Lynne Cheney must be fuming today that she recently revealed her husband Dick Cheney is related to Barack Obama. After all, the Democratic contender for president has taken to belittling his family ties while on the campaign trail.

Noting that in the next presidential election in 2008, Cheney’s name will not appear on the ballot because he has been around for two terms, Obama said yesterday: “We’ve been trying to hide that cousin thing for a long time.

“Everybody has a black sheep in the family . . . a crazy uncle in the attic,” Obama went on to say. And the crowds went wild.