Hide the kids! Dick Cheney is going hunting tomorrow at an unpscale hunting resort in New York. What is scarier than the idea of Cheney with a gun is The Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club where he is hunting. According to the NY Daily News, it costs $150,000 to join the club and there is an added cost for every bird that is shot. Whatever happened to never shooting a sitting duck? A few locals express their sentiments:
"I don't want him in my backyard," said Viva Ttanata, 63, a farmer whose land adjoins the exclusive upstate hunting ground where Cheney plans to shoot tomorrow. "He scares me."
"He'd better take a shooting lesson," he said. "I'll be keeping my dog inside while he's here."
"They keep cracking jokes about it while they're waiting for their sandwiches," said a waitress at the nearby Clove Valley Deli and Cafe.
"They keep saying 'Duck! Put your armor on! Don't turn your back on him!'"
Even if he did shoot another one of his friends, we probably wouldn't find out about it for a few days. If you remember, Cheney decided to not tell the sterling White House press corps until days later. Does anyone think that a reporter will ask the question, "Mr. Vice President, did you shoot anyone this time?"