Posted on 02/14/2006 5:33:47 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Democrats blast Cheney secrecy after shooting
13 minutes ago
Democrats in Congress accused Vice President Dick Cheney of a pattern of secrecy, and demanded that he "level" with the public, after keeping mum about accidentally shooting an associate over the weekend.
Cheney has been criticized for waiting a day before disclosing a hunting mishap Saturday in which he shot his 78-year-old hunting companion, Harry Whittington, in the neck, chest, and face.
Asked at a press conference for her reaction about how the White House has handled the incident, US Senator Hillary Clinton called the Bush administration's failure to be more forthcoming "troubling."
"A tendency of this administration -- from the top all the way to the bottom -- is to withhold information ... to refuse to be forthcoming about information that is of significance and relevance to the jobs that all of you do, and the interests of the American people," Clinton said.
"Putting it all together, going back years now, there's a pattern and it's a pattern that should be troubling," she said at a press conference calling for a more robust federal response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
The former first lady continued: "The refusal of this administration to level with the American people on matters large and small is very disturbing, because it goes counter to the way our constitutional democracy ... is supposed to work."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid at a press conference Tuesday said the secretive tendency goes beyond Cheney, pervading the entire Bush White House.
"I think the reason it took the vice president a day to talk about this is part of the secretive nature of this administration," the top Senate Democrat said. "They keep things pretty close to the chest."
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I really wish Ted Kennedy would enlighten Dick Cheney on proper accident notification.
TOO funny! Good JOB!
...BUMP!!!
"Asked at a press conference for her reaction about how the White House has handled the incident, US Senator Hillary Clinton called the Bush administration's failure to be more forthcoming
"A tendency of this administration -- from the top all the way to the bottom -- is to withhold information ... to refuse to be forthcoming about information that is of significance and relevance to the jobs that all of you do, and the interests of the American people,Clinton said."
Hil apparently has no shame...AND no platform to run on. On the other hand, she CAN follow the "Rules for Radicals" by Alinsky quite well. Her response to this accident is a classic case of Alinsky's teachings.
Better get ready folks. She's right on track and steaming ahead full bore. Things are going to get really ugly before 2008. I've never seen so much silliness and hate-filled rhetoric.
Michelle Malkin:
"Funny thing is, I can't recall the mainstream media melting down over the 30-hour delay — presided over by Hillary Clinton, according to internal records — in releasing the late White House counsel Vincent Foster's suicide note to authorities and her own husband. Can you?"
Thank Heaven it wasn't Karl Rove who accidentally shot someone.
Let's see...Chappaquiddick, Vince Foster, Rose Law Firm Records, Monica Lewinski, Juanita Broadderick, Mena Arkansas "suicides"...
Yes, the Democrats are the moral superiors on the subject of informing public.
Not at all, looks good on you:)
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