Blogging about the beer: Article cites blog interest in Cheney's drinking

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/16/national/main1325291.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Politics_1325291

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Attorney-turned-blogger, Alan Dershowitz speculated: "What is the most likely thing to happen during a 14-hour delay that is worth the negative publicity? One possibility is that it takes approximately that period of time for alcohol to dissipate in the body and no longer be subject to accurate testing. It is fairly common for people involved in alcohol-related accidents to delay reporting them until the alcohol has left the body."

Al Franken was also suspicious. Why didn't Cheney accompany Whittington to the hospital, he questioned. "It’s inconceivable that you don’t go to the hospital unless there’s a reason you don’t go to the hospital. If you had been drinking you wouldn’t go to the hospital," Franken said.

John Nichols, author of "The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney." "As with her over-the-top efforts to blame Whittington, the victim, for getting in the way of Cheney's birdshot blast, Armstrong's line on liquor smells a little more like an attempt to cover for the Vice President than full disclosure," Nichols writes.

Liberal blog Think Progress said conservative pundit Tucker Carlson said on air it was “totally unacceptable” for Cheney to drink prior to hunting. “I’ve been on dozens of hunts, there’s no beer served as lunch. You can’t drink a beer if you shoot, period. Doesn’t matter if you’re shooting five hours after, you’re not allowed to do it,” Carlson said.

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