"IT'S ALL JOKES UNTIL...

SOMEONE GETS HURT"

UPDATE: Scottie didn't know. According to the NY Times, Cheney learned at 7:30 AM that Whittington had a heart attack but didn't pass the word on to the President's staff.

(Via Crooks & Liars) AmericaBlog reports that Scott McClellan was joking about Cheney's hunting incident despite knowing that Whittington had had a heart attack. Scottie said nothing about it to the reporters and encouraged them to "move on."

The callousness is obvious and this may also be a sign that the vaunted WH spin machine is misfiring because it's stupid to think that the press wouldn't catch on to this omission.