Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

Then the Sheiff was derelict. He either conciously chose to, or was coerced into, not doing his job. Although, it would be a tough spot to be in...no doubt.

Look...the simple fact is, that whether the Vice President was drunk or not, at the time that he accidently shot a hunting companion, is now rendered irrelevent. The reason, that I say that it's irrelevent, is because we now have the appearance of wrong doing; whether there was any or not. Richard Cheney is not that naive. He's been around the block long enough to know that it would be a major media circus. Therefore, why would he not try to eliminate as much speculation, about the incident, as he possibly could? It just doesn't add up.