Palin: Cheney's Worst Act Was "Duck Hunting Accident"

In an interview aired Thursday, Sarah Palin claimed that Dick Cheney's worst act as vice president was his "duck hunting accident."

As part of Katie Couric's interview series with both VP candidates, Palin and Joe Biden were asked to name the best and worst things that Cheney has done over the last eight years. The responses stood in stark contrast, to say the least.

Biden offered a withering critique of Cheney, charging that he had "done more harm than any other single elected official in my memory in terms of shredding the Constitution," citing the vice president's promotion of "torture as a policy" and the idea of the unitary executive. Even Biden's "praise" for Cheney was brutal: "I admire his willingness to take positions that are completely contrary to popular opinion."

Flash to Palin, sporting a goofy smile: "Worst thing, I guess, that woulda been the duck hunting accident, where, you know, that was, that was an accident. And that was made into a caricature of him, and that was kind of unfortunate." (In fact, Cheney accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington during a quail hunting trip.)

Cheney's best act, according to Palin: "[H]e's shown his support along with George W. Bush of our troops."

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Comments

[Americatortures]

So...to Palin..Cheney lying us into war in Iraq was NOT worse than the shooting accident??? And SHE wants to be VP and EXPAND the role of the VP, as she stated last night??? That ought to get her a vote or two in all of America!!!

[AngryCenter]

She clearly had no idea what the question was at that point last night, nor what the role of the VP actually is.

[Americatortures]

Lying us into a war with a nation that had NOTHING to do with 9/11 was NOT worse than Cheney's "gun accident" To Palin??? Which town is she suited to run in as their next dog catcher???

[MainSpark]

I'm a dog lover. Therefore, I'd decline her application.

[Passenger57]

I hope the Obama/Bidden camp gets nosebleeds from their numbers shooting up so far, so fast after that disgusting display last night. Any way her team spins it, the world knows that she's been practicing all week and that's all she could squeeze out of it .Do we want someone who has to cram to even appear to know the things they should already know? Sarah,your "five weeks" are showing!
Whatever happened to being "Ready On Day One?"

[Americatortures]

Palin is best-suited as an employee at the Miami Serpentarium...a place where poisonous snake charmers are welcome!!

[Toonadude]

Yeah ... Cheney thought Whittington's head looked like a duck.
Too bad they were hunting quail.
Betcha don't hunt while yer drunk up there in Alaska now do ya Ms.Palin?
The NRA must be so proud of Cheney.

[wordvarc]

Palin works hard to be perky. She has an 8th grade style and presentation. That's at the median level of interaction where most viewers of TV and readers of newspapers and magazines are comfortable. An 8th grade level of understanding is the target of most movies, publications, and TV.

But I don't want another 8th grader as President or VP.

[JB2003]

Can this woman answer any question without pulling one of these circular answers? example . . . he embraces the troops as I have ebraced the troops and I have watched Bush embrace the troops in this great nation if I should have the privilege to serve this great nation as i have served the great state of alaska as I would embrace those troops as I serve this great country. SHUT UP!

[jca666us]

Duck hunting accident - worst decision??? Palin is certainly qualified to be VP!

BWAHAHAHAH­AHAHAHAHAH­AHAHAHA!!!

It will be a blowout on Nov. 4th.

[pzdoff]

Iff she's elected, Dick Cheney will be her new boss, now how criitical would you expect her to be?

[meede]

Phone rings - Hello
Hi Sarah, this is Dick Cheney. I thought I would call to invite you to a hunting get together that I'm having with some friends. Would you be interested in coming along??

You can fill in the rest of the blanks!!!!!!!

[rini]

The duck hunting incident was his worst "decision?"

Geeze, I hope it wasn't a "decision."

It was supposed to have been an "accident."....wink wink.

[ColoradoDan]

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70

McCain as a POW

[Abycat]

So organizing the outing of a covert CIA agent just to get even with her husband was a minor miss step? Oh, I forgot about your vendetta a certain state trooper!

[aes5678]

really? really? yes, really.

[Sammy00400]

I guess that means she believes Cheney has done nothing wrong. Thats the neo-con view. However we dont know if that is her opinion or she was sticking to the campaign. Probably the latter because the issue of Cheney's expansion of the vice presidency was sure to come up.

[Rhia]

This is a nightmare for Katie Couric. She wanted to milk Palin a good answer but she couldn't get anything. And worst, she was even confronted by Grandpa McCain about her supposed gotcha questions.

Ignorance in action and at best!

[oiba]

I think Cheney's worst act was accepting the nomination for V.P.. Sarah, I really don't like you. If only Bill Hicks was still alive to witness the all bullshit for the last 13 years, and to witness another Bush take office.