Well, I must say this time was not as bad as the time I took Katie Couric hunting...
{...evil Vincent Price laughter...}
Posted on 02/14/2006 11:21:59 PM PST by Daralundy
The Vice President shoots a man. Questions must be asked.
The press corps is outraged that the White House waited 20 hours or so to disclose that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a hunting companion, and we can see why. Don't these Bush people understand that the coverup is worse than the crime?
In the name of media solidarity, and in the interest of restraining the Imperial Presidency, we have put together the following coverup timeline with crucial questions that deserve to be answered:
• 5:30 p.m., Saturday (all times Central Standard Time). Mr. Cheney sprays Harry Whittington with birdshot, and the Secret Service immediately informs local police. Who is Harry Whittington and whom does he lobby for? Does he know Scooter Libby?
• 6:30 p.m. White House Chief of Staff Andy Card informs President Bush that there's been a hunting accident involving the Vice President's party. Did Mr. Bush ask follow-up questions? Was he intellectually curious?
• 7 p.m. Karl Rove tells Mr. Bush that it is Mr. Cheney who did the shooting. Why was this detail withheld for a full 30 minutes from the President? Who else did Mr. Rove talk to about this in the interim? Was Valerie Plame ever mentioned?
• 5 a.m., Sunday. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan learns that Mr. Cheney is the shooter. He also fails to alert the media. Did he rush to write talking points or fall back to sleep?
• 11 a.m. Katharine Armstrong, owner of the ranch where the shooting took place, blows the story sky-high by giving the news to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. According to Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney told her to do what she thought made sense. Has Ms. Armstrong ever worked for Halliburton?
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Jesus H... this is NOT a national security matter. It is NOT something that MUST be updated to the media every ten minutes.
It was an unfortunate accident and it's the media's job to investigate and report, not Cheney's.
Screw the MSM and bloggers who are hopelessly in over their head on this issue.
A cover-up has to be something more than not spoon-feeding the MSM details about a private citizen being accidentaly hurt on a private ranch.
And .. the old media continues to dig it's own grave!
LOL
Well, I must say this time was not as bad as the time I took Katie Couric hunting... {...evil Vincent Price laughter...}
The MSM should be dangling from a rope. All of them.
I think the article is actually sarcasm.
"Hell, if we alerted the press every time the Vice President shot someone, we wouldn't have time to do anything else!"
Well, those with more than a seven year old level of common sense would agree I'm sure. Sadly, we're not talking about a group of people exhibiting that they have this much knowledge and understanding under their bonnets.
It sure does.
Works for me... LOL
You can just bet Karl Rove's gardener had something to do with this...
Well, I hate say it, but I was aiming at Dan Rather that day...
Yes this is obviously sarcasm i.e. read the article.
Gee whiz.
This article is sarcasm making fun of the others in the media.
I beleive you two are right. Frankly, I've seen a number of these types of comments, so much so that I didn't want to read through the whole thing.
I'm fed up with the whole thing, and this Opinion Journal offering seems to demonstrate that they are as well.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Thanks. Several others pointed that out and I responded to them here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578823/posts?page=19#19
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