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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:00 AM

When vice presidents shoot people

Talking points and protocol tips from the White House Press Office.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Tuesday, February 14, 2006 08:25 AM

    Poco

    Isn't news? It is news even when it isn't famous people. If there's a hunting accident, it gets reported on the news. When the VP shoots someone in a hunting accident, it is bigger news and not just because he's famous. He's an advocate of gun rights and has mocked others publicly for allegedly not knowing what they were doing. Cheney just showed he doesn't know what he's doing and didn't even have the permits to hunt! (Hunt being a relative term as he was on a "hunting farm".)

    Of course, there's other news in this case: Cheney didn't report it right away and stonewalled the police until the following morning. Interfering with a police investigation? That's news. Even if it was just to give him time to sober up.

    P.S., your P.S.? Now That's comedy.

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