Yes they are different. But both involve accidents, and both involve delayed reporting of the accidents.
Can you be so sure that no one in the hunting party had drunk any alcohol? If there was some drinking going on, do you think the Prez and Veep would want that generally known, or would prefer that it not be publicized?
I like Bush, and I like Cheney, and I wasn't there. I am more than willing to take at face value, as the truth, anything Dick Cheney says about what happened.
But when anyone, including a powerful politician, discharges a firearm and hits someone, he has to be prepared to explain exactly what he was doing and how it happened. And even answer tough questions about alcohol and the reporting delay.
Ignoring the Painfully Obvious:
This time it really is Bush's Fault!
Stop for one second.
Who else had the authority to set the timing on this story release?
This is a wonderful example of the Total Failure of the Imagination...on everyone's part.
WTF?? Alcohol? You just made that crap up.
There is a HUGE difference between fleeing the scene of an accident involving a dying young woman, and not even telling the authorities until the next day and accidentially shooting someone with birdshot, getting your personal physician to attend to him immediately, transporting him to the hospital, notifying all proper authorities, and not telling THE PRESS until the next day.
Jeez, get real.
Do you think Dick Cheney would lie about whether he'd consumed alcohol or not -- knowing that contradictory information would come out soon from witnesses, including perhaps Whittington himself?
I don't.
For one thing, I believe in Dick Cheney's honesty and integrity.
And for another, even if he were inclined to lie, he'd know better than to do it in a matter like this.
Dick Cheney is no liar like Bill Clinton. Nor a Teddy *hic* Kennedy.
What are you talking about?
The accident was reported to the proper authorities. The local sheiff was notified and he responded.
Oh, you mean it was not reported to the news media.
Where on earth did you get the idea that public officials are somehow obligated to immediately report every unusual incident to the media?