But let’s gain some perspective, folks -- the White House press corps is clearly overreacting to Dick Cheney’s recent hunting mishap. This story should have been good for a few nights worth of wisecracks and one-liners from the likes of Letterman and Leno, not the major political calumny the pundits are attemtping to push.
It’s not as if Cheney was attempting to assassinate a political rival under the thin guise of a hunting accident, although it might be advisable for them, and perhaps even a few lobbyists, to ponder future invitations from the VP with some caution.
The call for Cheney to make some sort of statement about the incident is misguided, at best; asinine, at worst.
With all the truly serious challenges our country faces, both abroad, and right here at home, we ought to work harder to find creative solutions for those issues which actually matter -- like making sure the National Security Administration starts tapping Dick's phone line, just in case.
