Turns out it was just a random attack not aimed at Cheney. Probabaly why it turned out not to be a huge earth shattering story for the media.
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Turns out it was just a random attack not aimed at Cheney. Probabaly why it turned out not to be a huge earth shattering story for the media.
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Not true. They under-reported it the whole time they thought it was aimed at the VP. By contrast, when Cheney accidentally shot his friend, it was blazened everywhere.Originally Posted by LiberalNation
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That's because that was funny and history making. A VP had never shot anybody before. Not to mention it got big rating because of universail interest.
If Cheney had been killed the news would have been blazing with it but since he wasn't it wasn't a big story.
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in a long time.
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Or maybe the "fact" that it was a random attack is the spin.
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Just Me
You're incorrect about the VP shooting someone thing, but IMO, it WAS funny.
However, not more newsworthy than an attempt to assasinate the VP.
And obviously, a dead former Playboy Playmate trumps all.
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Yeah... I'm sure Cheney was laughing like crazy when he accidentially shot his friend. Compassionate liberals at work again sighs.
Do you honestly think an assasination attempt on the VP wouldn't be huge ratings as well?
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Considering the Taliban claimed they targeted Cheney, that is a huge spin..
Just Me
I would venture to say that at the time, Cheney was NOT laughing at all. I doubt seriously his friend was either. By the time we got the information; however, the extent of the injury was known and it DID come off as humorous to me.
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It went their in secret, hardly no one knew he was there. It was by all acounts even the governments just a random attack not an attack aimed at Cheney.
Last edited by LiberalNation; 03-03-2007 at 06:54 PM.
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U.S. says Cheney wasn't target of Afghan attack
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...d/16800741.htm
So you believe the Taliban over the US.
Seeker of virtue
I tend to take enemies seriously. Yes.
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Not what I said, do you believe the Taliban in this instance over your own government.
I'm thinking they only claimed it was an attack on Cheney after hearing the news reports to make them selves look more than they actually are and take credit for something they didn't do.
Just Me
So had Cheney been killed, the fact that the attack may or may not have been random would mean exactly WHAT to the outcome?
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