Lt. Col. Jay Fawcett/Hefley's Retirement

What it means, from Swing State Project.

Do your part folks, we may not have this opportunity again.

Truth or Dare

Instead of going to your hand-picked syncophants, Mr. Cheney, why don't you answer some tough questions worthy of being aked of the second most powerful executive in the land, if you're man enough:

1. If you were not in fact drunk as a skunk at the time you shot a 78 year-old man in the face, Dick, why did you go to so much trouble to get MSNBC to scrub Katharine Armstong's comments about alcohol at the hunt out of their article? Boy you guys sure gets a lot of media service for that $1.6 billion a year.

2. The official story says that the buckshot migrated to Whittington's heart through the bloodstream. How did your crack medical team get the blood to flow backwards in Mr. Whittington's body such that the buckshot "sprayed into his skin" ("like little raindrops") got sucked back into the coronary artery? This story should really be eclipsing all others.

3. Did you enlist the help of Arlen Specter, author of the Warren Commission's "Magic Bullet theory," to help you out with yours? It would take some magic BB's indeed from a distance of 30 yards to ricochet back into such a tight pattern (see above). But if it's good enough for JFK, I suppose Mr. Whittington should feel honored.

4. How happy are you that the State of Texas did not handle this like they would have if you had been graced with an Hispanic surname? An indictment for manslaughter and a $20 million judgment against the ranch owner is probably nothing a white Republican boozehound such as yourself should have to worry about, after all.

There's more.............

Random Thoughts and Bon Mots

• I think I stole that title from somewhere. Hey, you get what you pay for.
• Why does every Bush Adminsitration failure follow the same M.O.?
  

• Screw-up
• Evade, spin, and Cover-up
• When it's too late Show-up
• Quietly Lawyer-up
• Finally, promise to cooperate and then Clam-up

• Why does Michael Chertoff have to swear an oath when he testifies, but Alberto Gonzales and George Bush and Dick Cheney and Condi Rice do not? The answer is probably as obvious as it is cynical.
• It's also become obvious to me why George Bush doesn't hold anyone in his administration accountable: Everyone he hires is the "best person for the job" and "has all my confidence" and will "do a great job for the American people." When they screw up, they not only fail the American people, they shine a spotlight on George Bush's inability to staff his government and as a judge of people.
• If the press was really unbiased and doing their jobs, there would be a spotlight shone on George Bush's failures. I guess we'll have to wait.
• And wait.
• And wait..........
• IOKIYAR - It's OK If You're A Republican. Laws are for the little people and Democrats. Republicans get a pass, even on voter fraud. But God, please make this Republican felon go away and I'll give money to Pat Roberson, I promise, even James Dobson if you want.
• There is no way in hell that Cheney just peppered this guy and put him in intensive care from 30 yards away. It was cold, they were wearing cold and hunting gear, and birdshot at that distance is very weak. I think it was gun mishandling, no game in sight, and the 18-hours was needed to try to save Cheney's skin.
• Why are Republicans, who bash our brains out over principles every 2 to 4 years, never willing to actually stand up for one of them principle things? You know who you are.
• (stolen) If Cheney won't even appear publicly to explain to the press wth happened on that "hunt" to his "good friend" - then how is it possible he feels any sympathy for anyone? ANYONE?
• If President Bush was such a good manager, why hasn't he forced Cheney to fulfill his duties as our employee and an elected officer of the government?
• To answer my own question: Cheney doesn't give a flying rat's patoutie: he assigned himself the job, he was elected individually (per the law) and seperately from Bush, and Bush is too chicken to rein him in. (Wow, how about a George Bush/John Edwards executive to unite the country and involve both sides. Oh wait, Bush lied about that too.)
• I love the fact that Keith Olbermann is giving a running count on "Days since the President declared 'Mission Accomplished'". I'm sure Keith is taking some heat. I'm also sure Keith is a helluva lot tougher than the executives above him. Watch Keith at 6PM here on Adelphia channel 37.
• An finally, why doesn't Blogger have a decent spell-check function?
  

Adults in Charge/Party of Personal Responsibility/Compassionate Conservative Republican

"Go ahead and shoot your friends. Then blame them for getting in the way of the shot, and have a female friend deal with the press for you so you can hide behind her skirts and never have to accept any responsibility. Ever."

One Day Story

Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses

10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"

9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"

8. "Not enough Jim Beam"

7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"

6. "I love to shoot people"

5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"

4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"

3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"

2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"

1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"

Dead-Eye Dick

I couldn't resist...............



But typical of the Bush Administration they blacked out the news for 24 hours. Maybe they were waiting to see if Dead-eye Dick really killed him. Or figuring out how to blame the guy that Cheney shot. Isn't it the responsibility of hunters to always know where their party is? That would lay the blame at Cheney's feet, or Dead-eye's aim as the case may be.

Of course, true sportsmen don't hunt domestic-raised game on their best friends' ranch, they actually hunt: "The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported today that 500 farm-raised pheasants were released yesterday morning at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier Township for the benefit of Cheney's 10-person hunting party. The group killed at least 417 of the birds."

Whoo boy, they musta been hungry.

Adults in Charge

"Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter"

Sounds a bit like a Monty Python skit. Upper Middle Class Twit of the Year, maybe. The poor guy would have looked pretty silly stuffed and mounted on Cheney's desk.

Posted by Libertanus.

edited by Z.