Vice President Burr--er, Cheney

From Howard Dean's interview on Face the Nation yesterday:

The President promised two years ago that he would fire the leaker. He hasn't kept his promise. Karl Rove is not only still working in the White House but he has security clearance. Now it turns out that the Vice President of the United States may have been responsible for those leaks for political reasons. That is the kind of thing that is not been done to my knowledge since Aaron Burr was Vice President.

And another similarity between Cheney and Burr has emerged. From the story in The Australian, Cheney to friend: Sorry I shot you:

The shooting is believed to be the first time a vice-president has shot anyone in more than 200 years.

In 1804, vice-president Aaron Burr challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel and killed him. He was never arrested and even served out his term.

See More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire in Editor and Publisher for details about how the story took 18 hours to become public. I also highly recommend Not a laughing matter at firedoglake.

Update: Just for snicks and giggles, I did an image search for evil Dick Cheney and found this.



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