Vice President Dick Cheney writes in a Wall Street Journal editorial today that former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan’s criticism of President Bush’s economic record is “off the mark.”

Greenspan accuses Bush in his new memoir of abandoning Republican principles on the economy and rebuked his tax cuts and increased spending.

“Greenspan argues that President Bush’s economic and budget policies have been fiscally irresponsible. I’ve known and admired Alan for years, and I believe he was a great chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. But I think his assessment is off the mark,” according to Cheney.

“The combined effects of recession and national emergency could have been devastating for America’s economy. Yet President Bush’s tax cuts-following through on a promise he had made to the voters-resulted in a shallower recession, a faster recovery, and a platform for growth that remains sturdy to this day,” Cheney said.

With all this talk of marksmanship, why is no one noting that Cheney once shot a man?