by Douglas DeBono, 2006

ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED AT StandingOrders.BlogSpot.Com, February 14, 2006

Vice Presidents have long been fodder for late night television. As a kid, I remember buying a book called Good News, Bad News, Agnews. So what are we to think when the news hits that Dick Cheney accidentally shot his hunting companion?

Accidents happen. Thankfully nobody was killed and medical teams were available.

The White House Press Corps (a myopic lot at best) is bent out of shape because they were not told first. They were scooped by a local Texas paper.

Listening to the press conference we hear Nixonesqe comments like "When did the President know that Cheney was the shooter?" "When did he know and what did he know?" There's a conspiracy here, and these eager beavers are bound to dig it out.

Maybe we should impeach Cheney for this accident. I'm sure Howard Dean and the Move-On.org crowd would applaud such a move. Maybe Cheney should step down over this incident.

Maybe the White House Press Corps should take a long walk off a short plank.

This is a non-story that will end up a foot note in the Bush presidency.

As to the legacy media, please wake me when you have a real story...