Sen. Leahy: "In retrospect it looks like I got off easy"

[im10ashus]

:rofl:

He never thought he’d say it, but Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) no longer thinks it’s such a big deal that Vice President Cheney told him to go you-know-what himself on the Senate floor last year.

Considering what happened to poor Harry Whittington (who remained in stable condition

yesterday) this past weekend, Cheney’s shot at Leahy could have been a lot worse.

“In retrospect it looks like I got off easy,” Leahy joked, referring to Cheney’s accidental shooting of his buddy and campaign contributor.

Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), another prominent Democrat who has traded personal barbs with Cheney, is also delighting in the vice president’s bizarre hunting mishap.

If readers recall, during the tail end of the 2004 presidential campaign, Cheney made a comedy routine out of mocking Kerry’s hunting getup, saying on one occasion, “He wore a brand new camouflage jacket for the occasion, which makes you wonder just how often he does really go goose hunting.”

cont'd...

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_83/hoh/12174-1.html

[CottonBear]

1. “Let the record show, when John Kerry hunts, only the birds get shot,”

Kerry spokesman David Wade said, adding, “Maybe he was aiming at the special prosecutor.” (Dear Mr. Fitzgerald, this is only a joke. Please do not issue a subpoena. Love, HOH.)

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_83/hoh/12174-1.html

:rofl:

[im10ashus]

4. It's priceless!

And it gets better:

Meanwhile, other Senate Democratic aides dug up a Houston Chronicle story from August 2000 in which then-candidate George W. Bush talked of the importance of having a vice presidential running mate “who is going to shoot straight with the American people, and Dick Cheney is a straight-shooter.”

[Burried News]

2. Great line Senator Leahy. ROFL

[Beaverhausen]

3. LOL

:spray:

[Neecy]

5. love it!

[rodeodance]

6. luv it

[jonnyblitz]

7. LMFAO!!

too funny....:rofl:

[deminks]

8. LMAO!

:P

Gives new meaning to the phrase "go cheney yourself"

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Nice one!

Way to go, Senator. :)

[wicket]

10. Leahy rocks!!!!

I'd vote for him again if I were still a VT resident!

:kick:

[im10ashus]

12. I like him more and more.

And Kerry too. The democrats should show up in hunter orange in the Senate next time the Dickster appears.

[FreedomAngel82]

23. LOL yeah

Maybe all of them should go. Hehe. I love Leahy too.

[janx]

11. Until now, I have found none of the jokes about the shooting funny.

THIS is hilarious! :rofl:

[Lisa]

14. if anyone (besides the victim) could make a comment about Cheney ...

... it's Leahy, for sure -- after that nasty run-in with the VP.

[Blue Belle]

13. This explains Senator Alan Simpson's outrage on Larry King last night.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/14/lkl.01.html

<SNIP> Simpson:I doubt that Dick Cheney is sitting at home chuckling about it. Where is the feeling in this thing about what's going on? And then the jokes, the sick jokes, I mean I'm disgusted with it.

KING: But you're not saying, Senator you're not saying this is not a story?

SIMPSON: No but it isn't. The vice president didn't get shot and it's a tragic story and I'm saying the humor, the fun, the joking, the hideous cartoons about Dick Cheney I think to make fun of a tragic accident that's caused by hunting is really I think disgusting. I just want to say that and I have.


Get ready for the ramp up of this Republican talking point: "Those mean democrats making fun of Dick Cheney!!! How Rude!! This is not the time or the place!!"

Please... if John Kerry had accidentally shot someone on his hunting trip they'd still be passing out birdshot guaze pads at their GOP functions. :eyes:



On edit: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Senator Leheay's Line though - lol!!

[im10ashus]

15. What an ass.

Remember when * was looking for WMD's in the Oval Office? "Nope! Not here!" That was funny to them. Screw if they don't like it. They can go Cheney themselves. :-)

[glitch]

21. And.., looks like I hit the trifecta heh heh heh. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Alan Simpson, typical Republican. Can dish it out, but you just can't

take it.

[WilliamPitt]

25. Not chuckling? Is that why Scotty came out the other day

wearing an orange tie?

[Blue Belle]

26. That was EXACTLY what I yelled at the TV...

when I saw the interview.

But to be fair, being indignant about people making fun of this Administration is Senator Simpson's bit when he's on the talk show rounds. He said almost the same thing verbatim when he chastised Bill Maher for making light of George Bush on his show and went so far as to say it's because of our attitude that we lost the election. Please... 10 bucks says Simpson has a "John Kerry Purple Heart" band-aide at home.

[incapsulated]

16. Kick for laffs

:rofl:

[journalist3072]

29. Most definitely!!!!!!

[trof]

17. Funny, I thought about that this morning.

Leahy got off easy.

[saltpoint]

18. Thanks for posting this. I needed a laugh & a lift. / nt

[Glenda]

19. lol

:rofl:

[XOKCowboy]

20. Do you think he'll get blasted by Faux for this hilarious comment?

You go Pat.

[FreedomAngel82]

22. LOL!

You gotta love Leahy! LOL!

[nookiemonster]

27. Statesman.

A damn funny one at that!



:patriot:

[Inland]

28. Pat gets the last word. And Kerry gets the last laugh. nt