Yea.... I don't care though. I'm not afraid of "hate posts". I am confident in my own conservative philosophy.
For the record though.... I have always LOVED the VPOTUS. I am from Texas, and have hunted game. I've also (Although I officially deny this) been invloved in a "minor" traffic accident where I delayed seeing local authorities until my "breath smelled better". (not too proud of that)
My gut tells me there is no reason to worry. But, in a high profile public position like the VPOTUS, any suspicion should have been disspelled. Who to doesn't matter to me. Bottom-line is... This was NOT handled in a professional manner. And, we will continue to see the result of this mistake.
The sheriff's statement that there won't be any charges filed should help take a lot of the air out of this story. I'm sure the media will try to flog it along for another couple of days, and there will be lots of muttering and rumor mongering about whether Cheney bought off or threatened the local authorities, but if the left really tries to push that angle it will blow up in their faces, badly. They already look sleazy enough with peddling the rumors about the hunting party being wasted and the rumors about Cheney having an affair.
it probably is just the normal way powerful people handle little-people tasks they cannot get out of: they schedule them, even if it is something like this than little people would NEVER be able to schedule.
It is very possible he wanted to make sure there was a handle on the local LEO and that they weren't flagrant democrats who would see this as an oppty to use this for overt political gain. This would be normal defensive thinking and quite rational given his position.