I bet he thought his doctors could treat the victim (hence the 3 hours between accident and hospital admission)...
I bet he thought the SS could arrange private meetings for the filing of police reports...
I bet he thought he could keep it completely out of the press...
And I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that other drunken incidents have been hidden successfully.
If you haven't read it already, Editor and Publisher reports that we only heard at all because the owner of the ranch knew someone from the local paper.
NEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday. E&P has learned that the official confirmation of the shooting came about only after a local reporter in Corpus Christi, Texas, received a tip from the owner of the property where the shooting occurred and called Vice President Cheney's office for confirmation.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?schema=vnu1&vnu_content_id=1001995719&WebLogicSession=Q1ADKmCosfahQmN2CRtZNJkuFQAArRZR4FJH21KltNTvgQpkwKm9One final bet. I'll bet Katharine Armstrong is off the Cheney's Christmas Card list.