Cheney brings them of the proverbial woodwork, like cockroaches. They cannot resist the opportunity to express their undying hatred of the man. They have to be somewhat discrete about it at FR, but they can't resist even here. Hence, the crocodile tears and disingenuous pleas for people to pray for Whittington. The point isn't to pray for Whittington at all, but to reinforce the bogus claim over and over again that this incident is very nearly akin to murder. The hope is that through repitition people will come to believe it.
It's an amazing melt-down.