I could save a lot of time not having to plow through the bad grammar, poor spelling and general snarkiness of the umemployed basement threaders.

My point was that I’ve never seen a Vice President go from such highly regarded stature, to the constant butt of jokes. Dan Quayle was an idiot before he became Vice President, and continued to be so afterwards. Al Gore was a “wooden, tree-hugging stiff” before he became VP, and the perception of him as such didn’t change much as a result of him running for President, although the case can be made that Al appears a bit less “stable” then we might have thought originally.

Cheney was the guy who was going to make sure the frat-boy didn’t screw up, right?

JK

I answered in another thread. Sorry to disappoint you, but it is not uncommon for accidents like this to be accepted as accidents, with no criminal charges. That goes for ordinary folk as well as politicians.

Knock down drag out? I call it Obama, first few seconds.

I m just wondering – what would happen if some ordinary everyday american accidentally shot one of his hunting buddies like this? Police records, booking and bail, etc?

Anyone want to make bets on what will be happening to Pencil Dick, legality-wise, on this one? Think it will show up on his permanent record?

Has anyone seen any of the police reports about this? Has there been any bookings, court documents, bail hearings, etc., about this incident?

It has already been established that a sitting president can be brought into court about extra-cuuricular activities engaged in while in office. Will we be seeing any of the inside of the court room where Cheney’s trial etc. will be held?

I don’t know about political hay, but I will make political humor about it. Meanwhile you will keep showing yourself to be the humorless, petulant Frank Burns we all know and love.

If a death had been involved I would have reacted with less glee, out of respect for the vicitm and his family. But Dick Cheney has governed the last five years with no respect or compassion for anyone apart from fellow oil executives, so he’ll get none of either from me.

Sorely disappointed that no one brought it up.

…gotta pick myself up off the floor trying to stop laughing because only the most die-hard, partisan, hackneyed, idiotic nincompoops would feel the need to defend what at first blush appears to be an accident by bringing up events from 30-50 years ago. The term “knee-jerk reaction” takes on a whole new meaning (with emphasis on the “jerk”).

Man oh man, if it wasn’t for Frank, Peedro and their ilk I’d miss my daily dose of the giggles. Thanks guys, you never disappoint.

Have fun, Wilbur, it’s your dime, as they say.

The vice-president shot a guy.

Vice President Elmer Fudd

You let us make fun of Cheney now and we’ll let you time travel back to 1956 to make fun of Adlai Stevenson. Hell, we’ll even let you go back to 1969 and mock Teddy Kennedy.

Deal?

Oh, and tell us where your time machine is. We’ll take reeeeealllll good care of it to make sure that you can get back safely.