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To: Sully- who wrote (18005)	2/17/2006 1:51:32 PM
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HARRY WHITTINGTON John Podhoretz The Corner The 78 year-old man accidentally shot by Dick Cheney just gave a short little speech outside his hospital. He looks very well, and said everyone who goes hunting takes a risk, that he did so, that it was a very sad and tragic event for his family and for Cheney's. "Accidents do happen," he said. He was moved almost to tears and the whole thing was very moving. Herewith, a warning to my friend Lawrence O'Donnell and others from someone who was in no way an apologist for the vice president this week: It's over now. You will genuinely damage yourselves if you keep going with the conspiracy theories and the slanders. corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (18005)	2/18/2006 3:03:46 PM
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More Insanity From The Left -- Lorie Byrd PoliPundit.com Guess who blogged the piece of work below: <<< So, I suppose the question is…what kind of civil trial will we see, or not see, between Cheney and Whittington? Whittington is certainly no stranger to a court room and to civil litigation. Will Cheney pay him off, preemptively? Will they go to court? I would imagine if a guy with a few beers in him shoots you in the face on a hunting trip, how could you turn down that opportunity? What would Cheney do about the whole secrecy thing then? I mean, this is the guy that sicced Enron on Gray Davis and the state of California to embarrass Davis, trigger the recall and then watched Arnold Schwarzenegger become governor of California. (To this day, perhaps, still the low point in American political life.) Then Cheney covered it up. Cheney’s the guy who told Libby to out Valerie Plame. The rumor I heard is that someone yelled, “Look out! Shooter!” and Cheney thought he said Scooter and fired in that general direction. Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. Who ever thought Harry Whittington would be the answer to America’s prayers. Finally, someone who might get that lying, thieving Cheney into a courtroom to answer some direct questions. >>> Was it posted at Kos, or at the Democratic Underground? Those who followed the link already know it was written by Alec Baldwin. I don’t know which country of exile he was in when he wrote it. Oh, wait, he never followed through on that threat, did he? I guess it isn’t so bad living here in the land ruled by Bush after all, huh? For those wondering why Baldwin would assume that Mr. Whittington might want to take Cheney to court, maybe it is because he spends quite a bit of time there himself. polipundit.com huffingtonpost.com

To: Sully- who wrote (18005)	2/19/2006 8:04:56 PM
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Alan Simpson Sums Up The DC Press Corps By Captain Ed on National Politics Captain's Quarters Fox's Chris Wallace interviewed former Senator Alan Simpson about the Cheney shooting brouhaha that overwhelmed the news in Washington and the nation this week. Simpson's response conveyed a tremendous disdain for the reporting that followed, but his summation of the entire DC press corps should become an instant classic. Here's the transcript: <<< WALLACE: So, many up here, Senator -- and we love your tour of this whole event -- what does the last week tell us, or should tell us, about Washington, about the politicians, about the press corps? SIMPSON: Well, it tells you that you should listen to Lindsay Graham and Evan Bayh and that really there is cooperation. But what it really tells you -- what are we going to expect out of our national press corps, and especially the Washington press corps, when something really happens? How are we to trust, after a whole week of absolute drivel and babble -- and people interviewing themselves! [mimicking reporters] "Uh, what do you think about Cheney?" [makes a face] Jay Leno and David Letterman asked them, "How would you feel if this happened to you?" Let me tell you, the American people are really waiting with a sense of glee when something really, really happens in America, and I suppose they'll just have a catatonic stroke and pitch forward on their faces. W: So I take it, Senator, that you really miss this place? S: [Claps hands and laughs] Oh, no, I do! I loved it, I did, I loved it. And I loved it because it was fun. I have a lot of pals on both sides of the aisle. I worked with President Clinton, enjoyed him, President Bush, President Carter, good people doing good things. But let me tell you, you'll never find it if you just follow the Washington media. You'll never know the good -- all you'll get is controversy, crap, and confusion. W: [laughing] Well, there you go, there's a slogan. I've got to put that on a bumper sticker. I'm hoping that a CQ reader with a penchant for design can work up a graphic with that slogan for the White House press corps. We can display it every time they go insane over Controversy, Crap, and ConfusionTM. Senator Simpson is a great interview and a notoriously straight shooter. I had the pleasure of interviewing him at the GOP convention in 2004. UPDATE: We already have a couple of entries. Hold the Mayo devises a superb new graphic: captainsquartersblog.com Bullwinkle Blog, however, sticks with a classic that practically drips with historic significance: captainsquartersblog.com Bullwinkle explains that the logo stands for the "Controversy, Crap, and Confusion Press." Just in case you wondered. Any more? captainsquartersblog.com captainsquartersblog.com nomayo.mu.nu