Unlike Ari Fleischer, I don't think the administration has mishandled the press on this issue. Rather, I think they've done the only thing they could do: Given the choice between a murderous drunk of a vice president and an intractable sneak of a vice president, I'd choose the latter seven days a week and twice on Sundays. Is there any other explanation? Why else would they have avoided alerting the public for 18 hours? or "arranged" to have local law enforcement interview Cheney the next day rather than immediately?
Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said that about an hour after Cheney shot Whittington, the head of the Secret Service's local office called the Kenedy County sheriff to report the accident. "They made arrangements at the sheriff's request to have deputies come out and interview the vice president the following morning at 8 a.m. and that indeed did happen," Zahren said.Frankly, I'd rather see the press investigating the Katrina mismanagement or the illegal wiretaps with this kind of ferocity, but I'll take what I can get. Was he or was he not drunk off his ass when he shot this dude in the face at 30 paces?At least one deputy showed up at the ranch's front gate Saturday evening and asked to speak to Cheney but was turned away by the Secret Service, Zahren said. There was some miscommunication that arrangements already had been made to interview Cheney the next morning, he said.
MORE: A friend suggests:
I believe that in Texas being too drunk to aim your shotgun IS simply classified as a "hunting accident." I should check with my wife, who is studying for next week's Texas bar.
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