As You Wish, My Master

How powerful is Prince of Darkness Dick Cheney? It looks like he has mastered the Jedi mind trick (see last quote here) of getting the weaker-minded to say what needs to be said. What else explains Friday's bizarre sight of Harry Whittington apologizing for putting his face in the path of Cheney's shotgun pellets?

All those practice sessions in the Oval Office have paid off.