Veep Shoots Lawyer

In the Line of Fire - Cheney shoots Republican millionaire during quail hunt.

"This is something that happens from time to time," she said. "You know, I've been peppered pretty well myself."

"Peppered"?? He got shot! It's nauseating that 1) this happens "from time to time" and is treated so cavalierly, and 2) that the act has been ascribed such an inocuous phrase as "peppered".

Shooting a Republican Party supporter, it seems, can have an upside.

Mr Cheney visited Mr Whittington in hospital before flying to Washington.

The upside was that the victim got a visit from Satan, I mean, Cheney? Hell, he's one of the last people I want to see, shot or otherwise! Then again, I'm not a Reich Wing sycophant.

Mary Matalin, an adviser to the Vice-President, said he felt "bad, obviously".

"On the other hand, he was not careless or incautious or violated any of the rules," she said. "He didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to do."

So, umm...you're supposed to shoot other members of your hunting party??