hope others don't dither in choosing films to offer their friends."

Without further ado, the five films Dick Cheney sent to Vice President Joe Biden were:

Inside Shock and Awe

Crawford Global Focus: Canada

Afghanistan Revealed

Popular Mechanics: The New Technologies Of War

*holiday spoof

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