Posted on 02/15/2006 7:46:01 AM PST by presidio9
Comedians and left-leaning political pundits opened fire on Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday, sparking enormous chatter among both Republican and Democratic bloggers.
Cheney's accidental shooting of an attorney friend during a quail hunting foray in Texas on Saturday prompted quips from late-night television hosts such as Jon Stewart, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. The jokes offended or tickled audiences, depending on their political beliefs, and skittered around the Web on Tuesday.
Video: Gates' cheap shot at Cheney? During his keynote at the 2006 RSA Conference, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took a tongue-in-cheek shot at the vice president. "You can understand why this lawyer fellow let his guard down," Ferguson said. "Because if you're out hunting with a politician, you think, 'If I'm going to get it, it's going to be in the back.'"
On the "Late Show," David Letterman tied the shooting to another one of the administration's past controversies to poke fun at Cheney.
"Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney...but here is the sad part--before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor."
Cheney accidentally fired bird shot that struck 78-year-old attorney Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest as the pair hunted for quail, Texas law enforcement officials say.
Controversy grew out of the vice president's expired hunting license and his failure to speak with police until 18 hours after the incident. The tone of the blogs turned gloomier when word came that a piece of bird shot circulated to Whittington's heart, causing a minor heart attack.
There was also speculation about whether the vice president had been drinking, an accusation Cheney denied.
"How do we know there was no alcohol?" Lawrence O'Donnell, a television producer and Democratic commentator, asked on The Huffington Post. "Cheney refused to talk to local authorities until the next day. No point in giving him a breathalyzer then. Every lawyer I've talked to assumes Cheney was too drunk to talk to the cops after the shooting. The next question for the White House should be: Was Cheney drunk?"
The Washington Post reported that both the Kenedy County, Texas, sheriff's department and the state have determined that alcohol did not appear to be a factor.
Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison, also on The Huffington Post, lamented that the "law and order administration" can justify hunting without proper licenses as well as eavesdropping on Americans without court orders.
"Anyone sense a pattern here?" Morrison wrote.
Some of the more notable bloggers on the right were quiet about the incident on Tuesday. There was nothing about the Cheney shooting on the Web sites of commentators Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter or Bill O'Reilly.
On Blogs for Bush, bloggers blamed the escalating controversy on the media.
"I can only wonder how different the reaction would be to this incident had it been a Democrat vice president," wrote Matt Margolis.
On the same site, Mark Noonan pointed out that Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank wore an orange hunting jacket on Keith Olberman's MSNBC show as proof of a liberal bias in the media.
"Imagine for a moment," Noonan wrote, "if a Republican commentator had worn a blue dress with a white stain back during Clinton's administration."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/was-cheney-drunk_b_15646.html
Additionally, O'Donnell was on Scarborough last night making these accusations with a clinical look of concern on his face.
This whole Cheney thing hurts Kennedy more than anyone else.
I guess he missed the part of the official report where law enforcement said no alcohol was involved. Not that facts matter to the media anymore.
I thought his license was OK but he didn't have the stamp for quail.
Anyway, I for one am already sick of hearing about it all. Why should it concern anyone other than those involved & the local LE types ?
Posted on 07/04/2005 9:34:15 PM PDT by doug from upland
He's on MSNBC...he's really looney, you'd agree
From Belleveue did this whackjob flee?
We would't be surprised
He lives to bring down Karl Rove...beyond obsession he just drove
A tale of lies O'Donnell wove
Right there before your eyes
We've looked at both sides of his brain
Both left and right --- the guy's insane
"Rove outed Plame," he will insist
O'Donnell put the "anal" in --- "analyst"
Of one clip we never tire...when he screamed out "You creepy liar!"
He saw for Kerry things looked dire
He thought he'd change the trend
How fun to see him lose his cool...poor Lawrence looked like such a fool
We laughed as we had watched him drool
He can kiss our rear end
We've looked at both sides of his brain
Both left and right --- the guy's insane
"Rove outed Plame," he will insist
O'Donnell put the "anal" in --- "analyst"
I remember when he broke the story that it was Karl Rove who was "Matt Cooper's source" on the Plame story. Indictments of Rove were imminent.
Newsweek had the emails to prove it, according to Larry's big exclusive, and would print the blockbuster proof on July 3rd, last year. Larry guaranteed it.
He knew this from rock solid sources for months, he claimed, but the story never came true. All the little woodies on DU just got blue balls from Larry's lies. No happy ending.
He used to pretend to be a journalist, but now he's been revealed as another kookoo leftist internet blog moonbat.
O'Donnell to PEACH :"YOU'RE A LIAR!, YOU'RE A LIAR!, YOU'RE A LIAR!, YOU'RE A LIAR!, YOU'RE A LIAR!..."
Yes, imagine that. clinton would have been shamed from office, gore would have become president, 9/11 would have happened, the American people would have been nervous about changing parties in power because of terrorism, dems. would have probably won back power in house and senate, and all in all they would be riding high today.
Keep on MSM. We don't quite have you yelling *UNCLE* yet.
ROFL. Being called a liar by the likes of him would be a badge of honor.
When a cow moos or a horse whinneys, that is normal. When a MSM idiot says something biased, that is normal too. They are dying and these snorts are just part of the death rattle. Enjoy the sounds!!!
Of course it must be true then. My baaaad.
If Woody would have went straight to the police, none of this would ever have happened..."
Lawrence O'Donnell has no credibility when it comes to Repubs. This clown claimed that Arianna was going to have a huge impact on the governor's race in Ca.(she dropped out early due to her 2% standing in the polls) and that he had inside info that Pat Fitzgerald was going to announce 22 indictments (not even close). He is also one of the key writers and producers of the the "West Wing," a very credible show. (masssive sarcasm alert)
somebody get these people real jobs ...
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