The Gang that Can't Shoot Straight

Jon Stewart, of Comedy Central's "Daily Show" looked up to the heavens and said "Thank you, Jesus."

Jon Stewart is Jewish so you know it has to be good.

What followed was 30 minutes of this statement: "The Vice President of the United States shot a 78-year-old man in the face."

David Letterman's "Top Ten List" says Cheney's "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm."

Arizona Republic Cartoonist Steve Benson's cartoon points out that Cheney isn't licensed to hunt in Texas.

Tom Toles, cartoonist for the Washington Post drew Dick Cheney in front of the head and hands of a hunter mounted on his wall.

Cheney spokesperson Mary Matlin said Cheney "..didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to do."

Wait, didn't he just shoot somebody?

ABC News reports that the vice president's "Secret Service contingent had notified the local sheriff an hour after the vice president accidentally shot prominent Texas lawyer Harry Whittington with a pellet gun while hunting for quail."

Now THERE'S spin: a shotgun is really a "pellet gun."

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is "peppered" by the White House press corps and does an amazingly good imitation of Porky Pig trying to explain away why the world was left uninformed that the Vice President of the United States shot a 78-year-old man in the face with a shotgun.

Isn't it interesting the spin in the use of the word "peppered" instead of "shot?" I've never heard a hunter describe going hunting and killing game by "peppering" them with a shotgun. "Well Earl, I sure peppered that deer, didn't I?"

This morning, the White House is blaming the guy who got shot. Hmm, I guess he forgot to duck.

I wonder if this is what you call "friendly fire?"

Texas law says any doctor that treats a gunshot wound must immediately report it to law enforcement. So how come Cheney wanted to wait for the landowner to report the incident?

This is another example of a group of people that no matter how bad things get at their own hand, they cannot accept any responsibility. They are incapable of admitting any mistake. These people are simply incorrigible.