Of course the politician usually associated with hunting is former Vice President Dick Cheney. But while the nation remembers -- and laughs at -- how he shot his companion, 78-year-old attorney Harry Whittington, in the face in Texas instead of a quail in 2006 it knows less about his love of put-and-take hunting.
The day after Cheney and George W. Bush were re-elected, the Veep took Air Force Two to Pierre, SD -- thank you tax payers -- where a motorcade sped him to a Gettysburg area hunting lodge for a victory hunt, even before John Kerry's concession speech.
Unfortunately, all that bloodlust apparently fried his defibrillator and Cheney was rushed to George Washington Medical Center in Washington DC for shortness of breath. When press gathered at the hospital (there was a reserved parking space with his name, the joke went) Lynne Cheney, the Veep's wife said, "Sorry we ruined your Saturday," and that Cheney was going to be okay. No one cheered.
Excerpt from Born with a Fritos Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks and Hacks Hijack the Public Health
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