Ok, I believed Cheney up until.....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

To me, (maybe I am under a spell) he was telling the truth about the accident itself. He sounded honest and at ease when talking about it.

But, then I actually noticed his face getting red. When Brit Hume asked him about the aftermath and the delay in notifying the press. Cheney said, that there were things to do, like notify the family. (The wife was there at the ranch, but his kids were elsewhere). And, he wanted to be sure of the guys condition. That is what took so long, that delayed the notification to the press.

I hate to say it, but I have to give Brit Hume (who I despise) credit. He asked the right questions, like:

"So, when did the kids get notified?" (since this was one of his excuses). This is when Cheney reddened and started lying. He said, "Oh, I don't know, Someone else notified them."

How I know that he is lying about the kids (not knowing who notifying them and at what time) is that if this is one of his reasons for delaying press notification, then wouldn't you be asking, "Hey, have the kids been notified?" at which point you would notify the press.

and Brit asked:

"So, one could argue that you don't even know his real condition as we speak. So, why would that be a reason to delay notifying the press?" To that, Cheney started bs-ing about the "importance to getting it right (the guy's condition).


(paraphrasing)

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Oh please

It was all a dog and pony show. It's faux for crying out loud. And why would they want to tell the kids before they take the person to the hospital? Don't people usually call AFTER when they KNOW what's going on? And why didn't we know the wife was there before? Why just now? And where is that Switzerland ambassador? Why did they keep the local Texas sheriff away?

[Bucky]

7. YOU DARE TO QUESTION THE GREAT OZ?!?!?!?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. No, tell the kids before he went public on the accident. I agree

with your other questions ! And I do think the whole thing is f'd up - I just studied his demeanor and face when he was describing the shooting and it appeared he was being honest at that point.

[babylonsister]

2. My biggest problem is that he's not in Corpus Christi at this moment!

All he did was shoot someone in the face and heart. :banghead:

[Trevelyan]

3. I was wondering how Cheney looked during the interview. If Britt is

"allowed" to ask hard questions, maybe the power behind Junior really is getting ready to push Cheney out. Hope Rice is NOT the new VP.

[Trevelyan]

6. Similar to FBI head William Sullivan's suspicious death

This alleged "accident" has shades of William Sullivan's hit. William C. Sullivan, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations intelligence operations and co-architect of the original and current COINTELPRO.

"Sullivan was shot with a high-powered rifle near his New Hampshire home by a man who claimed to have mistaken him for a deer. The man was charged with a misdemeanor -- 'shooting a human being by accident'-- and released into the custody of his father, a state policeman. There was no further investigation of Sullivan's death."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Yes, that was interesting. I was totally shocked at his demeanor.

He was respectful but in no way, IMHO, did he fawn over Cheney like they always do.

Maybe they had not choice - Faux was the only taker and ever they were scorned for not getting the scoop? Other media would have been much harsher.

But, I bet you are right - he won't last until 08. I'd rather have creepy, criminal CON-di than John McCain. I don't think Condi can win in 08. But if McCain got in there he would have the stature of the office (he ! what's left of it) to campaign from....

[Mme. Defarge]

39. Actually,

my apolitical husband called me into the bedroom to watch Hume interview Cheney. My first thought was to immediately discount the interview because it was Faux. But my husband, who doesn't really understand Faux News, kept saying, "Listen -- he's got him! He's got him!"

Go figure.

[stepnw1f]

4. You've Got to Kidding Me

You actually believed this guy? Come on...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Hey ! Only when he was describing the accident ! Did you see

it??

[stepnw1f]

22. lol... I Don't Need to... a Compulsive Liar is always a liar

Dick head Cheney didn't get his reputation by being honest. On the other hand, my comment to your post was a bit rude. Please accept my apologies... :hide:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. accepted. Think I was just playing amateur lie detector analyst.

It would be interesting to get a read on exactly what percentage of what he says is a lie.

[stepnw1f]

31. Actually, The Geek in Me Finds That Interesting

I would love to see that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. yes, the geekette in me as well

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

42. I need to apologize.

I thought you were talking about Hume.

a Compulsive Liar is always a liar

[Tanuki]

5. "The name of the victim

is being withheld pending notification of the family." You hear that on news reports all the time. There goes that alibi.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

13. Except (Devil's Adv. here) the Whittington family likely is aware when the

VP of the US is hunting with their dad (uncle, whatever). They could probably connect the dots.
I still don't buy the excuse, though.
What bothers me most is keeping the local cops away.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. especially since they have breathalizers

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. good point !

[slor]

8. "believed cheney"?

I thought doing that was already seen as a big mistake, you know, with that Iraq war and all.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. cute.

[slor]

24. Why, yes...

yes I am.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Bush froze during 9/11 and Katrina and didn't know what to do

Now Cheney is BSing his way through an interview, unable to admit that he froze and had no idea what was going on or what he was doing during his own crisis, whether from alcohol, ineptitude or both.

How can either Bush or Cheney be relied upon to handle a national emergency the next time, when they've proven themselves completely incapable of decisive action when the chips are down?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. amen

[Cocoa]

15. he lost me at hello

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. who is that picture of?

[Cocoa]

21. Russ Feingold

:-)

[PBass]

23. He couldn't notify police right away because he had Other Priorities (eom)

[Norquist Nemesis]

20. What did he say about the Ambassador lady friend?

That is the most curious thing to me as I've watch this 'story'. Where is she and why hasn't she spoken on Cheney's behalf? Wasn't she standing right next to him? Surely, she was much closer than the ranch owner!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Maybe she was in the "entourage" he said was there behind them

[VOX]

40. She was in a car!!!! Supposedly they piled out to blow away some quail.

So, how grassy or hilly could the terrain be, if she saw the incident from her car????

[htuttle]

25. I doubt there is a hunter in the whole country...

...who believed Cheney when he said he only had one beer before hunting.

There are some (smart) hunters who don't drink at all before hunting. There are other hunters who get sloshed first. But NOBODY only has ONE beer before hunting...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. Well, I didn't even think it was possible to just have one beer. nt

[Ferret Annica]

41. Scowlie was buzzed

That is the only possible reason for the delay. Concern regarding notification is just reflexive bullshit we have come to expect from this criminal.

[Stephanie]

28. Lynne was at the ranch???

That's news. I hadn't heard that before.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. who said that? Oh, no, by wife, I meant the wife of the victim...

[Stephanie]

33. Oh okay. Which begs the question - where was Lynne?

hmmmm

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. you're right. Boy, I bet she was pissed !

[Solomon]

34. Yeah. All of a sudden, she was there too.

[Twist_U_Up]

32. "It was perhaps the worst moment of my life."

"When I saw Wellington fall down to the ground it was the perhaps the worst moment of my life.

Maybe he now has something to share with all the families who have lost loved ones in Iraq.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. Actually, he said the guy was hidden from the waste down. So

that would mean that he wouldn't be able to see the ground, right? You would have to say, "When I saw Wellington fall beneath the edge of the gully"

[zbdent]

35. I thought you were going to say "I believed Cheney until

he opened his mouth . . ."