This incident is good for Jon Stewart, David Letterman, and Jay Leno. If the Democratic Party tries to get any traction out of it, they will simply look stupid.
Please, people, just let it go. Get back to substantive things.
(Though, this reminds me I gotta go check out last night's Daily Show!)
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I'm kidding. I don't seriously consider this a serious story ... but it is funny. And I totally forgot to checkout letterman and leno last night. suck.
1. Shots were fired that hit someone in the presence of the vice president of the US. Ok, so he fired them, but that's not a non-story.
2. People who know hunting say it happens, but I get the impression that it's the hunting equivalent of not checking if you're kid is in the car seat when you leave the car. It shows sloppiness if not bad judgment, and it can have disastrous consequences if you're not lucky. (for example getting shot in the eye; it was just a matter of luck that he didn't.)
3. They didn't disclose it. This pisses the White House pool off, and probably with good reason. There's some theory that they specifically held the story until after the Sunday news shows. a decision tree which says "people are going to make a big fuss about this, lets hold it until they won't pay so much attention" is a bad decision process. They don't get to decide what's important; even if they're right that the media would blow it out of proportion.
I think under normal circumstances, "shots were fired in the vicinity of the vice president" would be news, regardless of who it hit, but not so much when you're actually going hunting.
For the rest, sure. :)
Maybe he saw "Surviving the Game" and got a little carried away with the idea of hunting the homeless.
One truly believes Cheney did it on purpose to distract from the wiretap story.
I figure, hey, it's not like he bombed the Sudan or anything.