I Really Shouldn't...

I really shouldn't do this, but I can't help myself.
Ahem,
"President Bush did not learn for several hours that Vice President Dick Cheney was the shooter in a hunting accident in South Texas on Saturday afternoon that left a prominent Austin lawyer and Republican campaign supporter wounded by shotgun pellets in the neck, shoulder and chest, the White House said today."
NY Times, 2-13-06
I'm sorry, but did he mistake 78-year old Harry Whittington for a small bird? The article goes on:
"Mr. McClellan was questioned intensely by the White House press corps today about why the White House never released the information itself and why it was left to a private citizen to report to the world that the vice president of the United States had been involved in a shooting. They also seemed frustrated that Mr. McClellan could not tell them exactly when Mr. Bush learned that the vice president himself had shot Mr. Whittington."
I can just picture the way this will play out.
NY Times: February 16th, 2006
"Democrats on the hill today sharply attacked the administration for alleged failures regarding the Whittington affair. 'Cheney is a complete idiot.' Said Minority Leader Harry Reid. Mr. Reid continued 'he's also bald and ugly.' Karl Rove, in a speech to a group of Republican pollsters, responded that democrats are 'really big losers. They think they're cool, but their clothing is old, and nothing they say is funny. Their donkey mascot is also really lame' Howard Dean later called Mr. Rove 'a douchebag,' and said that the Republican elephant obviously 'is morbidly obese'"
NY Times: February 28th, 2006
"The Senate has begun closed door hearings over whether or not the Republican Elephant is or is not morbidly obese. John McCain (R-AZ) has joined Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) in a bipartisan call for candor on the part of the president on this all important issue. 'Is he or is he not obese Mr. President?' Thundered John Kerry during a speech yesterday... "

Again, I apologize, but this really was such an easy target.