At the risk of being unoriginal, I had to talk about this. When was the last time a President or VP shot someone in the face? I'm confident this is the first time in my brief time on this planet. But the focus of this post is instead on how it relates to the Bush administration in general.
Did anyone notice how they (as usual) have gone out of their way to sweep this under the rug? First of all, they waited a day before releasing the information, and then tried to do so in a casual way..."oh by the way, Cheney shot someone this weekend...and also, lunch will be at 12:30..." Then, Cheney ducks out early from the morning meeting so he can avoid talking about it. What a chicken shit! What happened to the Cheney who told people to fuck off? Why is he so afraid to take accountability for what he did? Afraid to answer some questions and take a little ribbing. Luckily, no one died. Honestly, no matter where you fall politically, you have to understand that this is something you have to deal with. Why does the Bush administration try so hard to hide everything?
Here's all it takes to deal with this sort of thing. I'm pretty sure past administrations have handled it this way. #1: Call press conference #2: Have person made a genuine apology in which they acknowledge the mistake they made and take accountability. #3: Answer a few questions about it, expecting to be badgered and made fun of a bit.
But then again, with Bush & Cheney, this is what I've come to expect.
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I think it's because he feels guilty this time. It's incredibly ironic to me that despite a lengthy history of fraud, graft, and war crimes, Cheney is finally getting a smidgen of the negative press he deserves for what is really just an accident, no matter how negligent he was. You realize that if things had happened the other way around, the other hunter would have been executed on the spot.
As far as the cover-up, the Bush administration seriously strikes me as pathological; they lie when there is no reason to lie at all. I mean, there actually was one plausible and defensible reason for going into Iraq, but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere.
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