I was asleep at the switch and missed Milbank wearing a matching orange wool cap.
Olbermann, distressed at the fact that no video or still photos were available of the incident, made his own............
Posted on 02/13/2006 5:23:57 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Edited on 02/13/2006 5:38:51 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
by Mark Finkelstein
February 13, 2006 - 20:02
Let the record show that it took the MSM less than a day to float the possibility that Dick Cheney intentionally shot Harry Whittington.
And who better to surmise that the Vice-President might have been trying to bump off his buddy than Ron Reagan, that primetime speaker at the Kerry convention who moonlights as an MSNBC "political analyst"?
Reagan appeared on tonight's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and in decrying the fact that the Secret Service apparently denied local law enforcement immediate access to Cheney, said the following:
"Law enforcement is entitled to investigate this case, to find out what happened, to find out if he had anything against Mr. Whittington, and to find out - again I don't mean to suggest anything - to find out if anyone had been drinking . . ."
Matthews, seemingly shocked but unable to contain a wide smile, broke in:
"You just did [suggest something]. Are you crazy? You just threw that out there. There's no reason to believe this is anything but an accident and you know it."
After suggesting it might have been anything but an accident, Reagan contradicted himself while trying to change the subject:
"I'm not suggesting it wasn't an accident but I'm saying one of the first questions the police would ask anybody is if there had been any drinking going on."
Matthews' other guest, notorious Bush antagonist Patrick Buchanan, was only too happy to pour inflammable liquid on the fire:
"Why didn't Cheney invite the sheriff in so the sheriff could find out what happened?"
So there it is. Approximately 13 hours after the story broke on national news, a paid MSM analyst has suggested that the Vice-President of the United States might have intentionally shot an innocent man.
I was asleep at the switch and missed Milbank wearing a matching orange wool cap.
Olbermann, distressed at the fact that no video or still photos were available of the incident, made his own............
So, which one was it then - intentionally shot him or was drunk and shot him?
Call me crazy, but I'd still be honored to be invited along on a hunting trip with the VP.
Of course, I wouldn't go sneaking up on him, either :-)
Which ever one poles better for the DNC
He couldn't make it TOO obvious!
LOL - exactly - they are going to be in for a shocker when NEITHER does!
Is a disgrace....suck up to Libs....MSNBC thought he
would be a draw...only thing that happened was there
were more flies in the studio..check his shorts..Jake
Ron Reagan has a bony head. I never did like that bonehead.
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I watch Hairball everyday to see what is making Chrissy pee his pants THAT day...
Today was disgusting in its "speculation"...45 minutes of pure speculation about what/why/when/where/how...and YET they were given the story already.
Oh...except for the late breaking detail that a new "stamp" is required on hunting licenses and Cheney hadn't gotten one..so he got a "warning"...lol
Shut up, Skipper.
The Lib goobers are NOT going to get any traction with this; they may even lose those few conservative Dems that they DO have left.
The Smoking Gun has info on this matter; investigators determined there was no alcohol involved.
Someone needs to slap Ron Reagan silly.
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It wasn't even 13 hours; that show is on at 5:00 p.m. EST.
The shooting happened at 5:50 p.m. CST.
OH...yeah...I am SO glad you have this list...nothing makes me want to "discuss" more than Chrissy's hysterics...LOL
Holy cow. The MSM is starting to resemble the dinosaurs in the tar pits...the more they struggle, the more they dig their own graves.
Clearly, members of the MSM have never been hunting.
I made a post on another thread a few minutes ago describing circumstances where I suddenly realized that I was in a position where my husband could have shot me. And we were hunting for birds (I was only on a look-out position, I didn't have a gun and don't know how to use one). However I have taken classes in awareness and wilderness survival, and I'd heard/seen the bird and wanted to point it out to my husband. I used all my training to walk super-quietly, even on the dry leaves. But when I realized that I couldn't see my husband anymore, though we were both wearing orange vests, I stopped moving until I saw his face and he saw mine and we waved at each other.
Accidents can happen, very easily, while hunting. I've never hunted in my life but I've tagged along enough to know that the combination of adrenaline, trying to hide from the animals (but not from your hunting partner), and the foiliage, etc., can be extremely dangerous.
The line to slap him forms behind me.The little twit needs a tune-up.
Nice. Brings back fond memories of me actually placing the Nintento gun to the TV screen so that I could get the high score in Duck Hunt (I wasn't much of a shot).
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