The Democrats want Dick Cheney to die. OK, maybe they don't, really, but they're on his case for getting a flu shot:
Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign slammed Vice President Dick Cheney, a heart patient, over reports he had a flu shot, despite a shortage of the vaccine.The only thing that surprised me in this AFP story was that they admitted
Cheney would fit into the government's definition of those most vulnerable to a looming influenza epidemic as he has a long history of heart disease.[Full disclosure - SecTreas John Snow and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist also got flu shots, which seems pretty dumb unless they're part of a high-risk group, which I doubt.]
I'm waiting for their similar criticism of Bill Clinton, another heart patient who got a flu shot.
Update: Michelle Malkin sez both Frist and Snow are indeed considered high-risk:
Cheney, Snow, and Frist are all high-risk as defined by the CDC. Cheney has heart disease. Frist is a practicing physician. (According to this article, Frist spends many weekends practicing at free clinics in Washington DC and in Tennessee.) Snow is 65 years old.Posted by Chris at October 21, 2004 08:14 AM