a new wrinkle...

[acroyear]

A Tale of Two Pols:

But Allen failed to follow the other George's playbook for what to do when caught red-handed. Allen, in at least two interviews, apologized to the volunteer "if he's offended" -- kind of like telling your girlfriend you're sorry that she's mad at you. Late and lame, chided the state's editorialists. Bush, however, writes in his autobiography, "A Charge to Keep," about the time he accidentally shot a rare songbird, the killdeer, while dove hunting during his 1994 race to unseat Texas Gov. Ann Richards (D). Bush, at the behest of advisers, called a news conference to confess his transgression and add a dollop of humor. "Thank goodness it was not deer season; I might have shot a cow," he joshed.

Gee, I didn't know Bush already had a history of attacking the wrong target...