From: "Rich Gauszka" 


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> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
...While I'm not a fan of
>>> Bush, I suspect he would have handled an incident
>>>> like this far better than Cheney has so far
>>>
>>> Let's see, Cheney brought his own team of doctors along on the hunt, had
>>> them attend to his friend who was accidentally shot, supervised the
>>> transfer to the hospital, reported the incident to the local police,
>>> went to the hospital to see how his friend was doing, agreed with one of
>>> the principals in the event that she should report it to the press, and
>>> she did the following morning.
>>>
>>> His only mistake, not calling the cell phone of NBC's David Gregory to
>>> report it to him personally before the last of the stray pellets hit the
>>> ground. It must suck for him that some podunk paper somewhere reported
>>> before he did.
>>>
>>> The term making a mountain out of a molehill pales in comparison to the
>>> arrogance of the White House Press Wimps in this case.
>> want to keep it on the front page to divert attention from the
>>> adventures of that other VP in Saudi Arabia?>
>>>
>>
>> It's just the bunker hill mentality of Cheney that has exacerbated the
>> situation.
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>
> The alledged bunker hill mentality you mean, that started when a bunch of
> lefties got their panties in a bunch about energy talks -- talks the
> Supreme Court said needn't be made public.  right?>
>
>>You even have Reagan's and Bush Sr's press secretaries saying the incident
>>was handled badly.
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> Another day in the spotlight for people live and breathe that crap
>  >

Ah yes anyone, even stalwart Republicans that oppose the Cheny troll are suspect.

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>> A Vice-President shot someone and that person has a pellet in his heart
>> that every reasonable medical professional interviewed so far has said is
>> a serious problem. I would hardly call that a mountain in a molehill.
>
> Whether he was seriously injured as it appears now, or if it was a minor
> thing as it appeared at the outset, is irrelevent to the mountain the
> press is building. 
>

People are prosecuted over hunting accidents. "I'm sorry" and a
$7 check usually doesn't let someone easily off the hook.

>> Now, because of the initial secrecy, there are even questions if
>> Whittington was transported to a hospital that would leak less news as
>> opposed to a more experienced one in Corpus Christi.
>
> I don't think there was any initial secrecy, and if there are questions
> about the choice of hospital I've not heard them, but then I don't
> normally read Kos, DU, and Talking Points Memo. As it turns out too, some
> doctors that used to practice at that hospital and with the doctor in
> charge, are now in DC and are consulting with same doctor. Is it hospitals
> that are experienced or doctors?
>

I would say the staff. The story may not go anywhere but my point was that
the only reason it now exists is due to Cheney's handling of events


>> Cheney has made what might have been  3-4 day story ( provided
>> Whittington remains healthy ) into a month long event.
>
> No, it's the self-absorbed, self-important White House press corps that's
> doing that, the poor little babies got their feelings hurt when some
> "lesser than thou" reporter got the story on Sunday morning
instead of the
> pomp and circumstance crowd led by David Gregory.
>

Hey it's fine by me. Bush is trying to get a message out on his policies
and all the press is doing is blathering about Cheney and questioning
events. Cheney should at least take some lessons from Bush on press
relations 101

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>
> I agree, it's nice to see Gregory make a fool of himself.
>

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