TV joke writers take shots at Cheney

From "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central:
-"Vice President Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt...making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity, and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird."

From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBC
-"That's the big story over the weekend...Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old-lawyer. In fact, when people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent."

"Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," CBS:
-"He is a lawyer and he got shot in the face. But he's a lwayer, he can use his other face. He'll be alright."
-"You can understand why this lawyer fellow let his guard down, because if you're out hunting with a politician, you think, 'If I'm going to get it, it's going to be in the back.'"
-"The big scandal apparently is that they didn't release the news for 18 hours. I don't think that's a scandal at all. I'm quite pleased about that. Finally, there's a secret the vice president's office can keep."

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