If Gore had shot a hunting buddy...

When the Israelites were threatened by Goliath and the Philistines (I Samuel 17), David stepped forward to take them on. David’s sponsors dressed him in armor, but he found that awkward. Instead, he dressed in his shepherd clothes, took five smooth stones from the stream and the rest is history.
If Al Gore had shot a hunting buddy, the Right and the “mainstream media” would quickly tag the incident with the “-gate” suffix, would demand one federal investigation after another and would do what it can to hound President Clinton (who, by the way, I disliked immensely, though not as immensely as I disliked the people who were out to get him).
If someone remotely related (by blood or by marriage) to a living or dead Kennedy had accidentally shot a hunting buddy, the Right and the mainstream media would forever refer to that person as “a Kennedy”.
So, Cheney shot a hunting buddy. Everyone’s been having a good laugh at it (uncanny how so many people made the “Elmer Fudd” association). It’s tempting for the Left and the Democrats to try to capitalize on this incident, but it would be a big mistake. The Right is Goliath. By one account the Right enjoys corporate support 10:1 over the Left. So, the Right can afford to simultaneously torture the Left over every statement and slip of the tongue, rant about how the Left hate America as well as actually pursue its political, social and economic goals. The Left has lately begun to attempt to imitate the Right and to some extent, it’s important for its mental health. But, it’s very dangerous to fight the Right “wearing its armor”. It’s expensive, it’s unwieldy and as “Rathergate” demonstrated, it can blow up on you. When you’re David faced with Goliath, count your stones, watch your timing and aim carefully.
Have a good laugh, wish Harry Whittington a speedy recovery and a Shabbat shalom.