tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post114040125580532504..comments2023-05-22T06:20:27.121-04:00Comments on It's not me, it's you: the (bird)shot heard round the worldreneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-1145404466672592172006-04-18T19:54:00.000-04:002006-04-18T19:54:00.000-04:00Hello - Thanks for your feedback, although I'm not...Hello - <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your feedback, although I'm not sure I understand your comment. <BR/><BR/>I don't think I said it was okay for the VP to shoot anyone, and I didn't use the word "understandable" (your quotes) anywhere. In fact it's not okay but it was an accident. Last I heard, anyway, it was an unfortunate accident. And if something is being covered up - well, I guess that's not exactly unprecedented for Washington, is it? (I suspect if this accident had happened in 1998, Cheney would never have been chosen as Bush's running mate.) <BR/><BR/>My point on the blog - altho perhaps I made it badly - was that the story of this event got enormous, endless, relentless, overblown play in the media which I simply didn't understand.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I don't want anyone with a cloud of anything even remotely suspect hanging over them to work for the DHS. <BR/><BR/>I just don't see how the two topics are related. The blog was addressing a media feeding frenzy. The column addressed an egregious lack of judgement at DHS regarding an employee.reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-1145331023413961792006-04-17T23:30:00.000-04:002006-04-17T23:30:00.000-04:00ok, let me get this straight. it's ok if a vice p...ok, let me get this straight. it's ok if a vice president shoots someone -- maybe not ok, but "understandable." but you don't want the department of homeland security to hire anyone who has ever been accused of anything? so, could the vice president be employed by the department of homeland security? not with your hiring criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com