Elements of the MSM, led by the ridiculous David Gregory of NBC, are working themselves into a fever pitch over the hunting accident in which Vice President Cheney wounded a fellow hunter. It seems that Cheney was more concerned with his companion's well-being than with notifying the press, and the latter chore eventually fell to a third-party -- the person who organized the outing. Beyond hoping that the injured party is well, I don't see much need to comment about this one. I think Mark Levin has it about right.

JOHN adds: I thought the meltdown of the White House press corps was hilarious. Hugh Hewitt played audio of the reporters' hysterical interrogation of Scott McClellan on his show tonight; Expose the Left has video.

The press corps' over-the-top reaction to this event reflects two things, I think: the reporters' detestation of the administration, and their ignorance of firearms. If Cheney had been trout fishing and a companion had walked behind him as he started to cast, so that he inadvertently snagged his friend, resulting in a hospital visit, would we have seen this kind of frenzy? I don't think so. I think that, among other things, the press corps' innate ignorance of, and hostility to, firearms is coming through.

JOHN adds more: I may be the only guy who ever grew up in northeastern South Dakota without once shooting a gun at a bird, but some of my relatives are more or less professional hunters. I'm still waiting for the definitive word from my older brother, but in the meantime, this came in from my 24-year-old nephew, who killed his first goose when he was seven:

I got shot the first day I hunted pheasants this year. Not nearly as bad as this one sounds, but it's a pretty common occurrence.

Not, apparently, in Washington D.C.

UPDATE: This is just too much. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank, one of the most notoriously partisan Democrats in the journalism business, dons blaze orange to dramatize--I guess--the vitally important hunting accident issue. He isn't kidding, either. Unbelievable.

ONE MORE THING: I've been accused of humorlessness for ostensibly failing to notice that Milbank was trying to be funny. While it's true that I'm a straight man by nature, I'm not that obtuse. Obviously, Milbank was trying to be funny. Equally obviously, however, he was making what he thought was a serious criticism of the administration. That's what I meant when I said, "he isn't kidding," which with hindsight wasn't the best choice of words.

Via Michelle Malkin.

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