"We have a 78-year-old gun shot victim...You guys aren't going to believe this"

The jokes about Cheney are amazing...

From the Late Night TV:

John Stewart:
* "Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt ... making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird."

* "Now, this story certainly has its humorous aspects. ... But it also raises a serious issue, one which I feel very strongly about. ... Moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted -- it's just not worth it."


David Letterman:
* "Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney.

* "But here is the sad part -- before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor."

Jay Leno:
* "That's the big story over the weekend. ... Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old lawyer. In fact, when people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent."
-- That is not funny. You've got a big chin. Yes, I say, Your chin is HUGE. This is why I put Leno after Letterman and Stewart. --

* "I think Cheney is starting to lose it. After he shot the guy he screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?

Even the British got in on it...
Craig Ferguson:
* "The big scandal apparently is that they didn't release the news for 18 hours. I don't think that's a scandal at all. I'm quite pleased about that. Finally there's a secret the vice president's office can keep."

It was put in print as well...

The Note:
* Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) says of his own recent hostile encounter with the Vice President, "In retrospect it looks like I got off
easy."

* New York Post wood has Cheney dressed up Elmer Fudd-style under a "WASCALS" header.

* The New York Daily News has "An Ode to Cheney: No. 2 with a bullet!," meant to be sung to the tune of Irving Berlin's "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun."

Wow, Dick Cheney has finally done something I can benefit from, even if it is only a laugh.

And I didn't even have to buy shares in an oil company.

Now the question everyone wants to know is "Why was this kept quiet for 18 hours? If there is nothing to hide, why all the secrecy?"

Time Magazine ask's the questions on their website.

For some fantastic political cartoons MASH HERE!

If that isin't enough to keep you entertained during torts, you're on your own.



Stay Tuned...