It's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget

In the immortal words of Bob Dylan

"Have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin,
"The Vice-President's gone mad!"
"Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night."
"Hmm, say, that's too bad!"
"Well, there's nothin' we can do about it," said the neighbor,
"It's just somethin' we're gonna have to forget."

Well, he got the location wrong, but the rest seems to fit. Seriously, Dick Cheney managed to freaking shoot a guy? And then they don't put out word about it for 24 hours (maybe to make sure everyone had their story straight?).