This is rich: Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter.
“The last thing I heard him say before he squeezed the trigger was ‘go fuck yourself.'”
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This is rich: Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter.
“The last thing I heard him say before he squeezed the trigger was ‘go fuck yourself.'”
Dick 02/16/06 12:04 PM
If it weren’t for the fact that Whittington had a heart attack and is in serious condition, the jokes would have been great. My first reaction was that the Repubs had really stepped in it this time for the way they handled it. But lately, I’ve had a niggling suspicion that the Dems could be rogered in the long run, say by the November elections.
Paul Woodford 02/17/06 4:14 PM
What’s with the partisan stuff, Dick? Oh, you’re thinking of Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, aren’t you? You know, I really don’t care whether these weak characters are Republicans or Democrats. They are fools, and they need to be exposed and got rid of. They are embarrassments to Americans. They are un-American.
We can do better. We must do better. And we’d better hurry up, or it’ll be too late.
Paul
Paul Woodford 02/18/06 1:40 AM
Er, perhaps I was a little drunk when I wrote that. Fools, yes. Embarrassments, yes. Un-American? No. American through and through (if by “American” one means “human”).
What prompted my boozy rant was the partisan tit-for-tatness of your comment, Dick. Republicans screw up/break laws/etc, slam Democrats. And vice-versa, of course.
I’m going to a party tonight, and all my conservative friends will be there. Will I hear original thinking or laundry lists of GOP talking points? Last party I went to, talking points were the order of the day. Still, talking points can be interesting. I’m curious to learn how conservatives are rationalizing the 22-hour delay in reporting the shooting. Let me guess: “So what if they’d been drinking? Teddy Kennedy killed a girl and Bill Clinton came on Monica’s dress. Who would you rather have listening in on your phone calls?”
On second thought, maybe I’ll just stay home and listen to Rush on the radio. Might as well get my talking points straight from the horse’s ass.
Dick 02/18/06 11:25 PM
Naw, I wasn’t thinking Chappawhatsit at all. My first reaction was the Bushies had blotched the PR handling of it, which I still think is true. Then I started to parse it and realized this whole incident is reminiscent of the Keystone Kops. Basically, this is a tempest in a teapot, which is a big miscue for the Dems in the upcoming election. They want to argue the war on terror, civil rights, and Iraq. Now, they’ve added the VP who can’t shoot straight to the list. Obviously, the Dems are passionate over these issues, but they are the wrong issues if they want to win.
They should be focusing on the Repubs domestic program, or should I say, the lack thereof. I think the Dems could be serious contenders for at least the House of Representatives in November, if they changed their focus. But for some reason, I see good old Karl chuckling himself to sleep as the Dems get distracted over Cheney and roger themselves – on the wrong issue.
Paul Woodford 02/18/06 11:56 PM
Too true, Dick. By the way, the party was great. Cheney didn’t come up once! Our friend Pam, Representative Jim Kolbe’s executive secretary, was there. She said one of Kolbe’s reasons for retiring is the poisonous atmosphere of party politics in the house & senate. I didn’t press for details because what she said sounded so right.