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...have the defects of our qualities. The same is true of the Vice President. When George W. Bush tapped Richard Cheney in 2000 to be his vice presidential running mate, his great virtue was that he was perceived to have no further political ambition. It was probably not entirely that simple; Cheney had run for president once, but he neither enjoyed the game nor was very good at the gladhanding required. But it quickly became clear that Cheney was an inside guy, not someone to lead a parade. And that was what Bush wanted and needed anyway...
...Cheney. He's not running. He has no plans to run. Which means he doesn't have to make all the silly stops that Gore or Bush 41 had to make. But it also means he doesn't have to put his ear to the ground. He doesn't have to pay any attention to the polls. He doesn't have to surround himself with political advisors who worry about his every move. And the problem with that isn't that he spends a lot of time hunting or fishing or reading intelligence reports (or whatever it is Cheney does...
...described by the White House spokesman at a pair of rowdy briefings and in a follow-up e-mail to reporters, Cheney accidentally shot a 78-year-old hunting companion on a ranch near Corpus Christi on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m. local time, or 6:30 p.m. in Washington. A traveling aide to the Vice President gave what one official privately called a "heads up" to the staff at the White House Situation Room, who notified White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. He called President Bush around 7:30 p.m. "to inform him that there...
...that did not happen right away. Cheney insisted on carrying out a strategy he had worked out with the ranch owner, Katharine Armstrong, in which she was to call a trusted reporter at the local paper, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, to disclose the news. Caller-Times Managing Editor Shane Fitzgerald told TIME that the newspaper had done its usual nightly checks with local law enforcement agents on Saturday and had been told nothing was going on. Armstrong started leaving messages at the newspaper at 8 a.m., reached a reporter by 11 a.m. and the newspaper posted its story...
...Monday night, the Vice President's office said in its first written statement about the incident that although Cheney was carrying a $125 Texas non-resident season hunting license, he did not have the required $7 stamp for for hunting upland game birds. The statement said the Vice President had overpaid by buying a Federal stamp he already possessed. "The staff asked for all permits needed, but was not informed of the $7 upland game bird stamp requirement," the statement said. the check was sent Monday, the statement said...