The first thing you do in a shooting accident is to take responsibility for your actions. Cheney shot that poor old fucker. Sorry, Mary Matalin, it's in very bad form to blame the guy who was shot for being in the way of the shotgun blast.
These are the same fuckers who are running the country. Take personal responsibility for your actions? Not these bozos.
Was Cheney drinking? It's up to him to prove that he wasn't, but since the Secret Service kept the local cops away from him for 14 hours, we won't ever know, will we? Sounds like drinking was involved to me. Otherwise, why wasn't the local law enforcement guy allowed to see him? And why wasn't Cheney at the hospital with his seriously wounded friend? Some friend, eh?
Just when you think these creeps can't get any lower or behave any more despicably, they prove us all wrong.
Then his friend went and had a heart attack today.
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Happy Valentine's Day, Houston. ("But we haven't eaten yet"--priceless.)
Posted by: riannan | February 14, 2006 at 06:48 PM
Some vice-president, huh.
Posted by: ellen | February 15, 2006 at 08:12 AM
Arrogance clouds common sense.
Posted by: Jack | February 15, 2006 at 10:34 AM
I would be fine if the White House had made a statement as soon as it happened and Cheney had accepted responsibility. It would have been an unfortunate accident. However, the secrecy and shifting of blame to some poor guy in a hospital is beyond stupid. It's into uber-stupid.
I hope Cheney chokes on his own vomit. And, I mean that in the kindest way possible. :)
Posted by: Lab Kat | February 15, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Nothing about this incident should surprise anyone. This is the most secretive administration, ever. Why would we expect anything less than complete denial from them? I'm sure Cheney was in his cups, I'm just sorry HE didn't have the heart attack and drop dead. What a waste of birdshot. The good news is the bird got away.
Posted by: wanda | February 15, 2006 at 03:00 PM
He "says" he had "a" beer at lunch. I think the sound bite, today, (where they asked the hospital administrator if a blood alcohol test was administered, closed the question and answer gig), was pretty amusing.
Posted by: oldwhitelady | February 15, 2006 at 03:06 PM
i honestly don't think he'd have even come out and apologized if it wasn't for all the public pressure. i sincerely think he believes he's above the law and shouldn't have to explain himself, ever. it's so infuriating. i swear i can't watch the news anymore. it makes me hate everybody.
Posted by: Crys | February 16, 2006 at 09:15 AM
I'm no fan of Cheney's by any stretch of the imagination, but I do see why he wasn't at the hospital, the security that would accompany a hospital visit by the vice president would majorly interrput the hospital's normal operations.
Assuming that Mr. Whittington makes it out of this OK, I'm kind of glad this happened. This is kind of a difficult time for me right for many reasons, but I can always turn on the radio, where every mention of Cheney's name is accompanied by loud gunfire and it totally cracks me up. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Now I can't wait for Saturday Night Live...
Posted by: Kathy | February 16, 2006 at 11:18 AM
Oh gosh Kathy I hadn't even thought of SNL! This should be priceless.
Posted by: wanda | February 16, 2006 at 01:46 PM