Dick Cheney...shot a friend of his...while hunting for birds. Excuse me for one moment.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

Not only that, but Cheney did not even have a license to hunt. And the White House sat on the information leading to this give-and-take, as described by the Daily News.

"The vice president spoke with Mrs. Katharine Armstrong, and they agreed that she should make that information public," McClellan repeatedly stonewalled.

But having a private citizen contact the press deviated from the White House practice of sending out e-mails to the media. In an off-camera briefing marked with name-calling and loud give-and-take, McClellan was repeatedly asked about the delay and the curious method of getting the information out.

"You're totally ducking and weaving here. We don't care if some ranch owner called the local paper," NBC's David Gregory said.

"David, hold on, the cameras aren't on right now. You can do this later," McClellan shot back.

A red-faced Gregory returned fire, saying, "Don't accuse me of posing for the cameras. Don't be a jerk to me personally. When I'm asking you a serious question you should give me a serious answer instead of jerking us around."

Another reporter dryly asked if it was now standard White House policy to release information through private citizens. The contentious scene was repeated at the afternoon on-camera briefing, though without name-calling.

As a conservative-leaning friend of mine said to me yesterday, "I can't wait until John McCain runs for president so it can be normal to be a Republican again."