[ez]

Its only objective is to discredit the Bush Administration, and by doing so to increase the chances of a Democratic victory in the upcoming 2006 elections and, of course, in the 2008 Presidential election.

The press will criticize everything this administration does. They might as well STOP trying to appease the press, because it can't be done. Enact your agenda, let the press howl and moan, and at the end of the day, do what Reagan did. Go straight to the American people and make your case.

[arthurus]

If DC hadn't stiffed the press NSA would still be the Current Obsession. It was a brilliant operation worthy of Mr. Rove but it may have been actually an accident.

[jla]

Cheney ought to hold his next press conference while on the commode, allowing the Liberal Drone to really get up close and personal with him.

[buck61]

I agree, would make no difference, in the end it would all
have been the same results. I hope all this hatred will come back to bite the left in the _____ in the end. There are a lot of independent voters and, I pray they will see the lies on the left and the hate they spew for all Republicans and the Bush Adm.

[Shalom Israel]

What if Dick Cheney Hadn’t Stiffed the Press?

No question: his prompt notification of the press would have been treated as a confession of guilt for something really, really bad. They'd be fuzzy on the crime itself, but they'd be very clear that it was bad, and Cheney confessed to it.

[G.Mason]

"Let’s press the rewind button and go back to the very moment of the accidental shooting…."

Oh ... by all means. Let us wail, gnash teeth, and beat ourselves with flails, lest we forget how insignificant the MSM is.

[johnny7]

Cheney was 'gonna get screwed by the MSM anyway he handled it. He just did it on his own terms... denying the pri_ks the power they so desperately desire.

[sgtbono2002]

Cheney did not intentionally start out to allow the press to make fools of themselves, but it sure turned out that way. Not only that, but they are still doing it.

The American media : How low can they go?

[Enterprise]

ASAP, VP Cheney needs to find something else important to break to a small town newspaper. Just for fun.

[Sender]

While I don't want to "stiff the press", the WH press corps has proven itself to be a herd of irrelevant, self-serving, arrogant, ignorant airheads.

Time after time, when any event of WH interest occurs, they ask the stupidest questions such as "when exactly did Bush know?" or "is that Cheney's shotgun?".

Clearly they are focused on extracting any damaging point they can trumpet to smear the reputation of this administration. That's all they care about. Truth doesn't even enter the equation. They are after The Story that will catapult them to the front row of Bush Haters Inc.

I'm glad they were stiffed. Let them get their information like reporters actually do, by observing and reporting.

[Dilbert56]

Kudos to the Veep. Rove ordered him to create an incident and he managed to merely wound his friend. That's tricky shooting. If only he'd yelled: "Hey counselor, block tort reform again and I'll aim to kill!"

The important thing is it took the focus of the NSA monitoring which was leaked by Rove to ensure Alito got confirmed which was a ploy to shift focus from Scooter Libby which ...never mind.

[george76]

Cheney reported to the medical EMT's and police immediately. How long did it take the Swimmer to call for real help for Mary Jo ?

[GOPJ]

MSM standards: When you're a Republican you can do no right - when a Democrat, you can do no wrong.

That's it, no truth, no honor, no principle -- just raw favoritism -- teacher's pet syndrome run amuck. Sooooo charming. (not)

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

The press still would have pounced, over-reacted and had a hissy fit about the need to bring Cheney down.

In other words, nothing different.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. if people didn't see the interview on Fox News Sunday .. read my new tagline.

You will notice it is a quoted statement - and FOX has been having a lot of fun replaying and replaying it.

[Howlin]

You might like this one.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Q: What if Dick Cheney Bill Clinton Hadn’t Stiffed the Press?

A: Their egos would have been deflated.

[EveningStar]

Good article