Never Saw a Buck They Wouldn't Pass

If we didn't already know it before yesterday, Cheney's shooting of his hunting partner has put this administration's defining characteristic directly in the spotlight: These people take responsibility for nothing that they do or fail to do.

Nobody could have imagined that people would fly a plane into a skyscraper. 
Nobody could have known that bin Laden was a threat. 
Nobody could have captured him at Tora Bora. 
Nobody could have anticipated that the levees would fail.   
Nobody could have expected deadly mine disasters resulting from lax regulation of the industry.   

The list goes on.

I don't hunt but from living with my husband, who does know about the sport, I know that the responsiblity for the accident lands squarely with the guy who pulled the trigger.    Firedoglake's Reddhead, who is  a member of the NRA and grew up in West Virginia hunting with her father, agrees and found a whole bunch of people who say the same thing.    Now Cheney has put a man in an ICU with gunshot wounds and the best the White House can do (after waiting 22 hours to report the story)  is to make it clear that Cheney did nothing wrong and that the victim should be blamed.   We've heard that song before, from the White House and from the Right Wing Noise Machine.    The real shame is that our corporate media also chooses to sing along.

UPDATE:  When told that he was hunting without the proper license, what did Team Cheney do?   Wait, that should be harder - try this: Whom did Team Cheney blame for him hunting quail without the proper license?  Answer here.  link via Macswain.

Comments

[Joe]

Was that old guy that he shot flying? Climbing a tree? I still don't understand how you aim at a bird and hit a 78-year-old man in the face.