Today Dick Cheney accepted responsibility for shooting his friend, Texas lawyer Harry Whittington. This is news? This is like some piece of shit redneck Nazi transvestite claiming that he pays child support on an episode of Jerry Springer. Now the Republicans have their very own Vince Foster (or was that when Dems got their very own Budd Dwyer?). I say that because according to the Washington Times, Cheney, described in various reports as an experienced hunter, ignored more than one cardinal rule of hunting. Also, according to the New York Times, Cheney has admitted to having had "one beer" earlier in the day. Nice try, Dick, I used that one with my parents when I was in high school and got in some deep shit, and I didn't even shoot a guy. Other N.Y. Times reports reveal the depth of Cheney's cavalier and isolationist approach to his own Vice-Presidency. As the N.Y. Times says, Cheney acts like a politician who knows he is doing his last job, and he is getting away with it. Wake up, America. Halliburton! Refusal to reason with the U.N.! Lewis Libby! Cheney wan fi take I wit dem shotta! This man is absolutely nuts, and unequivocally dangerous. Then again, one time I chased a guy onto the hood of a car with a broken bottle in each hand.

Here are links to the news stories:

• Washington Times article
• New York Times article about Cheney's admission (registration required)
• New York Times article about Cheney's isolationism (see above)