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This whole non-story goes to show how desperate the right-wing blogosphere is right now.
Were there any major US politicians upset that Cheney wasn't killed? Kennedy? Reid? Pelosi? Of course not.
What about members of the big, bad, "liberal Hollywood establishment"? Baldwin? Dixie Chicks? Babs? Sean Penn? Nope, not even they are upset that Cheney wasn't killed?
How about members of the much-maligned "liberal MSM." Olberman? Wolf Blitzer? Chris Matthews? Nope, no go there either.
Finally, how about other prominent left-wing boogeymen? Kos? Michael Moore? Cindy Sheehan? Jimmy Carter? Nope - no nasty comments from them either.
So...the only place the righties can find disturbing comments about Cheney's near death experience are from ANONYMOUS posters on a blog. And from this, they are overgeneralizing to the ENTIRE liberal/left-of-center movement.
This is akin to asking your parents their favorite color, and then stating that the ENTIRE PLANET likes that color too.
