That, and he owns just about anyone who is anyone in DC. Like Jon says, don't mess with Dick- he'll shoot ya in the face!

Yesterday, I told Ralphie that the 2 ways the Bush Administration was going to get this story off of the front pages was to talk about bird flu or broadcast footage of the Christian Sciene Monitor journalist hostage. Both were 'headlines' on CNN.com within the last 12 hours replacing the Cheney story.

This is the current headline on CNN.com right now:
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This was the headline before I went to bed at 10:30pm est:
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And I don't think they are coincidences. The media and the Bush Administration are corrupt.

Are you suggesting that CNN is in Bush's corner?

I have often thought that, yes. Wolf Blitzer's a total Bushie.

To me, that's comparable to saying that Fox News supports Clinton, Kerry, Gore and democrats in general, because Alan Colmes in on the network.

Fox "News" is not real journalism. O'Reilly and Geraldo come from tabloid backgrounds. This station is sensationalized Op-Ed TV all the way. Thank you, Murdoch.

There's also CNN's Novak (who's now in limbo). Plame, anyone?

CNN - soft on Bush, soft on the lead up to the Iraq war, soft on post-9/11 investigations...

I guess it's all a matter of opinion and perspective. I view it in a slightly different fashion.

Funny you should say that, considering that the media tends to lean very much to the left. In general, the media (particularly CNN) is focused on ripping down the Bush Administration and Republicans in general. And they wonder why Fox News gets better ratings...

I remind you that the Clinton Administrations had more investigations into it than any other administration in American history. Now that's a "culture of corruption".

The portrayal of the incident is one of the things that bugs me the most, I think.

For example, this is how it sounds like in the media:

'Vice President Cheney inadvertently peppered close friend Whittington with hunting device in quail frolic. Whittington is in good spirits and, of course, is to blame for the mishap. Whittington had minor heart shenanigans the other day, but is expected to recover fully. He's quite honored to have souvenirs of the hunting outing and will keep them close to his heart for the rest of his life."

Now, this is how it would be if this were anyone else in another country or another party for that matter:

"Politician shoots friend in the face with shot gun. Politician blames victim, Whittington, for incident. Whittington also suffered a heart attack when shot piece travelled through his body and came close to his heart. Politician is not commenting on the incident. The politician and party were hunting hand raised wingless quails released at the beginning of hunting session when the accident occurred."

;)

In the interests of deferring to hunters with more experience than I -

http://washingtontimes.com/national/...1127-7044r.htm

But there are a couple of things theat I find to be absolutely hilarious (not in the article above).

I came across an AP story comparing the Cheney incident to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. What? I though that was funny.

Also, there is a conspiracy theorist out there who wrote some article - and to be upfront, I haven't read it, I heard about it on a local radio station - that this was no accident. It was a not-so-subtle message to Scooter Libby that he will be killed if he testifies to anything Cheney doesn't like in the Plame case. Got a good laugh out of that, too.