LOL! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert G. Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: TV comedians target Cheney hunting accident
> Television talk shows took aim Monday at U.S. Vice-President Dick > Cheney's accidental weekend shooting in Texas of a hunting companion. > Here's a few of the jokes. > > Late Show with David Letterman, CBS: > > -"Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of > mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney." > > -"But here is the sad part - before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had > denied the guy's request for body armour." > > -"We can't get (Osama) bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old > attorney." > > -"The guy who got gunned down, he is a Republican lawyer and a big > Republican donor and fortunately the buck shot was deflected by wads > of laundered cash. So he's fine. He took a little in the wallet." > > - > > The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC: > > -"Although it is beautiful here in California, the weather back East > has been atrocious. There was so much snow in Washington, D.C., Dick > Cheney accidentally shot a fat guy thinking it was a polar bear. > > -"That's the big story over the weekend. . . . Dick Cheney > accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old lawyer. In fact, when > people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 per > cent." > > -"I think Cheney is starting to lose it. After he shot the guy he > screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?' " > > -"Dick Cheney is capitalizing on this for Valentine's Day. It's the > new Dick Cheney cologne. It's called Duck!" > > - > > The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central: > > -"Vice-President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail > hunt . . . making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot > by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) > shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honour, integrity and > political manoeuvring. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird." > > -"Now, this story certainly has its humorous aspects. . . . But it > also raises a serious issue, one which I feel very strongly about. . . > . moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this > enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the > vice-president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're > trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted - > it's just not worth it." > > > > xponent > > The Buckshots Here Maru > > rob > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > > > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
