...a 78-year-old man... in the face.

This is from the Daily Show last night:

Rob: Tonight the vice president is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Wittington. Now, according to the best intelligence available there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Wittington in the face.

He believes the world was a better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of Mr. Wittington's face.

Jon: Why if he had known that Mr. Wittington was not a bird--if he had had that information Rob, why would the vice president still have shot him in the face?

Rob: In a post-9-11 world, the American people expect their leaders to be decisive. To not have shot his friend in the face would have sent the message to the quail that America is weak.

Jon: On a purely human level, is the vice president at least sorry?

Rob: What difference does it make? The bullets are already in the man's face. Let's move forward across party lines as a people to get him some sort of mask. Hindsight is 20/20 Jon, as was, ironically, the shotgun that the vice president used to shoot his friend, a 78-year-old man, in--what can only be described as--his face.

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