[ER Doc]

No, actually they waited for the landowner to make the report to the local daily paper, not a family member. It really doesn't make sense, and really does make it look like a cover-up. Bringing the Ted Kennedy thing into it actually makes it worse; it makes the media wonder if they were waiting for Cheney's blood alcohol to clear, the way Kennedy did. Seriously, the delay was foolish, and the explanation doesn't wash. It took a couple of hours to be sure Whittington had the best possible care: when he was flown to the trauma center. That was early Saturday evening. The only reason to delay until Sunday afternoon would be to miss the Sunday morning talk show cycle.

[pollyannaish]

Ok. I don't know who notified the prss. It's not worth arguing over.

It makes no difference to me. I think the whole thing is blown way, way out of proportion. I strongly dislike the SOP of the press.

But you expect that from people playing gotcha. And with The President and Vice President, the press is one great big game of gotcha all the time.

[KJC1]

it makes the media wonder if they were waiting for Cheney's blood alcohol to clear, the way Kennedy did.

What? Where are you getting this blood alcohol stuff? I'll admit I wasn't able to watch the whole press conference, but this is the first I've heard of this suggestion. In fact, it sounds precisely like what is probably brewing over on DU and/or Kos...

[Jhohanna]

I don't get it. MSNBC had this on their website on Saturday night. Well, that's when I saw it anyways. It was late, though... but still, it was there. What's with this whole Delay crap? Oh, are they going after Tom again?

:P:P

Honestly, though... the MSM is *obviously* trying to create problems for the administration, anyone with a brain can see that. Appearances to the media can deceive, but we all know what morons they are, so no big deal. It was a SMART thing to delay it past the Sunday talk shows. I think it's all being made up that they actually DID that, because I KNOW I saw it on my MSN Alerts as breaking news on Saturday night, then MSNBC.com, and then again yesterday morning at Yahoo.com.

Maybe the Press Corps should start doing their job and actually do the research.

[daybreakcoming]

I just really hope you are trying to plant the idea that an honorable man like our VP would sink to the depths of a Kennedy.

As cynical as I am about politics, this looks like miscues all the way around - not a coverup. The VP saw to it that his friend was publicly transported to a public hospital. That's a coverup in your book? Where were you during the clinton years? Now there were coverups.

And btw, welcome to Free Republic.