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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Man, this guy has no shame! Making stuff up(Cheny thought the guy was dead!) everyone knows is not the facts of the incident! Goes to show that Cheney made the right decision of not going to the old media until after they knew the facts about the guy's condition and his family was notified. I can see it now on CNN had they not withheld the story: "Cheney murdered a lawyer today!"
Amen!
Then you didn't see Pelosi's daily press conference last Monday. She crammed every talking point the Democrats ever used in the last five years into a 30 second soundbyte. It was like watching someone cram 10 pounds of sh!t into a five pound bag.
Lucky for him, otherwise Alan Simpson might have ripped Schieffer to shreds.
Well put!
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