Throw a blue dress into this discussion, and I am going to pass out from the reverse deja vu.....
It is not even the same thing. This was not a deliberate cover up and the press was informed. The local media was told about the incident, but the poor WH press corp got their feelings hurt because they weren't told first??? The VP and his SS and others were more concerned about getting his friend to the hospital. Could it have been handled differently, of course but to act like this is in any way like the "blue dress" incident is bizarre. Besides the media didn't get near as worked up over that issue than they have this one. Cheney's was an accident, Clinton's was a full "blown" planned event.
There are few bigger supporters of this administration than me in this forum, and I don't like the way this was handled.
I expect this administration to be heads and shoulders above the previous in every aspect, and in this case, they haven't been.
The WH Press corp is there to report everything that relates to the White House, the vice President's press staff is there to handle every bit of news that involves the vice president...they didn't do their job, and yes, the WH press corp should have been advised.
"The VP and his SS and others were more concerned about getting his friend to the hospital."
They weren't sufficiently upset or concerned to cancel their dinner Saturday night.
There is no spinning this, it was a huge political blunder that paints Cheney as uncaring and aloof.