Article: Dick Cheney's hunting accident paints a big bull's-eye for comics

TODAYTelevision talk shows took aim Monday at Vice President Dick Cheney's accidental weekend shooting in Texas of a hunting companion. Here are a few of the jokes.

"Late Show with David Letterman," CBS:

* "Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney."

* "But here is the sad part -- before the trip, Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor."

* "We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney."

* "The guy who got gunned down, he is a Republican lawyer and a big Republican donor and fortunately the buck shot was deflected by wads of laundered cash. So he's fine. He took a little in the wallet."

"The ...

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