Thursday, February 16, 2006

Heartless Hillary

Via NewsDay, Hillary Clinton shares a laugh over a wounded hunter, with a man who recently made a judge's wife cry before Congress:

...Clinton stopped by the Senate Armed Services Committee to grill Army brass about body armor supplies and to listen to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) ask questions about Humvee safety. During the session, both shared a public chuckle at Cheney's expense.When one general used the expression "shooting ourselves in the gut," Kennedy interrupted to say, "I'm not sure that's a good analogy today."Clinton threw back her head and laughed so heartily it echoed through the cavernous committee room.

Here's Tom Barnett's view, which I agree with:

If it was your dad or husband who suffered the shot, how would you like this horrible situation turned into a joke, right down to the Washington Post printing pretend buckshot holes in its Style section’s coverage, which was just too crass for words.
But worse was the grotesque crowing and jokes from representatives of the Dem Party--again, a level of crudity and insensitivity I haven’t seen since the same was witnessed with GOP operatives over Vince Foster.
Maybe this poor guy’s heart attack will remove some of the glee, but I doubt it.


Then I read this: Man Shot In Accident After Laughing At Cheney