Our Mentor prepares to Dispatch the Vile Hamilton
A journalist with common sense! How Rare. For a couple of days this week, the journalistic community was on death watch. They wanted something to happen to Cheney so badly they could taste it. If we have a few more minor incidents like this, I predict the press is going to help accelerate the Democratic party's road to self-destruction.
January 20, 2009, is less than three years away. I can picture Hillary wondering if there's some way she can use this to send Cheney to Leavenworth.
" We are seeing in this episode another of our periodic culture clashes between those who came of age before the '60s and those who came after. Cheney was born in 1941 and reached mature adulthood before it became the fashion for men to bare their souls, emote and talk talk talk.
We're also seeing a clash of cultures between those who hunt or have hunted and a bunch of effete, metrosexual, bi-coastal snots who running screaming from the room at the sight of a (gasp) GUN.
The perfect example is the WaPost story that had Cheney hunting quail with a 28 gauge loaded with "buckshot". Too funny.
Why weren't we informed? A four letter "word" called HIPA.
MSM would have crucified the VP just as toughly over violating the law of health information privacy.
JMO.
"Under Texas law," the reporter needs a fat lip.
My understanding is that on transcripts of White House press conferences and briefings, by tradition, the reporters aren't identified by name. I think that's unfortunate. I think they might upgrade their game significantly if they knew that any stupid questions they asked were going to go down on their permanent record.
not really. happen all the time? "The number of people injured in hunting accidents in Texas decreased from 44 in 2003 to 29 in 2004". out of the whole state. sounds quite rare to me.
"I feel your pain" ** biting lip **
if Al Gore had done something like this he'd be in Leavenworth by nightfall <<< Like what?....Giving a treasonous speech while on foreign soil during a time of war?...Oh wait a minute...He was doing that!..and not a peep from the MSM...
Anyone who says "there are no stupid questions" has obviously never faced the White House Press Corps.
The DNC talking points are out in force.
The are STILL trying to relate the story to IRAQ!
The DNC is trying to scream pattern.
Democrats: stuck on stupid.
She makes one glaring mistake at the end of the article.
She ASSUMES the wh playpen (aka press corps) have shame and can be embarrased. The WH playpen has no shame and has no way to be embarrassed. If they had to appear naked in the snow to attack GWBush, they would.
It won't matter if Whittington dies at 110 years old, the MSM (if they're still around then)will say that VP Cheney's accidental shooting "contributed" to his demise.
Personally I think her explanation is wrong. It seems more likely that he didn't notify the press immediately because; the press hates him and he hates them; few people rush to notify their enemies immediately upon doing something stupid, especially when you know they will try to use it to destroy you; and finally, what difference does it make if it is reported in the evening or the next morning?
Accidentally and unfortunately, I happened to hear Imus ('be a moron') talking with Mary Matelin (sp?) about this. After going over everything patiently with "Cowboy Thought Process," he restarted his "everyone knows it was insane for Cheney to wait...." routine. I guess she'd had enough and began to fire back, at which point "Thymus" blows up and yells "don't you insult me!!," acting like a total baby wuss who can always dish it out but can never take it.
Our Mentor prepares to Dispatch the Vile Hamilton
Mona has put into words the best description of how I have felt about Cheney. Cheney's very measured demeanor and self confidence led him to do exactly what a person of his moral character should have done. I find no fault whatsoever with his action following the accident. S... happens. Perhaps his old style manliness and what the press calls 'secretive' like behaviour, but what I call being first responsible to the people most concerned, is something of the past, but I certainly hope not. This story should be over.