For some reason, the interview did not go to David Gregory. How awfully unfair.
Yeah, either him or Helen Thomas.
Bwahahahaha!
That would have been an interesting interview:
DAVID GREGORY: Mr. Vice-President, why didn't you just pick up the phone and call me?
VICE-PRESIDENT: Well, my first concern was for my friend, whom I had accidentally shot. I wanted to get medical attention for him and...
DG: But couldn't you have called me? Surely there was a free moment in there somewhere.
VP: Frankly I was worried about my friend, and then I had to also report this to local law enforcement authorities. That seemed more important.
DG: More important than providing information the chief White House correspondent for NBC News? You really believe that?
VP: Yes, I do.
DG: (rolls eyes and shakes his head).
VP: There was also concern for my friend's family. I didn't want them to hear something in the media until they had been contacted personally.
DG: Hearing something from me over the TV or radio is as good, if not better, than hearing it personally. Do you not know who I am? I'm David Gregory, damn it!
VP: Frankly, David, I think you're getting overwrought about this. You could hardly expect to me call you when I was worried about an accident I caused, and for which I take full responsibility.
DG: What I want to know is if you take full responsibility for your failure to call me. That's the real issue here, isn't it?
VP: (trying to keep from laughing in Gregory's face) What???
DG: That's right. Surely you have my phone numbers, both work and home, saved on your cell phone. And if I'm not at either place you know I can usually be found at Mr. Bruce's Hair Salon.
VP: (snickering) Mr. Bruce's Hair Salon????
DG: I'm the greatest White House correspondent in the history of journalism. I need my beautiful hair to keep my position.
At this point, Cheney flattens Gregory with a single punch and walks off the set.