In a recent David Letterman show, Letterman offered his live audience a videotape depicting what he called an incident that took place during a hunting expedition at President Bush's Texas ranch. The clip (actually one that has been around for a while) shows a big, burly hunter, outfitted in the latest camouflage gear, high-powered rifle in hand, being furiously attacked by a deer.

The buck jumps on his hind legs and attacks the hunter, slashing and stomping with his strong front legs. The hunter keeps trying to escape, backing up, falling down, struggling to stand, all the while the fearsome, ferocious Bambi is smacking him in the head, chest, arms, and legs with his flying hooves . . . not to mention a few good antlered head-butts. At the end of the clip the vanquished hunter picks up his…