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| *Breaking* Fox: VP Cheney Accidentally Shot Friend While Hunting |
| 2006-02-12 |
| Will update with links as located... |
| Posted by:.com |
| #24 Jimmy Carter's RABBIT-GATE returneth: MSM > SSSHHHHHHHHH, at least with Jimbo no enviro-correct, anti-Global Warming? rabbit/hare was ever shot, unlike Meat-eating, Gun-loving, God-loving, Male Brute Imperialist Warmongering Scheming Robber Baron Repubs whom shoot their friends!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............ |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-02-12 22:36 |
| #23 and BTW, Whittington is big time Repub around these parts. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-02-12 20:39 |
| #22 Seems there were 3 guys -- the one shot walked in a different direction from the VP and the 3rd man -- the shot man returned to their area and never let them know he was coming or was near. Knowing the kind of "thicket" that is down in that part of Texas, unless he announced himself, they never knew he was around. And, he may not have known he was as close to them as he was. And, if the shooters were wearing ear plugs, well ...... |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-02-12 20:38 |
| #21 Yeah, but it wasn't a duel and Whittington is no Alexander Hamilton. Maybe Cheney should go quail hunting with John Kerry sometime. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-02-12 20:36 |
| #20 First VP since Aaron Burr to shot somebody while in office. |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-02-12 20:27 |
| #19 Ain't no big thing. NOT. One of my buddies is blind in one eye from such an "accident." His Dad was the cause. Maintaining spacing and knowing your safe field of fire is your responsibility. Learn to hunt safely. Hunt Safely. Being the VP is no freeking excuse. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-02-12 19:07 |
| #18 remember all the pics of doofus Kerry out shooting, finger in the triggerguard all the time? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-12 19:06 |
| #17 Woohoo! I just got an invite to go hunting with the VP! |
| Posted by: Unnamed CIA Source 2006-02-12 18:39 |
| #16 I wonder if the leaks will stop? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-02-12 18:37 |
| #15 Let's get it roling: Cheney had to figure out which is worse: Him shooting a lawyer or Or him shooting a lawyer and missing. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-02-12 18:15 |
| #14 David Letterman Top 10 list material, I predict tomorrow night |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2006-02-12 18:03 |
| #13 Lol, Moose! Perhaps Dubya will let Porter Goss "borrow" the Veep, now and then... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 16:53 |
| #12 I find it hard to believe that this will affect Cheney's opinion polls one iota. However, it will start a LOT of fights over what kind of lawyer shot is best. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-02-12 16:47 |
| #11 AP & UPI are in, Rooters still doesn't have it, yet, heh. AP Update: [only what's new] Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shot at a covey of quail late afternoon on Saturday. Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, while Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and found a second covey. Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong told the Associated Press in an interview. "The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by god, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good." The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. She said Whittington was bleeding but not very seriously injured, and Cheney was very apologetic. "It broke the skin," she said. "It knocked him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It didn't get in his eyes or anything like that." She said emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to Whittington, holding his face and cleaning up the blood. "Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we would have been," she said. "The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came." Armstrong said Cheney is a longtime friend who comes to the ranch to hunt about once a year. She said Whittington is a regular, too, but she thought it was the first time the two men hunted together. "This is something that happens from time to time. You now, I've been peppered pretty well myself," said Armstrong. Heh, I love Texas. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 16:41 |
| #10 Oops! Too bad Harry isn't younger - he could dine out on this story for years. ;-p (I was going to say for the rest of his life, but considering the fact he's 78, he obviously will do that.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-02-12 16:34 |
| #9 Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong. Ted Kennedy, 1 Dick Cheney, 0 |
| Posted by: BH 2006-02-12 16:30 |
| #8 By Terpsboy, of course, heh... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 16:10 |
| #7 Report is he is / will be okay. Classic turn and fire situation with birdshot - goof downrange... Lol... this thread has potential, real classics potential, if you consider all of the angles, lol. I still think Leahy should be thinking hard about this... I have a pic, somewhere... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 16:06 |
| #6 .com What's the bag limit? (Seriously, of course, we certainly do hope Cheney's friend recovers.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-02-12 16:02 |
| #5 Oops! You looked like Ted. Sorry about that. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-02-12 16:00 |
| #4 Is it okay to laugh at Glenmore's post? Just wonderin'... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, heh. Good post G-Man! |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 16:00 |
| #3 Got a lawyer! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-02-12 15:58 |
| #2 Special Attn: Sen. Leahy |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 15:56 |
| #1 AP: Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday. Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong. Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital on Sunday afternoon. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-02-12 15:54 |