Chickening out
David Porter notes the NRA’s silence on the Cheney shooting:
Yet I couldn’t find any official comment from the NRA on Cheney’s sloppy gun handling that led to the shooting. I called the NRA’s headquarters to ask if the organization issued a statement. The spokeswoman said no statement had been issued and didn’t know if the organization would have anything to say.
What Cheney did was embarrassing to himself and all responsible gun owners.
By avoiding criticism of Cheney, the NRA failed to meet one of its key missions: promoting hunter safety.
February 20th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
I disagree.
Although Cheney has admitted fault, I am not sure that he is truly at fault – as opposed to following the advice of his spin-masters. In that regard, the “victim” has also apologized to Cheney and his family.
My theory is that his friend stayed back to relieve himself without telling the hunting party what he was doing. When the birds flew, from a seemingly clear area, Cheney shouldered his shotgun, took aim and shot.
In any event, I would rather go shooting or hunting with Cheney over John Kerry any day of the week.
The MSM continues to diminish its remaining credibility each time it hyperventilates over minutia like this.
I also found it audacious that the MSM shrieked in exasperation when Cheney gave his interview to Britt Hume. I wish Cheney would have his spokesman issue a release that he gave the interview to Fox to ensure that it would reach the largest viewing audience.
I noticed (only by seeing it on Drudge) that CNN’s John McCaffrey (sp?) observed that Humes’ interviewing Cheney was like Bonnie interviewing Clyde. It’s a good thing that, given CNN’s viewership and ratings, not many people heard his remarks.
BTW, who is John McCaffrey? I thought he got canned, but maybe that was Aaron Brown. Or maybe it was Phil Donohue – no, he was with MSNBC. Hell, I don’t know. Does anyone really watch those channels anymore? I would rather sit through 5 hours of Greta in Aruba every night over watching Chris Matthews or Keith Olberman one night a week.
February 20th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
There’s a lot more to this story than you might think:
http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-really-happened-on-armstrong.html
February 21st, 2006 at 4:40 am
Once, a looong time back, McC wasn’t a bad journalist, with a non-network channel in NY (either channel 9 or 11). I’m 63 and we had the 2nd TV on the block, so I remember. Then something happened, and he became just a grumpy, tired old man. Now he’s become an angry, senile old man. He should have retired long ago – he’s like the fighter who tries for one more comeback.