"I'd rather be hunting with Cheney than driving with Kennedy"

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When people are involved in accidents, they virtually never take a breathalyzer test unless there is reasonable suspicion that they were acting under the influence of alcohol.

If a guy shoots someone, has had alcohol related run-ins with the law in the past, and admits to having been drinking--that seems to engender "reasonable suspicion."

In our town, when cops get into minor traffic accidents they immediately get blood tests to have evidence of a clean toxicology. It is really strange that Cheney wouldn't do something similar in this case, given the scruitny he is under as the VP.

I take it Hume didn't ask the follow up questions, then.

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Brit Hume did ask about this and Cheney acknowledged having some beer at lunch but denied being intoxicated.

Ok, The clip I saw on their website didn't show the booze part. Question: Did Cheney take a breathalyzer or blood test to verify this assertion? Have those results of those tests been given to the media? If the answers were "no" why not?

Did Hume follow up with these questions?

There’s zero evidence that likker was involved but there’s no doubt.

You're wrong on this account. Armstrong noted that the hunting party had been drinking beer before the shooting occurred.

It will be interesting to see if Brit Hume asks him about it. Cheney lies all the time so it wont be surprising if he denies it during the interview. This may dampen some speculation. However, if Hume fails to even ask--these questions about his sobriety during the incident and his failure to meet with local law enforcement in the immediate aftermath of the shooting will persist.

Cheney does have a history of reckeless drinking and putting people's lives at risk when drunk, so it is completely legitimate to question this.

All these Press assholes can "GO TO HELL"

Laurence O'Donnell is a hoot. He's a regular guy who never goes hunting with millionaires but apparently tailgates with the homies at Ivy League football games. Whatever.

And since I've been to some progressive 'rallies' and witnessed the cannabis consumption there then there's no doubt that he is stoned 24/7.

The one hunting method of the Mongols was to form a great circle and drive the animals towards the center where they could all be killed. Great fun I'm sure. The dove hunting consisted of giving shotguns to people who might never have held a gun before, placing them in a large circle around a cleared field and let them blaze at anything they saw. And some of those people who might not be very experienced with a shotgun would have had great and recent experience with consuming mass quantities of alcohol. Bird shot would rain down on you from those who had fired and missed. The field was large enough that even shooting directly at some one would not likely result in a hit or injury. I don't know any experienced hunter who went out "hunting" twice as they would rightly recognize the danger of combining inexperience, alcohol and firearms. They may come for the good time, but they would just sit back when the hunt was being organized. Several non-hunters went repeatedly.

The point of all this is that if alcohol was involved, a certain level of responsibility would have fallen onto the participants.

As another point. Do you really think that the secret service agents would have allowed the combination of being drunk and firearms around their charge. Even if only Cheney was drunk, can you honestly see them not stepping in?

You probably can if your BDS is at such an advanced stage you think anything can be tied to the evil that is Bush, Cheney and Rove. Oh well.

No, he didn’t really say that, of course. But you have to wonder, what the hell is he thinking? You know, the mainstream media accuses bloggers of hysterical speculation and slander (at least I made it clear that I was KIDDING about O’Don...

It doesn't mean Cheney was "drunk" at the time, but it certainly causes people to ask questions...

Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a 78-year-old hunting companion during a weekend quail ...