Yes, Virginia, there is a story…
As I said yesterday, I’m not very interested in the time lag between the hunting accident and its disclosure to the press. That’s not to say it isn’t news. I simply figure this is another example of a politician making the obvious and dumb decision to try to hush it or spin it first.
Rem Rieder does a good job of explaining why this is news: “We’re talking after all, about the vice president of the United States.”
Cheney will talk to Brit Hume today. The details are a bit sketchy at the moment. The interview will take place at 2 p.m. EST and we’ll get to see parts of it at 6 p.m. on FOX.
(Do I really have to say it? Naaaaa…I didn’t think so.)
The President got it right during his 1994 campaign for Texas governor: He accidently shot a protected bird. Confess.
UPDATE (2:40 p.m.): Cheney speaks and says the right thing, according to the Washington Post:
Vice President Cheney accepted responsibility today for the accidental shooting of a 78-year-old man in a hunting accident last weekend, saying that watching his friend fall to the ground bleeding after he was injured was an “image I’ll never get out of my mind.”
“You can’t blame anybody else,” Cheney said in an interview with Fox News Channel. “I’m the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend. It’s a moment I’ll never forget.”
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