Darth Cheney Strikes Again

By dave on February 14, 2006 7:50 PM | Permalink

So, Dick Cheney shoots down a member of his own hunting party. Metaphor?

From Daily Kos Poster thereisnospoon:

Source: Daily Kos: It's the Metaphor, Stupid!: Cheney story bigger than you think

In this case, Cheney and friends were killing innocent creatures who were trapped in a pen with no hope of escape.

Overeager, Cheney hunted with a shoot first, ask questions later mentality, and managed to strike his own partner, and send his friend to intensive care.

It later appears that Bush and his situation room (or so they said) had no idea what was going on on the ground there. They waited an entire day to even report the story, even though they obviously knew what happened. Hell, someone else had to force them to report the story, because they sure weren't going to unless they had to.

The official story then has Cheney blaming the victim, saying it was the victim's fault he got in Cheney's way.

It starts to become clear there was a pretty big hush-hush coverup job about it, but that the truth couldn't help but get leaked, despite the Administration's best wishes. There is even speculation that Cheney was possibly intoxicated, and not using his best intelligence before he started shooting.

And, of course, they couldn't afford to admit the truth, because the truth would probably be an impeachable offense.

Source: Daily Kos: It's the Metaphor, Stupid!: Cheney story bigger than you think.

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