"Shotgun" Dick Cheney Still On The Loose

Vice President Dick Cheney is taking a lot of heat over the recent shooting accident on a Texas ranch, note that I refer to this as an accident. I fully believe that this accident could have happened to anyone, it was simply a series of misfortunate incidents that led Mr. Cheney to unload a shotgun blast on Harry Whittington. I also believe that we all know that this would escalate into a major incident in the press.

I think that it is unfair to vilify Dick Cheney just because of this incident, after all it would appear that he has taken no steps to deny or sweep any of this under the rug. At least not yet.

One area were I do feel that Dick Cheney is acting inappropriately is his failure to directly address the accident. He has yet to make a formal statement to give his version of events. It is definitely in keeping in step with the Bush administration. By that I mean when something questionable occurs, the first action is to hide. Duck the press, hope something else occurs to distract the nation and then move on.

Mr. Cheney has most definitely given people the impression that he believes himself to be above the law. Here he is, involved in an accident which leaves a man in intensive care and he feels that he can just move on like nothing has happened. He feels no obligation to the American people when it comes to any of his actions or his boss, George W. Mr. Vice President, you are a "public" official, you do owe us a statement. Perhaps you are afraid that if you went before the cameras we would all see that you have no remorse.