Cheney Wants in on Action Himself, Shoots Friend in Face

Of all vice presidents to be involved in something like this, figures it would be Cheney. While on a hunting trip this past weekend, Cheney managed to shoot one of his friends in the face with a small gauge shotgun. While the victim is alright, some interesting tidbits came out of this Washington Post write up:

"Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we would have been," she said. "The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came."

[Thanks to Turbo for the tip]

[2/14/06 Update]

Word on the street is the White House tried yet another cover up by delaying news of this story for about 20 hours. Why?

McClellan said yesterday he did not even learn the vice president had been the shooter until Sunday morning. Even the normally docile Washington press corps wasn't buying that line. Angry reporters repeatedly demanded to know exactly when Bush learned about Cheney's errant shot.

Later in the day, the White House revealed that deputy chief of staff Karl Rove was the first to know. Rove spoke by phone with Armstrong on Saturday evening, then informed Bush around 8 p.m. of the vice president's role.

In other words, both Bush and Rove knew the essential details within hours of the incident, yet the White House kept things quiet until the next day.