A visit to Penn’s Colony in Saxonburg from Vice President Dick Cheney on Oct. 13, 2004 received mixed reactions from Butler County residents.

Some of the estimated 1,000 attendees of his rally, like Karen McKee, of Sarver, said the vice president’s presence in the county felt like he was “meeting the little people.”

“Nothing like this ever happens in Saxonburg,” McKee said.

Others, like Joe Sikorski, of Saxonburg, attended Cheney’s visit to protest his campaign for running mate, then-president George W. Bush.

“People have got to know that this is more than just a vote,” Sikorski said.

But when speaking to about 1,000 people at the rally at Penn’s Colony that day, Cheney’s speech defended the Bush administration's commitment on the war in Iraq and combating terrorism. He also criticize

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