Cheney does not understand PR

A classic example of the difference between George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.  Bush cares what people think, while Cheney could not care less.  What am I talking about?  Think "hunting accidents":

There was, for instance, the Cheney hunting incident in south Texas,when he accidentally blasted a buddy in the face with birdshot. Yearsbefore, Bartlett had faced another bad-news hunting incident when Gov.George W. Bush was photographed shooting a bird, which upon closerexamination by the photographer, turned out to be a protected species.

As soon as he got that news, Bartlett sprang into action, and by thetime newspaper presses ran that night with the photo, the incident hadalready been officially reported to state authorities, a fine was paidand Bush had issued an apology. The result: a one-day story that you,in fact, probably never heard before reading this.

The way Bartlett describes the Cheney incident, it took forever toreach anyone with Cheney, and the White House aide discovered to hishorror that the hunting party had already been strategizing for 24hours. They planned to give the story to a Corpus Christi reporter,except that, it being the weekend, no one could find him.

Bartlett finally reached the vice president and urgently presentedanother option: getting him on the phone with a national press pool toexplain the entire incident in his own words ASAP. There was deadsilence. Then, the vice president intoned he would handle it his way.Which Cheney did.

And, not coincidentally, his hunting story is still the subject of talk show jokes.

I am almost to the point of believing that Dick Cheney wants people to have a negative view of him.  History books tend to the remember the good and bad, but rarely those in between.

Comments

[Ted K.]

This story fits under the title of "Who Cares?"

must be a slow day at the office to dredge this very old story up again.
He accidentally shot his friend in the face and his friend didn't press charges and actually laughed it off.

Hell yes it is great fodder for stand up.