Yesterday I pleaded with the mass media and the nation to give Vice President Cheney a break. Cheney's remarks in an interview with Fox News' Brit Hume last night have me regrettably rescinding that plea for national unity. As Cheney would say, "If I had to do it again I would still call for the moratorium on Cheney bashing".
This is where I draw the line; in his interview with Fox, Mr Cheney pulled the dog ate my homework excuse when asked why he did not report the shooting earlier and why the Vice Presdient's Office did not issue the press release. His reason, Cheney said was he had "no press person with him".
The second most powerful man in the world did however have with him a personal physician, the secret service, an ambulance, and the ability to secretly and securely communicate with Washington and anyone anywhere in the world.
Cheney's choice was to let Katherine Armstrong release the information because she was an experienced hunter, a former Texas wildlife offical- "an acknowledged expert in all of this". An expert in accidental shooting by a Vice Presidental?
Armstrong began calling the Corpus Christi Caller-Times at 9 a.m. and they finally returned her call at 12 noon. One would think that a message like "Call me regarding the Vice President accidentaly shooting a 78 year old man" would get a quicker response. But with no press person and limited means of communicating with the outside world it is easy to see what the Vice President was thinking!
I wish I was making this up!
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