Posted on 02/16/2006 3:29:24 PM PST by Chi-townChief
Dick Cheney has been compared to Aaron Burr, the other vice president who shot a guy. But during his interview with Brit Hume, Cheney seemed like an officer in King Louis XVI's court -- proud of a blase disdain for the people he serves.
His demeanor was of a disrespectful elitist who doesn't regret concealing the shooting of a friend. He looked non-contrite. The sneer. The chill.
The Cheney-Hume volley was soft and sympathetic, like a defense attorney asking a client about basic details. Hume asked few follow-ups. He posed a good-old-boy question, "I take it you missed the bird?" Instead of asking which news leak has most damaged America, he should have grilled Cheney on resulting scandals.
Hume asked one great question. Did Cheney unilaterally declassify spy information? Cheney wouldn't answer. Spooky.
It's no wonder Cheney picked Hume to come out to. Hume played tennis with George H.W. Bush when he covered him for ABC. Hume has known Cheney a long time. Before the interview, he spun the story: "The public isn't very upset about it."
Others at Fox downplayed their scoop. An anchor howled, "Forget about this hunting accident!"
And Fox didn't air the whole interview. What was left on the cutting-room floor?
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BONUS COLUMN:
Reasons for keeping mum are matchless
February 16, 2006
BY LYNN SWEET SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
"This is a very complicated story," said Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday, offering a reason why he kept a lid on a Saturday hunting accident.
With that, we gain an exquisite insight into Cheney.
He broke his silence in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Brit Hume, who did a solid job in walking Cheney through the events leading up to and after his accidental shooting of Harry Whittington.
Some brief thoughts:
Cheney: "My first reaction, Brit, was not to think: 'I need to call the press.'" Mr. Vice President, no one expected the press to be called first. It's misleading to let on that the uproar has to do with that.
Cheney: "I had no press person with me." Hey, heard about cell phones? On this being too complicated to handle in a routine way -- the White House deals with complicated news every day. You want complicated? Explain Medicare Part D.
Cheney: "We also didn't know what the outcome here was going to be." We almost never know how stories end. If that were a standard, well, I would not be writing this right now. What we report on is how events begin, Mr. Vice President.
Cheney: "Are they going to take my word for what happened?" Mr. Vice President, you have to ask?
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These goofballs actually imagine that THEY are "the people he serves."
"The sneer. The chill"
Not enough drama for a television critic.
Maybe he ought to still to the Olympics, NBC is providing plenty of "drama".
Cheney: "My first reaction, Brit, was not to think: 'I need to call the press.'" Mr. Vice President, no one expected the press to be called first. It's misleading to let on that the uproar has to do with that.
And than this statement suggesting that it was wrong for the VP to not do the next thing to that.
Cheney: "I had no press person with me." Hey, heard about cell phones?
Boy oh boy, I remember when the mainstream media would howl like stuck pigs when Hillary's handlers would hand over the list of questions she would respond to.
What? oh yeah. nevermind.
My mom complained her meal was too big and my wife complained that she couldn't finish her chocolate cheesecake desert.
I'm trying to get David Gregory on the phone to give him the scoop first.
What is he even doing in that shot?
Mugging for the camera.
It is all about him.
Waiving his jacket around was supposed to make him look good?
Looks to me as though Mr. Elfman got the lace on his panties caught in his zipper and now he has his panties in a wad.....boooooooooHoooooooooo!!!! What a dork.
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I can't stand her or her content on FOX News. She is FOX's tabloid / soap-opera queen.
It's better entertainment than going to the movies.
Gretta's show has essentially become a television version of True Detective Magazine. But...as someone noted above, she seems to beat the same dead horse night after night with no real new information to discuss. Not my cup of tea but it must be getting the ratings because they seem to have settled on this format as a permanent thing.
Keith Olbermoonbat is trying to mobilize the troops to destroy the sheriff and the DA down in Texas who have declined to press charges, according to some of the ten people who are actually watching his show.
Great post, astute observation!
Hey, Lynn Sweet! I'll tell you how this story is going end. This story is going to end with you guys getting your butts kicked. Again.
ROFL! Hey, I just took my dog out to do #2. Maybe I should call Dick Gregory, too.
Freudian slip.
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