Hi, Seattle. That was me. The left says they plan another week of the Cheney story. This is good news for our side because it shows just how out of touch with Americans they really are.
Yes they are out of touch. What they have also failed to report is the 'human' side of the story. The WH press corpse (mis-spelled on purpose) had questions like, why weren't we told (e.g., spood-fed) right away, should the VP resign, etc. I think most Americans were asking is the VP ok, he must feel terrible - I would if I shot a friend, how is Mr. Whittington and his family, etc., etc.
The MSM also failing to understand that to most Americans this story is over, especially since everyone appears to be ok. As has been noted here, there are too many other important issue for the press to cover this non-issue. It was a non-issue after the 1st day, and even more so now.
FYI - FTN - Schieffer and Frist on Cheney
Bill Frist's Cheney Defense Leaves Bob Schieffer Fuming
NewsMax ^ | 2/19/06 | NewsMax
Posted on 02/19/2006 10:53:39 AM PST by wagglebee
Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist told CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer on Sunday that Democrats were playing "partisan politics" with Dick Cheney's hunting accident last weekend - a charge that left Mr. Schieffer fuming.
"What America does not want to see is what happened right afterwards, and that is that the Democratic leadership tried to inject partisan politics into what is a very, very tragic accident," First told Schieffer, who bristled at the remarks.
"But Senator," the veteran newsman protested, "ah - I mean - didn't - didn't - shouldn't [the hunting accident] have been made public but for no other reason than the administration and the vice president's own good? I mean, one can understand that he clearly was not thinking straight. Who would, after thinking they'd killed their best friend?"
Schieffer continued to insist that Democrat attacks on Cheney were legitimate, then asked: "Has the vice president become of liability to the White House? Has he become a liability to your party?"
Frist countered: "Absolutely not. Absolutely not. He is a bold leader. He understands and works very closely with the vision of the President of the United States in securing America's future for a safer, stronger country. That means he has to be both a leader as well as a participant and I think he does it very, very well."
Moments later, the Tennessee Republican reiterated: "I don't think it is appropriate to inject partisan politics into this particular incident."
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