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I think your first idea is right. _Something_ needed to be covered up,
and
my guess is that it was something totally _unrelated_ to guns or booze.


I totally agree.

Some very interesting concepts have been brought up by the press:

That Cheney shot the lawyer to send a message go Scooter Libby that he
better not squeal.

That the lawyer has information about Roswell that he was going to leak.

That Cheney was out of lawyer jokes, and had to do SOMETHING.

That it was to draw the attention away from Iraq.

That Cheney was suspecting an affair between the lawyer and Cheney's dog.

Oh, there's a lot more. And there will be a lot more.

Don't you love having a "press" that is interested in the facts of who,
what, why, when and how instead of just sensationalism?

I sure do.

Steve