Cheney’s bumbling is nonstop

Vice President Dick Cheney has been widely criticized across party lines for the way he handled his quail-hunting accident. He kept it secret for a day, then didn’t put it out himself, but had his host call a newspaper.
Finally, under pressure (including from the White House, by his own account), he agreed to an interview, and then only on Robert Murdoch’s Republican-friendly Fox network.
He took full responsibility for the shooting. Good. But he also offered some gibberish of a defense for his post-shooting behavior, selling it to nobody who had an open mind.
If he has bumbled his way through this, nobody should be surprised. Dick Cheney is, after all, the most — how to say this politely? — overrated man in Washington. ...