Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter
 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/....ap/index.html

was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good'

Sunday, February 12, 2006; Posted: 4:40 p.m. EST (21:40 GMT)


WASHINGTON (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 him with shotgun pellets on Saturday while the two were hunting at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.

Armstrong said Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Whittington was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System.

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.

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.

I wuz gonna post this and I decided against it, thot it was too Barnum/Bailey :rolleyes:

Im glad someone else did the dirty deed so we can all enjoy it in spite of my attack of decency :]

Ok is this a joke?

no...........I wouldnt recommend anyone going hunting with this guy, he's clearly dangerous........on second thought, maybe Monkey Boy could go with him.....they could roast weiners and marshmallows and sing 'round the campfire and trade bigfoot stories....and play a rousing game of Russian Roulette

Well, it was Texas right? I guess that doesnt surprise me

Wait'll the Onion gets ahold of this story!!:lol: :lol: I cant wait!!!

David: are you trying to duplicate your earlier record at postage my dear?
because if you are, Ryan will be soooooooooooo disappointed...:lol:

Hey, we're secret allies, he's on my side. :laugh:

ya coulda fooled me!:laugh:

We are! I'm tellin ya. David is my little bitch. I say jump, he says how high. It's just that way. :lol:

I love you David. :xoxo:

:lol:

unless he gives you grief, in which case you whine like a puppy!

What a fakir! (look THAT up in your Funk and Wagnalls.....)

My English teacher used to say that to us. We always thought he was cursing because of how he said it. :lol:

Yes, we are an un-cultured bunch in Milford CT. :laugh:

why couldn't Bush have been his hunting "buddy" on this outing? damn.

What the hell did Cheney have, a machine gun?

Wow...
 

So Elmer "Cheney" Fudd shot someone....

"Be vewwy, vewwy quiet....I hunting tewwowists....Uhuhuhuhuhuhuuh"

Actually, when I think of DICK Cheney, I think the following image is more appropriate:


Brian "Cant wait til I can lampoon the Democrats equally when they screw up in office" j.

Probably a shotgun - they spray pellets, like BB's, rather than a single bullet each shot.

Brian, that pic is hilarious!

:lol: :lol: .....and I thought W. was the one most likely to shoot someone. How could I have been so wrong?! :lol: :lol:

I am, seeing that I once lived in Alaska, for a very long time, and its mostly just mountain and hippies :laugh: :thumbsup:

Good ole Dick Cheney, when he's not casting the tie-breaking vote to slash health care for the poor, he's taking a nice vacation to shoot birds.

The producers at The Daily Show called an emergency meeting this afternoon when the news broke. First, they thanked God for His unbelievable generosity. Then they called in every daily Show writer and started divvying up who would do what to fill their special hour-long show tomorrow night.

:laugh: It is interesting how this was spun, the victim did not announce himself (hello, hunting, supposed to be quiet) and was in the line of fire and Cheney didn't see him. Well, Cheney must have an issue with his eyesight because if someone is in your line of fire you should see them! The dumbest defense ever. Then there's the full 24 hrs before the disclosure of the incident. Ugh.

And exactly how many of you have actually been hunting before and know the first thing about it :shrug: I, on the other hand, have been hunting hundreds of times. If this guy did not announce himself, then he has only himself to blame and shotguns blast pellets in a fan once shot :shrug: Do I believe that is the story? Perhaps I do because it happens more times than you would think. Also, it makes sense because if Cheney wanted to kill the guy at that range, he would be dead, esp. with a shotgun and with Cheney's lifelong experience as a hunter. So, I think it was an accident though it may not be the accidenct reported given these liars.

I do think, however, the WH once again creates the drama by waiting 214 hours to acknowledge it after the owner of the range reported it. Why the wait? Where's my foil hat . . . .

We're the gay alliance you know...:lol:

I need a spanking...:lol:

Yes I thought the 24 hour thing was very suspicious also.

Even I'd be surprised if it wasnt an accident. It's just that it makes for such fodder!! Everyone needs a laugh right?

I definitely believe this was an accident. I'm just disappointed in the blame the victim campaign surrounding it.

I agree. When hunting it is your responsibility to know where others are around you at all times. Maybe Cheney needs to brush up on his Hunters Safety Education Classes.

My husbands best friend shot him while bird hunting years ago. You can feel the shot under his skin, especially on his fingers. He was lucky, if his friend would have been using a differnt gauge shotgun, it would have killed him.

Apparently his hunting license was not in order. I had a feeling that might be the case.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/...ney/index.html

"While the state Parks and Wildlife Department issued Cheney a warning for not possessing a required stamp on his hunting license, the sheriff's department said there was "no alcohol or misconduct involved in the incident."

I have it on good authority, by a friend whose dad was a cop/sheriff there.:angel:

btw: mountains/hippies.......hmmmm maybe I should relocate........

Plus isn't a small amount of pot legal up there and can't you grow your own as long as it is just for personal consumption?

Some of these are really funny



"Late Show with David Letterman," CBS:

• "Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney."

• "But here is the sad part — before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor."

• "We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney."

• "The guy who got gunned down, he is a Republican lawyer and a big Republican donor and fortunately the buck shot was deflected by wads of laundered cash. So he's fine. He took a little in the wallet."

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"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBC:

• "Although it is beautiful here in California, the weather back East has been atrocious. There was so much snow in Washington, D.C., Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fat guy thinking it was a polar bear.

• "That's the big story over the weekend. ... Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old lawyer. In fact, when people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent."

• "I think Cheney is starting to lose it. After he shot the guy he screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?'"

• "Dick Cheney is capitalizing on this for



Valentine's Day. It's the new Dick Cheney cologne. It's called Duck!"

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"The Daily Show with



Jon Stewart," Comedy Central:

• "Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt ... making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird."

• "Now, this story certainly has its humorous aspects. ... But it also raises a serious issue, one which I feel very strongly about. ... moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted — it's just not worth it."

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"Late Late Show with



Craig Ferguson," CBS:

• "He is a lawyer and he got shot in the face. But he's a lawyer, he can use his other face. He'll be all right."

• "You can understand why this lawyer fellow let his guard down, because if you're out hunting with a politician, you think, 'If I'm going to get it, it's going to be in the back.' "

• "The big scandal apparently is that they didn't release the news for 18 hours. I don't think that's a scandal at all. I'm quite pleased about that. Finally there's a secret the vice president's office can keep."

"Apparently the reason they didn't release the information right away is they said we had to get the facts right. That's never stopped them in the past."

The Late Show was a hoot last night. :nod: they had biff Henderson running around dressed like Elmer Fudd and shooting at the ceiling. Every time he did, a body (dummy) would drop. :laugh:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Those are really funny. I had been wondering what the comedians would make of this.

Kelly :)

Whatever you do, DON'T BUILD YOURSELF A CABIN ON THE SHORES OF LITUYA BAY!!!!

The Daily Show was classic last night! If you missed it, try to catch the rerun. :nod:

Well, if he hadn't gotten those FIVE deferments, he might have learned a little gun safety.

Breaking from CNN: Man shot and wounded by Vice President Cheney suffers "minor heart attack" after birdshot becomes lodged in his heart, hospital spokesman says.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/...ney/index.html

HOLY CRAP! :eek: