[lbo-talk] Cheney speaks!

[John Adams]

On Feb 15, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Thomas Seay wrote:

> Would someone explain to me why this is a big deal?
> People get excited when hunting and, if they are not
> careful, they do something stupid like Cheney did
> here.
> Yes, he has apparently been trying to avoid coverage
> of it, but I dont see that this has any real political
> ramifications.  Am I wrong?

He's getting a chance to look both foolish and craven in front of an 
audience that's a small but important part of the Republican base, and 
doing it on their terms. While the gun nuts of the world are out 
suggesting ways he could've gotten a cleaner kill, the hunters are 
shaking their heads and wondering whether they'd be willing to go out 
in the woods with him.

It's a magnificent tactical error, which the Democratic Party is 
congenitally unable to exploit.