Imagine if this was John Kerry. His approval rating would be about 5% after the media was done with him.
But it's not John Kerry. It's Dick Cheney, whose own approval rating isn't very damn high, and it has likely taken a further beating over this.
I'm not going to play "Pretend what the media would do with so-and-so" ... I think it was a legitimate accident, the media has made their points about the administration's sluggishness to inform the public (on this and other matters), and the only people it should be a big deal to are Dick Cheney and the guy laying in a hospital bed with buckshot floating around in him.
Other than trite comparisons to the war or administration secrecy, why would this be of much concern to anyone else? The media has made their point; they wanted (and needed) to know. Dick Cheney apologized (granted, some of you would rather he commit sepuku in an act of contrition, but that's unlikely) and took full responsibility. What more do you all want?
I want Cheney to be treated the way a Democrat would be treated.
And where is the precedent for a Democrat accidentally shooting someone while bird hunting?
Maybe not for birds, but......
Vincent Foster
