Sunday February 19, 2006

For once in a great while we have a political todo with a real smoking gun and it has been some of the most entertaining political hoopla the blogosphere has ever seen. It's like we're under an attack of laugh bombs from the QLGF (doncha know about the Quail Liberation Guerilla Front?). I posted about the I got shot by Dick Cheney page but the conversation fodder keeps on a-coming:

Zazzle

Cheney's Got A Gun (Aerosmith spoof) provides the video and soundtrack

The Bob Rivers Show - 102.5 KZOK Seattle (grr... packaging flash as a windows executable)

Dick Cheney Quail Hunt action packed game

Canned Hunting at its Cannedest

Dave Letterman's Top Ten

• Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses
• Top Ten Surprises In The Dick Cheney Interview

And no shortage of hardy hars from Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and so forth.

I've been following this Technorati search for the blogosphere's yucks and the posts from About.com's Political Humor feed for most everything else:

• Cheney Shooting Humor Roundup
  Dick Cheney jokes are flying fast and furious in the wake of his shooting accident. Here are a few quick highlights to keep you in the humor loop: Cheney Cartoons and Parodies View a series of cartoons, doctored photos, and... ...
  ( Feb 17 2006, 07:40:08 AM PST )
• Late-Night Comics Declare Open Season on Cheney
  The late-night comedians took their first round of shots at Vice President Cheney in the wake of his shooting accident: "Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt ... making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person... ...
  ( Feb 13 2006, 11:38:05 PM PST )
• Cheney Hunting T-Shirts & Bumper Stickers
  Dick Cheney's hunting accident has sparked a cottage industry for political bumper sticker and T-shirt sellers. Here's a sampling of popular Cheney hunting-related slogans available on various products at CafePress: Duck! It's Dick! I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than... ...
  ( Feb 13 2006, 02:52:01 PM PST )
• Dick Cheney Shoots Guy in Hunting Mishap
  In what is sure to trigger a fusillade of comic barbs for weeks to come, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man while on a hunting expedition in Texas. Cheney apparently mistook his friend, Austin lawyer Harry Whittington,... ...
  ( Feb 13 2006, 07:58:02 AM PST )

And of course, there are the products:

In addition to the Ready... Fire... Aim t-shirt above, there's Dick Cheney: Reducing the burden on social security one old bird at a time and other stuff

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I'd Rather Hunt With Dick Cheney Than Ride With Ted Kennedy and such bumper stickers, t-shirts, yadda yadda

CafePress

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