Funny quote from Hagel

[LeftNYC]

Sad, but true...

"If he'd been in the military, he would have learned gun safety."

-- Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE), quoted by the Omaha World Herald, on Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accide

The administration was eager to put to rest a public relations firestorm arising from Cheney's failure to disclose Saturday's accident until the next day. The episode had knocked the White House off stride and distracted attention from Bush's agenda.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada was among those who used the situation to suggest the administration needs to be less secretive.

And Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a Republican and Vietnam war veteran, told The Omaha World-Herald, "If he'd been in the military, he would have learned gun safety."

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=2300&u_sid=100089382

[wakeme2008]

1. That is the problem a lot of Bush voters/hunters have

with this shooting, they KNOW Dickie was DRUNK and that why he wanted to wait overnight before talking to the police.

[central scrutinizer]

2. I wasn't in the military, but

I sure learned gun safety early. Basic, obvious shit: never shoot if you aren't 100% sure what you are shooting at, never cross a fence with a loaded gun, always unload your gun before getting into the car, always have your gun pointing down when walking, if you do fall with your gun immediately unload it and check the bore to make sure it didn't get plugged with dirt, if you kill it - you eat it - you don't kill for sport, always handle a gun as if it is loaded, and of course - guns and alcohol don't mix.

[sandnsea]

3. But it's still a good line

Especially coming from Hagel.