Here's Hillary Clinton's take on the Dick Cheney non-story:
"The refusal of this administration to level with the American people on matters large and small is very disturbing, because it goes counter to the way our constitutional democracy ... is supposed to work."
Holy friggin' cow.
This coming from the wife of a man suspended from the bar for perjury, from a woman who failed to report Vince Foster's suicide note to the media until 30 hours after the fact and his house had been sanitized, and from someone who has still failed to explain how Rose Law Firm documents she swore were destroyed ended up in her White House bedroom.
Unbelievable. Or not.
This, of course, despite the fact that Cheney immediately ensured his victim had emergency medical care, that he immediately notified the local sherrif, and immediately told the rancher on whose land they were hunting that he could tell the local media.
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How about the fact that in 93 & 94 she ran her health care task force, indisputably a matter of the public interest (unlike a private hunting accident) in complete secrecy? No accountability whatsoever -- did n't reveal who was on her task force, how much it cost, no reports to Congress etc etc. Chutzpah indeed.
It wasn't the VP's proudest PR moment, but neither was it criminal, purposeful, or indicitive of anything more sinister than an honest accident and a lack of slavish devotion to the fawnings of the Washington Press Corps. Hillary's past is far, FAR more odious, and far more closely related to the national interest. And since a majority of Americans agree with that, the partisan in me ALSO hope she runs in '08.
But it's jaw dropping that she would say that, giving people an opportunity to remember the continual scandals and lack of candor from the Clintons' past.
If Cheney had waggled his finger and said, "I did not have hunting accident relations with that man. Mr. Whittington," and then had to "appologize" for it after getting caught perjuring himself over it while being investigated for ANOTHER hunting accident he was falsely denying, then maybe there would be some equivilance. But he didn't, so there's not.
And your point about the lack of knowledge in the press corps about hunting and the associated hardware is yet ANOTHER reason this whole thing will help the Bush folks more than it hurts. Pro-hunting/gun rights swing voters haven't been so turned off since John Kerry couldn't be bothered to drag his own goose back to the truck.
I know they're all hypocrites to a fairly large extent. Coming from Chuck Shummer or Nancy Pelosi, fine. But this coming from Hillary is like Ted Kennedy sanctimoniously lecturing someone about drunk driving. It simply proves how not-ready-for-prime-time the Dems in general (and Hillary in particular) are today. And because the American in me (as opposed to the partisan) wants to see a more sane, competitive minority party to curb the excesses of the GOP right now, I hope the Dems are smart enough to reject her.
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