I hate to admit it, but there are too many on the left who are going overboard on Dick Cheney.
The shooting of Harry Whittington and his handling of the incident proved his incompetence, dishonesty, and unwillingness to accept responsibility for his own behavior.
This is enough. We need not speculate on whether he is having an affair with Willeford nor whether he paid off Whittington in order to avoid a lawsuit. There is no evidence supporting these accusations. We're now the ones shooting ourselves in the foot.
Alternet uses the following facts to prove the existence of the affair: that she and her husband have spent two nights at the White House, and one night at Camp David, that her daughter was appointed to a plum job, and that as Ambassador to Switzerland she gave a reception in honor of Vice President Cheney when he visited the country.
Sorry, guys but this proves squat. Much has been made of her hunting with Cheney, but we have to remember that her husband was also staying at the Armstrong ranch. She and her family have given over $23,000.00 to the Bushies. Taylor Marsh quoted Randi Rhodes, who simply makes stuff up all the time, as saying there was an affair. Then Marsh went on to say "But it sure goes to the reality of just how many things
Cheney has to hide about this hunting accident." This is just sleazy innuendo. Even if it were true, who cares if Cheney is having an affair?
Alec Baldwin, writing at the Huffington Post, is speculating on whether Cheney is paying off Whittington. He wonders about the possibilities of a civil suit - after all, Whittington's a lawyer. This is ridiculous. Most of what Whittington does is real estate deals. Recently a court confirmed his ownership of one property. It's worth $30 million, and it's by no means his only property. The guy is largely responsible for the success of the Republican Party in Texas. He isn't about to sue Dick Cheney.
These kinds of silly, unfounded speculations only damage our side. They give ammunition to the wing-nuts. Bloggers such as the Confederate Yankee, Exposing Liberal Bias are peppering us the way Cheney shot his friend in the face.
Let's keep the focus on the facts - they're damning enough.
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