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It could have gone either way regarding his health.
Are you suggesting the Leno, Letterman and Stewart (among others) are shills for the Republicans? They make their living telling jokes. Like I said, tragedy is the wellspring of comedy. This was a stupid accident. Cheney has a "tough guy" persona... humour falls naturally from this situation.
Anyone can see there is some major spinning being done by the Republicans. Why wouldn't they try to spin? Any politician in this situation would spin.
There are some fishy details about his leaving, when it was reported, etc. For all intents and purposes it looks like it was an accident. I am certain it will be investigated. If it is anything but an accident, it will come out.
If Cheney had shot a Dem, the first question would be, "why was he hanging out with a dem in the first place?"
This is, until something different comes up, nothing more troubling than Bush falling off his bike or choking on a pretzel. It shows that Cheney is human and can fuck up just like anyone else.
The fact that he shot his friend and his friend may die makes the story all the more tragic. I think you will see that if Whittington's status goes from worse to death the tone of the story will follow appropriately. Prior to this, he was an old guy that took a couple pieces of buckshot. Now it is starting to look more serious.
Give the story time to develop.
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