Bush's "Culture of Responsibility" On Display

President Bush has talked a lot about his administration's supposed "culture of responsibility." That's a euphemism for "trying to get out of taking responsibility for anything." We've seen that in Iraq, on economic policy, and now even on the story of Dick Cheney shooting a man in the face. Yes, that's right - Knight Ridder reports that yesterday "the White House blamed the 78-year-old man whom Vice President Dick Cheney shot during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas for the incident."

Now, we see that along with blaming the victim, the White House is to laugh about it, even as the victim is still in the hospital. That's right, the Associated Press reports that "the White House has decided that the best way to deal with Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting accident is to joke about it."

Really - there are no words. You can't even be outraged anymore when you read this kind of thing. It's so totally ridiculous that you think you are reading the Onion, only you're not - you are reading about the people who are leading this nation. So sad.

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