Wow, Dick Cheney really did the
late-night shows a favor, didn't he? After the Vice President accidentally shot his friend Harry Whittington in the
face while they were "hunting" quail, comedy writers all over the country leapt into action, penning joke
after joke that linked the incident to wiretapping, weapons of mass distruction, Cheney's heart problems, and global
warming (well, I don't know about that one for sure, but I'm sure someone wrote something warming-related).This article gives a nice summary of the funnier Cheney lines from Leno, Letterman, and The Daily Show. It also throws in lines from Jeb Bush, Senator Patrick Leahy, and White House spokesman Scott McClellan. They're not quite as funny (though I like Leahy's line), but then again most politicians are only funny when they don't mean to be, anyway.
(Here's another summary that includes quotes from Craig Ferguson.)
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