There’s a new sheriff in town

Mark Steyn, re Mr. Cheney’s hunting accident:

Fortunately, the Washington Post had that wise old bird David Ignatius to put it in the proper historical context: “This incident,” he mused, “reminds me a bit of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s delay in informing Massachusetts authorities about his role in the fatal automobile accident at Chappaquiddick in 1969.”

Hmm. Let’s see. On the one hand, the guy leaves the gal at the bottom of the river struggling for breath pressed up against the window in some small air pocket while he pulls himself out of the briny, staggers home, sleeps it off and saunters in to inform the cops the following day that, oh yeah, there was some broad down there. And, on the other hand, the guy calls 911, has the other fellow taken to the hospital, lets the sheriff know promptly but neglects to fax David Gregory’s make-up girl!

One can only hope others agree with Ignatius’ insightful analogy, and that the reprehensible Cheney will be hounded from public life the way Kennedy was all those years ago. One would hate to think folks would just let it slide and three decades from now this Cheney guy will be sitting on some committee picking Supreme Court justices and whatnot.

Mr. Ignatius’ remark is revealing. He suggests that Cheney failed to notify the authorities in a timely manner. The Secret Service called the local sheriff. Who else should they have contacted? The Washington Press Corp. In Mr. Ignatius’ secret fantasies, the press have become legal authorities, with jurisdiction everywhere, and in all matters. Confess and they may go easy on you.

Posted on February 19th, 2006 by pwyll
Filed under: politics

2 Responses to “There’s a new sheriff in town”

  1. J. Gault, on February 23rd, 2006 at 5:15 pm Said:

    From Michelle Malkin:”Funny thing is, I can’t recall the mainstream media melting down over the 30-hour delay — presided over by Hillary Clinton, according to internal records — in releasing the late White House counsel Vincent Foster’s suicide note to authorities and her own husband. Can you?”

  2. pwyll, on February 25th, 2006 at 12:44 am Said:

    Hillary could have drowned Foster as per Teddy K and the media would not have uttered a peep.

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