I agree. The 18 hour media delay is nothing much. Rove handles politics, media, the public face of the government. Cheney administers the government. As a public matter it was Rove's balliwick. But I can't see Cheney meekly letting Rove tell him what to do and say. Probably took them awhile to negotiate on how they were going to handle it.

Cheney was engaged in a very private social occation, staying at a ranch with some friends and shooting quail. Cheney got careless and shot his friend and hunting partner. It's a personal tragedy. And would remain a private matter for most people.

Probably wouldn't have been such a big story if Cheney wasn't so unpopular. (He's real low in the polls.) And he lives such a private life that the media jumped all over a little rip in the curtain.

But it was just a hunting accident. He does the bad stuff during regular working hours.

Me too. Two hands and only one mouth.

For a chuckle, see this: www.toonedin.com/cheney.html

RUN!!!HE'S GOT A GUN!!!

Doug Thompson of Capitol Hill Blue writes that secret service agents say Cheney was "clearly inebriated" when he shot his hunting partner.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8184.shtml

RUN!!HE'S DRUNK AN HAS A GUN!!!

Texas Bill to Regulate the Hunting and Harvesting of Attorneys


370.01 Any person with a valid in-state rodent or snake hunting license may also hunt and harvest attorneys for recreational and sport (non-commercial) purposes.

370.02 Taking of attorneys with traps or deadfalls is permitted. The use of United States currency as bait, however, is prohibited.



370.03 Stuffed or mounted attorneys must have a state health department inspection for rabies, and vermin.
370.04 The willful killing of attorneys with a motor vehicle is prohibited, unless such vehicle is an ambulance being driven in reverse. If an attorney is accidentally struck by a motor vehicle, the dead attorney should be removed to the roadside, and the vehicle should proceed immediately to the nearest car wash.



370.05 It is unlawful to chase, herd or harvest attorneys from a power boat, helicopter or aircraft.
370.06 It is unlawful to shout, "WHIPLASH", "AMBULANCE", or "FREE SCOTCH" for the purposes of trapping attorneys.
370.07 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 100 yards of BMW, Mercedes or Porsche dealerships, except on Wednesday afternoon.



370.08 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 200 yards of courtrooms, law libraries, health clubs, country clubs, hospitals or brothels.



370.09 If an attorney gains elective office, it is not necessary to have a license to hunt, trap or possess the same.
370.10 It is unlawful for a hunter to wear a disguise as a reporter, drugdealer, pimp, female legal clerk, sheep, accident victim, bookie, physician, chiropractor or tax accountant for the purpose of hunting attorneys.



370.11 Bag and Possession Limits per day:
Yellow-bellied sidewinders, 2;
Two-faced tortfeasors, 1;
Back-stabbing divorce litigators, 3;
Horn-rimmed cut-throats, 2;
Minutiae-advocating dirtbags, 4.
Honest attorneys protected (Endangered Species Act).