Will shooting an old man in the face damage Cheney politically? What do you think?
What do the experts say?
“Will it damage him politically? Probably not,” said Joseph Newport, senior analyst for Gallup. “I mean, shoot one lawyer, you can probably laugh it off. Makes you look human. But don’t make a habit of it. Shoot more than a couple of dozen and focus groups start to see you as an angry, divisive figure.”
What a wonderful news story! I doubt we’ll see a better one in 2006. He has caused more joy by shooting that old man in the face than he managed with his entire political career. Forget about Halliburton and the Energy Task Force: it is for this that he should be remembered.