On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:44:28 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Dave LaCourse wrote:
rw wrote:
This is politics, not the real world. Cheney's a laughingstock, so he's
finished.

...
Cheney will finish his time as VP, retire from public service with one
hell of a nice retirement, and go fishing/hunting where ever, when
ever he feels the need. ...

This hunting incident may not damage Cheney himself, he
was headed for retirement in 2009 in any case, but it
will hurt the Republican party.

Joe Sixpack will tolerate a lot, **** on the Constitution,
lie to Congress, torture and kill a few towel heads, who
cares. But Joe Sixpack knows that shooting your hunting
companion in the face is, at best, careless stupidity and
if he himself had done it he'd be talkin' to the sheriff
forthwith and not the next day. Joe Sixpack *hates* rich
*******s who think they're above the law.

This will resonate in a negative way at least through the
2006 elections even if Cheney does manage to remain in
office.

Um, Whittington is a lawyer..."Joe Sixpack" would probably lend Cheney a
box of shells...and a gun...and GASP! a good dog...well, OK, so maybe
not the dog, but his wife or truck or something...

Seriously, based on the circumstances and evidence at hand, nobody would
be talking to the sheriff, forthwith or otherwise - it would have
_generally_ been handled the same way. Actually, it probably got more
attention from the local LEOs and TPWD because it was Cheney, et al


And kinda-seriously, "Joe Sixpack" probably doesn't care about what guys
like Cheney and Whittington (or Kerry and Edwards, or Clinton and Gore,
or Aristotle and Plato, or Abbie and Jerry, or Malcolm and Medgar, or
Rush and Al, or...) do, be they shooting at each other or otherwise, as
long as it doesn't affect him in any way he can readily see, taste,
and/or feel. Now, if Jeff had taken a shot at Larry or Rusty at Dale,
it might be a little different...

HTH,
R