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February 13, 2006
No Need to Wait on Jay or Dave for Cheney Jokes
Jim and Sarah Brady have the guffaws covered.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- James and Sarah Brady made comments today related to Vice President Cheney's reportedly accidental shooting yesterday in Texas."Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him," said Jim Brady. "I had a friend once who accidentally shot pellets into his dog - and I thought he was an idiot."
"I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time," Sarah Brady said. "Now I know I was right to be nervous."
So witty and clever, I'm speechless. They should write for Scrappleface or something. Ditto the Humane Society.
"Vice President Cheney just seems to keep topping himself on the hunting front. First, he showed terrible judgment by hunting ducks with Justice Antonin Scalia when his office had business before the Supreme Court. Then, he went on an exclusive private shooting spree in Pennsylvania and shot dozens, perhaps hundreds, of stocked pheasants at a drive-thru canned hunting operation -- where the pen-raised birds were treated as nothing more than living targets. Now, he's shot a hunting companion in his latest hunting venture. We don't quite understand his obsession with shooting animals, and we'd advise him to pursue a less violent form of relaxation and get on with the important business of leading the country."
Since it appears de rigeur to issue a statment, the Swilling is working on theirs, hoping it will be a doozy.
Posted by tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 10:49 AM
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Leading the country? Heheheh. He's probably got a voice-mail message saying, "Yo. This is D-Chain. If I need to break a tie in the Senate, press 1. Otherwise, wait for the beep."
And Jim Brady, pardon me, but you were shot in the head by an assassin, not a lawful hunter. If you're competent enough to be pioneering gun control legislation and cracking wise about the government, you're competent to be told off for thinking with your tuchis. And what's your wife's excuse?
Posted by: Nightfly at February 13, 2006 12:59 PM
Jokes on this I can understand. Heck, I've made 'em, at least to beat out the leftards.
But Brady and Humane Society are full of it. And I don't mean lead.
Posted by: The Real_JeffS at February 13, 2006 01:49 PM
Lead by example.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 01:58 PM
That was a cheap shot.
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 02:45 PM
Always try to be a barrel of laughs.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 02:52 PM
And make sure the scope of your humor is focused...
Keep your sights on the target... laughter.
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 03:09 PM
This kinda humor causes me to recoil in disgust. But the subject is an easy target.
Posted by: The Real_JeffS at February 13, 2006 03:18 PM
No one likes to be the butt of jokes, Jeff.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 03:20 PM
Especially ones of this caliber.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 03:21 PM
I am officially not worthy.
I had a good one in the crosshairs but I got dusted by your last jokes.
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 03:39 PM
I don't actually put a lot of stock in this sort of thing.
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 03:48 PM
This sort of thing is automatic for us ~ and always worth repeating.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 03:49 PM
I was going to go rifling through my books for more jokes, but I am afraid you'd send me packing and ban me from commenting.
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 03:50 PM
Mind you, cross hares can be pretti nasti.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 03:53 PM
What triggered this sudden bout of insecurity?
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 04:01 PM
Often I have troubling guaging the humor of an audience.
What about the Trojan Rabbit?
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 04:02 PM
Jeez, this is a FAMILY site!
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 13, 2006 04:23 PM
I don't want to come off half-cocked, but what kind of FAMILY is this?
Posted by: Susanna at February 13, 2006 04:40 PM
THS, you may have to put the hammer down; those last couple o' posts are pretty searing. You wouldn't want people to bolt off. Maybe some folks should get a primer on proper behavior. After all, we don't want this blog to become worth less than the powder to blow it up.
One must eject people at times, else we're better off trying to clip coupons from a magazine.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at February 14, 2006 01:28 AM
I know better than to bandy gun puns with a Marine. Strategic withdrawl time - I live to jape another day!
Posted by: Nightfly at February 14, 2006 11:21 AM
You leave me shell shocked, Diptera! Withdrawal? I hope you're not off casing other blogs instead.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at February 14, 2006 05:01 PM
not worthy, not worthy (scraping, bowing)
Posted by: Susanna at February 14, 2006 10:35 PM