One Cheney smackdown, courtesy of Vlad the Impaler

Russian President Vladimir Putin has basically just told Vice President Dick Cheney to STFU in his anti-Russian carping. And Putin has done so in a way to suggest he reads American newspapers and has a long memory.

Putin said that Vice President Dick Cheney’s criticism of Russia was “an unsuccessful hunting shot” — a reference to Cheney's Feb. 11 hunting accident in Texas in which he accidentally peppered lawyer Harry Whittington in the torso, neck and face with up to 200 shotgun pellets.

Peppered shotgun blast with a side of crow. Could be tasty, Dick; I hope you’re hungry.