I hate to say it but the whole Cheney shooting somebody story isn't as fun anymore because now it's become a whole thing. It's like that "Lazy Sunday" video from SNL that was really funny for a day or two and then become so prevelant on the internet that I was sick of it by the end of the week. And it's mainly because the press, yes, did get into full hyperventilation mode and try to turn it into a Very Important Story when in fact, it wasn't. Not even quite up there with the new Abu Graib photos or congress saying the White House totally lollygagged during Hurricane Katrina or how they're trying to arm wrestle congress to not investigate them again. All of which means I kind of have to agree with the RNC spin that the whole thing is overwrought and overdone and I hate it. But I still hate it when people whine about how it's such not that big of a deal and can't see why people care when, hello, the Vice President SHOT SOMEBODY.

It's not like that happens every day.

But there's one thing that hasn't been brought up, and that is what the Daily Show mentioned and how the actual Quail hunting bit was totally rigged-- genetically bred Quail to be dumbed down, held in boxes until released right before the hunter arrives, clipped wings to keep them from flying to far. It's hunting for idiots. But the thing is that Cheney always carries himself with that macho attitude, you know, like he's such a bad ass because he does things like hunt. Yet it turns out that as a hunter, he's a wuss.

Which is yet one more thing about why this whole story is symbolic of something. Because this administration just reeks of people who have everything handed to them on silver platter yet carry themselves as if they're bad asses for doing all the things they accompolished after having it all handed to them. "Look at me, I shoot quailtards!"

And remember too, when John Kerry tried to make it look like he was a macho, mancho man, he went hunting, real hunting, and there were all these shots of him walking around in bright orange outfits. The Republicans couldn't contain themselves calling him all sorts of variations on sissy. Yet who was the dunk who shot somebody? Uh, I mean who shot somebody in a non-war situation.

In other words, whose the pussy?

God, with every fibre of my being, I hate this Administration and think that one day, when this adminstration has long since gone into the ash bin of history as the Worst. Ever, we'll all look back and wonder what sort of insanity gripped our nation to put up with this.