Cheney: Accidental Shooting Or...

One thing is certain. He has lied. He claimed to have been at 90 feet when he fired his weapon. Ballistics would reveal that only a few BBs would have penetrated the victim (VERY shallow penetration= minor injuries). By the severity of the wounds you can reliably figure that Cheney was from 15-18 feet from the victim when he shot this man in the woods. This would mean that Cheney perhaps tripped and misfired his weapon- OR, if you want to go toward a more sinister route, he may have intended to shoot this 78 year old lawyer. Again, at the very least he lied about being far away. Any hunter could tell you that bird shot fired at 90 feet would not do much and would have a very wide spread(few penetrations- if any). There is also concern about the fact that police were kept at bay for many hours after the shooting- something which would land any regular citizen in jail at least for a while. This would indicate that the Vice President believes himself to be above the law. Only bad guys think things like that. If he did lie then the manly thing to do would be to admit that he lied and tell the entire truth so that he might not go to prison for as long as he should. This bothers me much more than the fact that he lied- he has no remorse for his lies. Maybe he is covering for someone else that was there and caused the accident. However noble that may be, I think honesty is pobably one of the most important attributes in a leader.