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1. Comment by David Weigel —
   February 12, 2006 @ 9:41 pm

   The fact that he was hunting quayle is an extra VP bonus.

2. Comment by John —
   February 12, 2006 @ 10:28 pm

   Whittington, not Worthington

3. Comment by John Emerson —
   February 12, 2006 @ 10:58 pm

   If the VP does it, it’s legal. Whittington should consider himself darn lucky and keep his yap shut.

4. Comment by rilkefan —
   February 12, 2006 @ 11:23 pm

   ”Whittington, not Worthington”

   Too bad it wasn’t ”Hamilton”.

5. Comment by Gary Farber —
   February 13, 2006 @ 12:50 am

   My various observations here.

   ”…the ranch spokeswoman immediately implying…”

   A bit confused there, Jim. Katharine Armstrong is the owner (see my inital post, and all initial and subsequent reports, including the one you link to — remember when Anne Armstrong was our Ambassador to the UK under Reagan? No, okay, well, when I chatted with Chris Mooney a couple of hours ago at his talk, he looked blank, too. You kids!

   And the spokesperson was Cheney’s, as stated. That’s the official spin, of course. The ranch doesn’t have a ”spokeswoman.” (Again, see my post for background on the ranch, and why Cheney/Bush would favor it, if you like; also, what I thought was the most important point, which you don’t bring up.)

   Okay, to make it easy, as I said six hours ago:

   Am I the only one who is faintly disturbed that the Vice-President of the United States can shoot someone, and it can go unreported for approximately a full day? Imagine that he’d, say, had a heart attack. Not that that’s remotely likely. (I expect that I will certainly not be the only one slightly disturbed.)

   (Hit ”preview” three times, and all that happens is my comment vanishes.)

   Okay, right, fixing HTML.

6. Comment by Jim Henley —
   February 13, 2006 @ 8:44 am

   Gary, words cannot express the true measure of your work in this comment. Ranch owner, not spokeswoman. I mean, she’s a woman, speaking on behalf of the ranch, and yet, she owns the ranch. Multiple hats. But isn’t the one hat bigger than the others? Doesn’t the ranch-owner stetson swallow up the spokeswomaning pillbox, esp since most spokeswomen don’t *wear* hats while spokesing.

   You’ve given me a lot to think about. Thank you.

7. Comment by Gary Farber —
   February 13, 2006 @ 9:27 am

   Uh, didn’t say that distinguishing ”spokeswoman” from ”owner” was important; was just pointing it out.

   The point of the 22+ hour cover-up, on the other hand, does seem mildly important to me. That’s going to be, I predict, the story everyone is hitting today.

8. Comment by steve duncan —
   February 13, 2006 @ 11:43 am

   Dick Cheney is demonstrably a murderous criminal. His genocidal deeds are enumerated and detailed everywhere an inquiring mind chooses to explore. Isn’t merely associating with him in a social setting deserving of whatever mishap befalls a person? The U.S. blithely disregards dead Iraqi children because they happen to be in the same bombed dwelling as a suspected terrorist. Why does Wittington deserve any more sympathy? He freely chose to fraternize with a violent sociopath and got hurt in the process. Were he quail hunting with Osama we’d be cheering his shooting. I don’t see where Cheney is any different than Bin Laden.

9. Comment by Avedon —
   February 13, 2006 @ 1:08 pm

   What’s so strange about the administration having to take an extra day to make up some spin?

10. Comment by Hesiod —
    February 13, 2006 @ 8:07 pm

    I see a beat-to-death political cartoon bonanza in the offing.

11. Comment by Camera (aka Mrs.) Obscura —
    February 13, 2006 @ 9:47 pm

    Hesiod, not just cartoons –

    A very short bit on the radio this afternoon (top 40, Clear Channel of some sort I’m sure):

    ”Dick Cheney for President in 2008” (sound of shotgun being cocked) ”or else!” (sound of shotgun blast).

12. Comment by Gary Farber —
    February 14, 2006 @ 12:46 am

    ”What’s so strange about the administration having to take an extra day to make up some spin?”

    Who said it was strange?

13. Comment by Lawrence Krubner —
    February 14, 2006 @ 3:02 am

    Cheney stayed focused on one thing and got turned 180 degrees.

    (that is, he drew bead on the bird, which flew past him, so as he followed it, he turned around).

14. Comment by Mr. Obscura —
    February 14, 2006 @ 8:06 am

    This episode was a truly rich mine for TV comedians last night. OK, I only saw The Daily Show. But their stuff was rich. As Jon Stewart said, so easy that you feel you should send your check back. Catch it in re-run today if you missed it last night.

15. Comment by Smiley —
    February 14, 2006 @ 5:27 pm

    If I shoot somebody in the face with a shotgun, will I also not be charged?

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