Those zany Republicans sure are funny!

It’s the story a certain Texas lawyer can’t remember, and one that millions of decent folk don’t want to forget. Don’t think for a minute that I’m prepared to let the Dick Cheney attempted murder story go gently into that good night.

Today it seems as if the White House is trying to “follow the lead of late-night television comedians” and use humor to defuse the gravity of Cheney’s criminal negligence.

President Bush's spokesman quipped Tuesday that the burnt orange school colors of the University of Texas championship football team that was visiting the White House shouldn't be confused for hunter's safety wear.

"The orange that they're wearing is not because they're concerned that the vice president may be there," joked White House press secretary Scott McClellan, following the lead of late-night television comedians. "That's why I'm wearing it."

LOL…Good one, Scotty. You know, for a professional spokesman, you sure say some stupid things.

Not to be outdone by his beltway brethren, a certain Floridian (and all-round swell guy) couldn’t resist taking a shot at the Veep (get it? Taking a “shot”? Oh man, I should be writing headlines for any of the scores of unoriginal newspapers and websites that covered this story with pathetic puns):

The president's brother, Governor Jeb Bush, took a similar jab after slapping an orange sticker on his chest from the Florida Farm Bureau that read, "No Farmers, No Food."

"I'm a little concerned that Dick Cheney is going to walk in," the governor cracked during an appearance in Tampa Monday.

Wow, I am quite literally rolling on the floor laughing. Now I know what they created that acronym.

Since when is it funny that someone got shot (unless, of course, you are pointing out the humor and irony in who took the shot)? Actually, I’m glad that Cheney’s cronies are yukking this one up; at long last GOP scumbags can finally tell a joke that doesn’t employ the punch line “put Velcro on the ceiling”.