Posted on 02/16/2006 6:20:20 AM PST by teddyballgame
The vice president's decision to talk only to Fox News -- which Democrats maintain has a pro-Bush bias -- enabled Cheney to dodge an adversarial no-holds-barred news conference with an agitated White House press corps. That rankled some Democrats, including Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York.
''Doing an exclusive interview with any single news organization is not enough," Schumer said. ''The vice president hasn't had a press conference in three and a half years, and he ought to have one to clear the air not only on this issue, but more importantly on the many other issues that have been shrouded by a veil of secrecy."
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I really have to wonder what the press think they are gaining from the Cheney accident. Anyone who can step back for a moment and do a reality check can only see how this is going to further make the press look like craven fools. I remember when Vince Foster killed himself and I just don't remember a tenth of this kind of scrutiny. Maybe time has a way of dulling memories but this is just an example of how a left leaning press and desperate democrats are grasping at every straw no matter how small. I can only hope they keep it up. The VP's popularity may actually begin to rise.
ha ha - Chuckie's carrying water for the NYT, seeBS and CNN.
Putz.
Google recent news: "133rd annuanl NRA convention" WITH the typo and see how many hits you get.
This drivel is firmly in the echo chamber.
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