Cheney’s mastery of the gun is legendary. His reputation for the proper use of force for sport and otherwise is irrefutable at this point. Heck to listen to media coverage of his shooting of a hunting pal, it’s almost as if he were gardening or cooking when he shot that old man in the face and neck with a shotgun.
Here are the two turns of phrase that have been used over-and-over by MSM outlets and in this very blog:
‘peppered him with shot’ – sounds delicious!
‘sprayed him with pellets’ – that couldn’t hurt – it almost sounds refreshing.
From now on, let’s avoid these cutifications and simply state the situation for what it was: Vice President Cheney shot an old partner in crime in the face and neck, another example of his pattern of negligent use of military force due to violent obsessions, incompetence and myopic focus on the prey of his choice, despite changing circumstances.