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March 25, 2006

A horrible role model

I came upon a very disturbing news story recently:

While introducing the vice president, U.S. Rep. Rick Keller said Cheney had responded to Keller's recent votes against the administration on three issues by telling him: "Don't be too hasty. Let's go hunting. We'll talk about it."

Cheney himself said that when he returned to the White House from the hunting trip, Bush told him, "Dick, I'm 38 percent in the polls and you shot the only trial lawyer who supports me."

As if it were not bad enough that the Vice President of the United States got away with shooting someone and covering it up, now he is using it to rally support from other Republicans.
Although I was one of Cheney's biggest critics when he did not come forward about the shooting, I think that may have been best now that I know he views shooting of innocent civilians as humorous and a rallying call to GOP extremists.
I don't know what Mr. Cheney learned in school but I learned that one ought to come forward and take responsibility when one does wrong and then ask for forgiveness. The Vice President, I suppose, mistook that lesson for covering up one's wrong-doings then blaming everyone around you for making mention of it and then using it to raise money and get cheap laughs. Dear God, I hope children do not ever look to this man as a role model.

Posted by Jamie on March 25, 2006 5:55 PM