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Vice President Dick Cheney’s accidental shooting of Harry Whittington during a Texas quail hunt sparks a media firestorm and late-night satire. Cheney breaks his silence in a Fox News interview with Brit Hume, taking personal responsibility while defending the delayed disclosure. David Gergen, Tom DeFrank, and David Sanger analyze what the episode reveals about White House process, parallel power centers, and the political cost to both Cheney and President George W. Bush.

00:00 – Opening, timeline of the shooting and 18-hour disclosure gap
00:21 – Daily Show cold open, public reaction and satire
01:00 – “First veep since Hamilton” gag, setup for Cheney interview
01:26 – Cheney to Brit Hume, “I pulled the trigger,” taking responsibility
01:53 – Why he waited, accuracy vs speed, Saturday night reporting question
02:22 – Panel introductions, Gergen, DeFrank, Sanger
02:58 – Gergen, political damage to White House authority and credibility
03:45 – Why the delay is baffling, contrast with 1970s Cheney
05:12 – DeFrank’s Ford debate anecdote, Cheney as fixer then vs now
06:19 – Staff dynamics after Libby, Addington’s role, press posture
07:03 – Two power centers problem, presidential responsibility
08:11 – Katrina timing, patterns of slow response
09:17 – Potential fallout, credibility hit more than legal liability
10:34 – Why local paper first, national significance of the incident
11:18 – Sanger on choosing Fox, key question on alcohol, one beer claim
12:23 – Mechanics of disclosure, WH comms capability vs choice not to use it
13:50 – “If you have nothing to hide, do not act like you do,” damage-control rule
15:07 – SOP departures, nobody overruled the vice president
16:16 – Looks like a process failure, not a cover-up
17:08 – Protecting the president’s interest, missing instincts
17:53 – Likely adjustments, faster disclosures, lower Cheney profile
18:49 – Cheney would “do it the same way,” WH says lessons to learn
20:08 – Will anything change, deference likely to continue
20:40 – Possible shift, more weight to Condoleezza Rice on major calls
21:12 – Close

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