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February 15, 2006
Priorities.
Q How far away from you was he?"I TAKE IT, YOU MISSED THE BIRD?!?!"THE VICE PRESIDENT: I'm guessing about 30 yards, which was a good thing. If he'd been closer, obviously, the damage from the shot would have been greater.
Q Now, is it clear that -- he had caught part of the shot, is that right?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: -- part of the shot. He was struck in the right side of his face, his neck and his upper torso on the right side of his body.
Q And you -- and I take it, you missed the bird.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I have no idea. I mean, you focused on the bird, but as soon as I fired and saw Harry there, everything else went out of my mind. I don't know whether the bird went down, or didn't.
What the hell kind of question is that?
(Admittedly, it would have been even worse if the Vice President had responded, "Oh, Harry's wife wasn't even out there with us that afternoon.")
Posted by Eric at February 15, 2006 9:37 PM
Comments
Even if Cheney didn't kill the bird, he later said he was confident it was in its "last throes."
Posted by: Jim E. at February 16, 2006 10:52 AM
::Shrugs:: I don't think its some sort of almighty malicious comment, but the kind of stupid light-hearted banter you see interviewers engage in when they talk about serious subjects to people who should presumably be serious as well. I've always loved the kind of joviality of the Davos/Washington jet-setting crowd while the world burns around them. And this applies to everyone across the supposed "political spectrum" of America. Even I, as an activist, have a good time and keep myself in good spirits lest I burn out, but theres something decidedly Nero-esque about the banter between world elites.
Posted by: Sean S. at February 16, 2006 7:39 PM
The bird is now at a secret prison, with cartoons of quail lining its cage. But I hear it still hasn't confessed.
Posted by: K at February 17, 2006 4:56 PM