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Meanwhile, on ABC it was Diane Sawyer and Elizabeth Vargas trying desperately to think of something else bad to say after every few seconds of Dick Cheney's clip.

It was so pointless and inane, I can't think of any of it worth writing down.

Sawyer did add that President Bush knows a little about hunting mishaps of his own and then she noted he had written about one such incident in his book.

I know what it was! It was when he shot a killdeer the first day of dove season, when he was running against Ann Richards for governor and they were hunting together as the annual photo-op ritual on opening day. That was 1994. Here's a google blurb about it:

"Always eager to enlighten voters on key issues like crime, education, and the economy, NBC discovered a new issue: the "wildlife misdemeanor." Through early October, Today has aired only one story on the Texas Governor's race. Instead of addressing issues that voters find important, Jim Cummins dedicated his time to a dead bird, inadvertently shot by the GOP candidate during a hunting trip.

George W. Bush, son of the former President, is running against Gov. Ann Richards, and in an annual ritual, the two candidates went dove hunting on the first day of the season with the press in tow. Unfortunately, the GOP hopeful mistakenly shot an endangered killdeer. Recognizing he bagged the wrong bird, Bush admitted his mistake to the game warden and announced his desire to pay the fine.

Cummins concluded by warning: "His misdeed with a shotgun is going to cost the Republican candidate for Governor a lot more than that [$130 fine] before election day. One Democrat joked about Bush, `A guide told him to shoot and he did. That's typical of George -- he only does what he is told and he often hits the wrong target.'"