Why do you think Cheney was so scared to let the press know about his hunting accident?
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Embarrasment. None of us like people to notice us when we do something foolish. For example, if a person falls down in public, he usually looks around to see if anyone noticed before checking himself out. When you are in the public eye, such as politicians, it is very hard to avoid bad press.
308150
They were afraid of him being alot like chad pennington, and would go back out there and tear it again sooner than later.\nI think it is terrible, he had done alot for the orginisation, and for him to just be let go like that is horrible.
994938
I think a lot of people's worst fears were realized....\n\nAnd now I watched just the first few minutes of the video.\n\nYou know what, this is even WORSE than what the general media pulls.\n\nThe definition of "explosion" is very loose here.  It could explain the sounds of individual levels of floors slapping together, starting a chain reaction that could not be stopped as the gravity of Earth pulled the buildings toward it.  Thinking of how many hundreds of gallons of fuel spilled out and down into the buildings along with all the remaining flammable materials, there would be LOADS of explosions.\n\nIt is just stupid, selfish, and cowardice for people to blame anyone else than the retards that hijacked and flew the planes into the buildings.  But, if you feel the need to hold the government accountable, especially Bush, then go ahead.  He doesn't care, not one bit!!!  And most think that he is too stupid to notice.....RIIIIIIIIGHT!!
741480
This must be new, haven't heard of this yet.  1st amendment is the reason why.  Shoot, Mr Cheney told a senator to go f*&^ himself in the senate house, balls being met with balls is OK in my book.  I admit it, I like Cheney, alot more politicians should be told to go f#%$# themselves.
1033092
That is the best question I have heard in a long time.\n\nI guess it is for us to think they actually are doing something!\n\nWhat I hate about a lot of laws they are a reaction to one incident and then they make everyone suffer. They are selectively enforced as well.\n\nThere is no such thing as an accident in my state. If you are driving and someone gets killed you have the honor of being charged with Negligent Homicide\n\nI was thinking about Cheney and his shooting another hunter. In my state he would have gone to jail, do not pass go!!\n\n\n"I'm perfectly comfortable in telling you, our country is one that safeguards human rights and human dignity, and we resolve our disputes in a peaceful way." \n—Bush, answering a Russian reporter's question at a Feb. 24 appearance in Bratislava, Slovakia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin \nSource: White House web site, Feb. 24, 2005
116476
Sounds very negligent to me, despite attempts to whitewash the incident among friends.  Still and all, even were the friends not the VP, probably no charges would be filed, and no lawsuit. (Esp. since Cheney provided immediate medical help.)
406055
What makes you think Cheney did that on accident? I sure don't think it was an accident, I think he really wanted to kill the man for not following orders about Scooter Libby. These people are Nazi's.
309577
Cheney didn't shoot a senator.  He ACCIDENTALLY shot a lawyer friend of his.  I swear, some folks need to get their heads out of their rectal canal...\n\n\nYou edited your post, subcultural, but your head is STILL up your butt.
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because there afraid to know the truth.
1055427
Now that's not nice.  Poor Mr. Cheney, he is just so misunderstood.  Besides, don't you think just looking at his own face in the mirror every morning is torture enough?
1092074
yes! If any of these stories would have came up on Clinton's watch, he would have been impeached before the next news cycle. After all, he was nearly ousted over a stained dress. Yet this prez has a gay male prostitute visiting him for 2 yrs and was it never even mentioned in the main stream media. A new, more damaging story is put out nearly everyday, and before it gets much discussion, its topped by a next new one and is never heard of again. The media was all over Clinton for a host of trivial things like Travel-gate, Whitewater, White House sleepovers and the like. Yet important things done by this administration, that effect EVERY ONE OF US are routinely forgotten. Torture, Katrina, Dubai Ports deal, Airport Insecurity, Haliburton, 9/11, Leaking of CIA agents identities, secret wiretapping programs, OSAMA BIN LADEN, and list goes on & on & on. Where is the media's outrage? Wheres the in-depth reporting? How can the Corperate Media accept the White House's canned answers as a replacement for facts? Get off your BUTTS and dig for the truth. Its not gonna be pretty but it is ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY!!!
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I think that it is largely a media driven thing. I'm not saying that we don't have a reason to be fearful because we do but I think that the media keeps reminding us that we are supposed to be scared of everything.\n\nBush was RE-ELECTED due to 9-11 but being fearful as a nation has nothing to do with his getting elected the first time. I voted for him both times because I felt that he was the BEST man for the job. (BTW, I'm a registered Democrat.)\n\nI typically don't think about the National safety and security issues for the most part, except of course when I watch the news at night and they are always running some sort of story about it.\n\nAs for PERSONAL safety and security issues, I think about those a lot. I don't obsess about them tough. Our house has been broken into twice and our vehicles four different times. So we now have a security system for our house and alarms on all of our vehicles that are set whenever we're not in them. We used to leave one of our doors unlocked for convenience but not anymore. Every family member has a set of house keys and are required to take them whenever they leave the house or chance sitting outside until someone else gets home to let them in.
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One way to look at it is to contrast something Bush did about 6 years ago. He was hunting with Karen Hughes (no he didn't pepper her with bird shot, unfortunately) and they killed some protected species od dear.\n\nThe first thing they did was go out and tell people, apologize and then thats the end of that.\n\nCheney didn't do that, nor would he talk to the Sheriff until the next day. They were drinking there, and Cheney is on various heart medications (although all the details are hidden too) which don't mix with alcohol.\n\nSo was he impared? Probably not, but we'll never know now.
850067
Interesting, but I think the truth lies closer to reality that he wanted to stay in the closet, repuglicans do not like to be outed,as repuglicans are not very tolerant of Gay's. When is the last time that Dick Cheney mentioned his daughter in a political speech. Probably about the twelfth of never.
122082
Well, the first two lessons you learn in hunting safety class is that the gun is to ALWAYS assume the gun is loaded and ALWAYS know exactly what you are shooting at.  When shooting game birds, often you are tracking the bird across an arc before firing, so it's not quite the same as just pointing and shooting at a target.  I can easily see how this sort of incident can happen in a careless moment, especially since his buddy didn't follow the standard etiquette when he approached the rest of the party by announcing his return.  Nevertheless, it's always the shooter's responsibility to know what his weapon is pointed at when the trigger is pulled.\n\nI am not a fan of Cheney at all.  In fact, I really can't stand the guy.  However I think this is an incident that could happen to anyone in a careless moment.  It doesn't necessarily mean he is a bad hunter, just that he had a momentary lapse with serious consequences.
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Because he wasn't paying full and complete attention to his surroundings, as a hunter (or anyone discharging a firearm) should.\n\nADDITION (to respond to some other comments): \nI'm not aware of anyone who is seriously suggesting that he shot his friend intentionally.  However, saying it was an accident does not mean that there was nothing that could have been done to prevent it.  The NRA's safe hunting rules state: \n\n"Know your target and what is beyond.  Be absolutely sure you have identified your target beyond any doubt. Equally important, be aware of the area beyond your target. This means observing your prospective area of fire before you shoot. Never fire in a direction in which there are people or any other potential for mishap. Think first. Shoot second."\n\nThis is a rule that was not followed by Cheney. While it was indeed an accident, it was one caused by carelessness on the part of both Cheney and Whittington.
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Because there is no law that people have to call the media the moment something happens, even though the media wants you to think they are the most important institution.  Police and medical crews were called immediately.  The owner of the range was given the call on telling the media, and she did that - the next day.