Cheney hit his target, but the Democrats keep missing the point:
The furor over the accident and the White House delay in making it public are “part of the secretive nature of this administration,” said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. “I think it’s time the American people heard from the vice president.”
First of all, a cover-up is only a scandal for the people not involved in the thing being covered up. If Dick Cheney is trying some sort of cover-up, that’s not a good thing. But the real crime here, if there is a crime, is that Dick Cheney shot a guy. The cover-up, if there is one, is no big deal by comparison.
Second, it’s not any kind of cover-up if they inform the appropriate law enforcement office of the incident and don’t interfere with the investigation. Which they apparently did, and did not, respectively.
Third, it’s not the job of the White House press office to keep the public informed of every stupid thing these people do in their private life. It’s not a cover-up just because you don’t issue a press release.
Those are all symptoms of the real problem Democrats face trying to exploit this story for political gain: This is not a political story. Dick Cheney’s poor gun handling skills don’t make him a bad Vice President, and none of this has anything to do with President Bush.
Also, neither of those guys is going to run for President next time.
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