Cheney shoots hunting partner
Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting partner, Harry Whittington. They were hunting with a small group on the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas. Cheney hit his friend in the face with birdshot from about 30 yards away.
Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass. Cheney and another hunter found a group of quail. Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself,"
"The vice president didn't see him," Amstrong told The AP. "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 Vice President's medical team was there to help and an ambulance arrived in minutes. The shots didn't cause too much damage, and luckily missed his eyes.
Geez, is this how the Vice President is going to handle politics from now on? If he doesn't like you, he'll just shoot you. Just kidding of course because these two are both Republicans and good friends. But still, you better not make Cheney mad!
posted by David @ 7:55 PM
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What are your thoughts on why it was 14 hours before Cheney spoke to the local authorities? Do you think that an average citizen would have gotten the same treatment? Now Mr. Whittington has taken a turn for the worse, he will probably live but he is worse than before. What are your thoughts?
From what I've heard, it was the authorities that set that time table, not Mr. Cheney. Obviously no crime was committed, so it's not like he exactly was evading the law or something. It was an accident.
Yes, he did have a small heart attack due to a single piece of buckshot travelling to his heart. Not sure I would call it a "turn for the worst."
I do however think that the outburst by the media is a bit ridiculous. A couple asked if the Vice President should be prosecuted or if he was going to resign. RESIGN! Are they serious? The media is so out of touch lately. They don't talk about Iran renewing nuclear processing. They don't care to cover the fact that Al Gore said in Saudi Arabia that the US is mistreating arabs on US soil. No, instead they extensively covered this accidental shooting and wondered if Cheney will resign for no reason. Once again, just ridiculous.
Those are my thoughts.
By the way, did you know that a recent PEW poll shows that the number of people who think the main stream media has a bias in its coverage against Bush has jumped 20% in the last two years. Interesting.
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