Cheney accidentally shoots 78-year-old man.
By on Feb 12th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Cheney accidentally shoots 78-year-old man.
Harry Whittington is “alert and doing fine” after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas during a quail hunting trip.
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Dick Cheney, you’re no Aaron Burr.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:07 pmShoot first and avoid questions later, Dick!
February 12th, 2006 at 4:07 pmThat was no accident. A Chickenhawk with a gun is a DANGEROUS thing.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:08 pmThe Vice-president thought the poor guy was a terrorist!
February 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pmHell, now he can claim combat expierence!
February 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pmIs he a Democrat?
February 12th, 2006 at 4:20 pmHell, Cheney was just just shooting Lawyer…
February 12th, 2006 at 4:20 pmFor God’s sake Roberts mamary pills give us a link!
February 12th, 2006 at 4:21 pmsounds like someone’s trying to get a rep
February 12th, 2006 at 4:22 pmcheney with a gun…..not a good idea, he’s killed so many without one.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:25 pmThank God he has a hospital following him around incase he has another heart attack. That man could have been hurt.
The question is, did he mistake him for Quail or Democrat?
February 12th, 2006 at 4:30 pmOkay, everybody sing. (Aerosmith)
“Cheney’s gotta gun. Cheney’s gotta gun.”
February 12th, 2006 at 4:31 pmHere let me show you an example of the way, conservatives get away with hate speech, this is the technique Example: You know it would be a horrible thing if the VP had shot justice Scalia, but I don’t think they have been together for some time. See how that works, you say something horrible and make it a hypothetical , the suggestion has been made in a cover context. just like bill Bennets black baby abortion comment, see it works all the time doesn’t it.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:31 pm(To the tune of Aerosmith “Janie’s Got A Gun)
Cheney’s got a Gun….
Cheney’s got a Gun….
What did that lawyer do?
Was the Veeps last IOU…
Run away, run away from the pain…
February 12th, 2006 at 4:31 pmI figured the Aerosmith reference would be a popular one SpudgeBoy :)
February 12th, 2006 at 4:32 pmThat’s what happens when you hunt quail from inside a bunker.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:32 pmScotty Mac can now replace his fallback line “I’m not going on a fishing expedition,” with “I’m not going on a quail hunting expedition. NO WAY in hell.”
February 12th, 2006 at 4:33 pmMichael Groetken,
Posted at the same exact time. Heh.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:33 pmCHENEY’S HUNTING HERO
February 12th, 2006 at 4:34 pmCheck out the evil smile:
February 12th, 2006 at 4:35 pmHarry Whittington is the former chairman of the Texas Funeral Service Commission. Did he make a wisecrack about Cheney’s health? Whittington is also a highly contentious trial lawyer, the very sort that the Bush regime wants to get rid of.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:37 pmI bet Cheney must love that gun as Vincent D’Onofrio’s character did in “Full Metal Jacket.”
February 12th, 2006 at 4:39 pmThe fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is
February 12th, 2006 at 4:41 pm“The fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is.” Hmmm, I think it shows what poor aim Veep has. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:45 pm“The fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is.” – - Hmmm, I think it shows what poor aim Veep has. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:46 pm“The fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is.” – - Hmmm, I think it shows what poor aim Veep has. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:47 pm“The fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is.” – - Hmmm, maybe Cheney wanted him to REALLY suffer. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:48 pm“…the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is.” – - Hmmm, maybe Cheney wanted him to REALLY suffer. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:49 pmHow better to handle a lobbyist?
February 12th, 2006 at 4:51 pmI was in Vietnam and I argued for years that I was glad that chickenhawks like Bush, Cheney, Quayle, etc. had other priorities and didn’t go. I would never have wanted to put my life in the hands of any of these guys. So today, Cheney has validated my point. With apologies to Mr.Whittington, thank you God for not sending this guy to Vietnam. We had enough guys killed by “FRIENDLY” fire.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:51 pmThe fact that Gary Ruppert doesn’t know that a shotgun round is made up of hundreds of pellets and Dick Cheney’s victim was hit by more than own, shows just how stupid Gary Ruppert is.
Also, the fact that he doesn’t realize that we are making jokes and don’t think that Cheney tried to kill anybody, but innocent Iraqis further shows how stupid he is.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:51 pmHmmm Gary, maybe Cheney wanted him to REALLY suffer. Geeze Gary, are you totally unfamiliar with sarcastic humor? Beg, borrow or steal a truckload of clues.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:53 pmThe fact that Gary Ruppert has posted an entry means it’s total bullshit.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:56 pmCome on people be nice Gary is just showing pure unconditional love for the VP. Now how is Dick’s heart holding up? All this excitement can’t be good for his metal ticker. Best get some fresh batteries. And stay 50 feet from any microwaves.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:57 pm” Cheney accidentally shoots 78-year-old man.”
Its a leap of faith to assume it was an accident.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:57 pmComment by Gary Ruppert
OMG GARY,
Were you, no you were not born yesterday, now were you?
WE LEFTIES don’t think that the Cheney tried to shoot a man.
WE LEFTIES know he did shoot a man. I see the difference.
And of course it was an unfortunate accident. For the man shot. Geishhh!!! I am a humanitarian, afterall.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:59 pmFly-man, (#11)
Here is the only gem of wisdom I can find emanating today from the mouth of the esteemed Senator from Virginia. As a response to Wallace’s question about NSA Allen replied:
“It is ludicrous to think that you would need to have a warrant before you try to get intelligence or intercept or determine, detect, what the terrorists may be doing.”
(http:/www.foxnews.com/story/0,29933,184602,00.html) (If that doesn’t work Google “Senator George Allen, R-VA”)
Typical Repug theory: The Constitution is ludicrous.
If that classifies as calling for an investigation I will stick with the gossip, thank you TP!
February 12th, 2006 at 5:09 pmThis is my favorite part of this story:
“The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came.”
Is it typical for the vice president to have an ambulance on call, or is Cheney the only guy so far to have a heart that is such a ticking time bomb that the defibrillators have to be close at hand?
February 12th, 2006 at 5:14 pmCTR, you may garner what you wish from these threads, I sse them as placement like advertising, whether the premise that TP has suggested is acurate or not, it brings to attention of Sen. Allen’s posturing. I’m concerned regarding the future water carrier for the PNAC initiative and how they are going to do what ever it takes to continue it. Read the book War for Muslim Minds, by Gilles Kepel. Tp is my wonkopedia and the comments of everyone to me matter.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:29 pmwho was the third, unnamed, hunter?
he not only has an ambulance on call, but also has medical personel closeby according to the reports of this incident
two points from a person who grew up hunting
1. people who drive around in a car like they are big game hunting, and jump out when they see some game are the worst kind of hunters….as opposed to walking fields, reading tracks and signs, and using dogs to find the game….that is real hunting……..not drive and shoot
2. Real hunters all know how to avoid this situation……..by following where your fellow hunters are and communicating verbally when necessary
3. Finally, when bird hunting, usually, folks wait for the birds to fly up into the air before shooting them….this would have insured others weren’t injured
what this turkey was doing was shooting fish in a barrel
what a macho man!
February 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pmThe victim was in the news recently…Austin Statesman
February 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pmThe victim was in the news recently…defeated local govt in eminient domain
February 12th, 2006 at 5:35 pmAustin Statesman
Let me make that very clear, sorry about the punctuation error, The comments made by every one here, matters to me, I read them all, and all is good.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:36 pm“He peeled one off… it… it… sounded just like a covey on the run. I guess it was those mudflaps he calls ass cheeks – uncanny.”
February 12th, 2006 at 5:38 pmGary Ruppert,
He got “peppered” with pellets. Not one pellet, a bunch of them.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:40 pm“He peeled one off… it… I swear… it… sounded just like a covey o’ nice plump birds. It must’ve been those mudflaps he calls ass cheeks. It was uncanny.”
February 12th, 2006 at 5:41 pm“He peeled one off… it… I swear… it… sounded just like a covey o’ nice plump birds. It must’ve been those mudflaps he calls ass cheeks. It was uncanny.”
February 12th, 2006 at 5:42 pmI didn’t mean to shoot him and besides it’s Bill Clinton’s fault.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:44 pmHe sprayed the man. He peppered the man. Well, yes, he capped the bitch, in fact.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:47 pm“The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came.”
He’s also got a Secret Service agent who humps around a portable defibrillator – like the one who carries the nuclear “football”, codename: Cheney’d Lightning.
February 12th, 2006 at 5:48 pmAnyone else seen ‘Wedding Crashers’? The scene where they go grouse hunting?
Put Tricky Dick Jr’s face over the evil boyfriend and there you have it.
Maybe Tricky Dick Jr took notes after seeing that movie…
February 12th, 2006 at 6:01 pmPerhaps Dick could take George on his next hunting trip
February 12th, 2006 at 6:04 pmIt was a pre-emptive strike or war, if you will, on someone the Vice-President had “prety much confirmed” had reconstituted his hunting weapons program.
The only good news would be if the Vice-President predicts the poor victim is “in this last throes,” if you will.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:10 pmThese guys were hunters? Bullshit. I haave hunted hundreds of times and never did it from a car.
These people like Cheneyd are phoney from the core. I weuld even think that the kind of hunting they were doing might be illegal in Texas. I doubt it though, Texas does not have very many maralistic rules, except for dems that is.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:24 pmThese guys were hunters? Bullshit. I haave hunted hundreds of times and never did it from a car.
These people like Cheneyd are phoney from the core. I weuld even think that the kind of hunting they were doing might be illegal in Texas. I doubt it though, Texas does not have very many maralistic rules, except for dems that is.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:24 pmDid anybody catch this from the New York Times:
New York Times
February 12, 2006
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
So, Cheney and pals tried to cover up an accident. Is there nothing these people won’t try and hide?
February 12th, 2006 at 6:25 pmDick Cheney shot a man, just to watch him die.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:33 pmthis has to be the last straw for americans. now he’s ’shot’ libby, his hunting buddy and now himself in the foot. time for accountablity asshole
February 12th, 2006 at 6:34 pmWhat an idiot!
February 12th, 2006 at 6:45 pm#The fact that the left thinks that Cheney tried to shoot and kill a man with shotgun pellet shows how stupid the left really is
Comment by Gary Ruppert — February 12, 2006 @ 4:41 pm
Plenty of people die every year from shot gun blasts.
What this does show is that Cheney is incompetent with loaded weapons and poses a potential threat to mankind locally and globally.
The Fact is, Gary, the only thing thats safe around ol Eagle Eye Cheney is the Quail
February 12th, 2006 at 6:50 pmTED CHENEY?
February 12th, 2006 at 6:54 pmIn any kind of shooting incident involving bodily harm, accidental or not, there is automatically a police investigation. You better believe that this one’s going to be an exception to the rule. The Dickhead is, of course, above any and all laws.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:56 pmIf I have to hear it was an acident one more time from the MSM, I’ll puke…Of course it was an accident, nobody thinks ole “Dead Eye Dick” did it on purpose, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t at fault!!! If the poor SOB he shot were to die, Dick should be charge with involuntary manslaughter, anyone else who “accidently” shot someone would be charge with a crime.
February 12th, 2006 at 6:59 pm“Hey, this Cheney guy’s alright.”
Busta Rhymes
February 12th, 2006 at 6:59 pmWhy on earth would anyone go hunting with this man?
February 12th, 2006 at 7:04 pmRuppert
February 12th, 2006 at 7:07 pmYou are such a moron. If Cheney’s shotgun shell had contained a single “pellet” (such shells exist),it would have been bigger than a 50 caliber bullet and blown a hole through Mr. Wittington as big as Texas.
Gary: As a Liberal Democrat, I’m speaking for everybody here. We truly believe that Cheney went out hunting for humans. Did you ever see that movie Surviving the Game with Ice T and Rutger Hauer? Basically, Ice’s character is hunted by four rich businessmen out in the wilderness. Anyway, it’s rumored that this is Cheney’s favorite movie, and that he hooked up one of these sweet human hunting events. Apparently, the person Cheney shot was a Liberal Democrat! That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.
Gary, Gary, Gary …
February 12th, 2006 at 7:17 pmWhy can’t these things happen when Cheney brings Scalia along on hunting trips?
February 12th, 2006 at 7:18 pmBadmoodman,
Better yet, how about this headline:
“Dick shoots it in the Bush”
Now that would be the shot heard round the world.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:24 pmGary: Breaking news … Cheney was told that he was going to hunt quail, and he thought they were after Dan Quayle. Honest mistake really.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:31 pmComment by mr ho
TED CHENEY?
LOL
OMFG
No silly, Dick Kenedy.
Good to see ya back-ho.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:37 pmDiggin’ up crap without
a good ho is like picking
your nose with a tooth pick.
At some point it’s gonna hurt
even though you just know
ya gotta go after that bugger.
Okay, beer just shot out my nose. Don’t do that anymore.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pmDear Ann Coulter,
February 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pmI think now you feel comfortable with The lord of the darkness wiretapping on you!
Dear Ann Coulter,
February 12th, 2006 at 7:40 pmI think now you feel happy with The lord of the darkness wiretapping on you!
The lord of wars will strike again…
February 12th, 2006 at 7:43 pmI see the site hicupped and posted many duplicates of some posts of mine. Apologies to all. Not to you, Gary.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:50 pmWas it “Quail”, or “Quayle”? Maybe Cheney was having a Bush 41 flashback? Hmmmmm…..
February 12th, 2006 at 7:58 pmcheney thought it was that damn gary ruppert!
February 12th, 2006 at 7:59 pm82) This site has been hicupping all day, may not be you fault.
Any updates. Does Cheney need more heart surgery? It may be a minor injury for an younger man, but at 78 it could more serious.
February 12th, 2006 at 7:59 pmRoachman – - Cheney only LOOKS 78. His target is the 78-year old. Personally, I think they’d need to do radical exploratory surgery on Cheney to even locate a heart.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:06 pmyou can bet if the guy had died in the last 24 hours, someone else would’ve been holding the shotgun in this story.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:08 pmyep, they know he’s not going to die, now and then the story comes up.
Frankstein Cheney- he’s 178 years old, isn’t he?
amazing how the good die young (Kennedy) but the evil just can’t let go and move on.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:09 pmSaw an interesting comment elsewhere that maybe the reason the story was held for 24 hours was to give Cheney time to retroactively get a Texas hunting license.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:15 pmFrankly, I am surprised that this story got out at all. But had they not released it, and then it got out anyway, well… It would have been great to watch them explain it.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:17 pm#15, #17,
Have you see this yet? Cheney’s got a gun
February 12th, 2006 at 8:21 pmCheney can’t even accept responsibility for a hunting accident without his press spinners making the victim look like he was a part and parcel to a crime.
Truly despicable.
Nope, poor Deadeye Deferrement Dick, he was hunting and some evil lawyer snuck up on him disguised as Al Qaeda # 2.
Moral decay in action.
Hail Dickcheese.
-GSD
February 12th, 2006 at 8:37 pmi have this horrible vision of cheney and rove around the guy’s bedside, trying to work out a plot where they take the guy to the woods and set a bear on him if his condition begins to look terminal.
rove (on telephone): can we get a bear?
February 12th, 2006 at 8:43 pmcheney: yeah. and let’s have me shoot the bear after, look like i was doing my best to save the SOB
rove: okay, we’re gonna have a bear kidnapped from a zoo and brought down. hopefully you’re gonna pull through (tweaks cheek of shot lawyer), you may wanna cling to life a little harder…
cheney makes growling noise and mimes bear claws
Ruppert, go back to England you bloody fop. We don’t need your tea-bagging, crumpet eating, blood sausage making nincompoopery here. Tony Blair is collapsing into a gelatinous ball of figgy pudding. He is done and you are a Tory/Lobsterbacked monkey.
Dick Cheney can’t even be held responsible for shooting someone. Of course if this were John Kerry there would be calls from Charles Kraut-Fart-Hammer to have this investigated as an attempted murder.
Hmmmm….Vince Foster? Deadeye Deferrment Dick finally has some combat experience!
Typical clownholes…leaping from a car to shoot at several secret service agents dressed as quayle.
Cheney and Saddam are soulmates.
-GSD
February 12th, 2006 at 8:45 pmSo, I’ve read the story and I have a few questions…
This lawyer, walked up behind Cheney and friend without saying anything or making any noise. Cheney then somehow managed to shoot him in the face and chest. He was also “30 yards away” at the time.
So, if he came up from behind them and was thirty yards away then how in gods name did Cheney shoot him in the face?
Did Dick not realise that he had turned completely around and was facing someone else wearing an Orange vest?
Did Cheney come close to hitting the car too?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Z.
February 12th, 2006 at 9:34 pmJust testing something…
February 12th, 2006 at 9:35 pmZ.
Did Cheney Have A VALID Texas Hunting License?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/12/18487/4527
February 12th, 2006 at 9:44 pmhow appropriate for Cheney to be loose with his lips and shot gun .Shoot first and ask questions later is his motto.no matter the consequences . the country is suffering for it . Where is girlie George in the process . Oh yes i know, still running for president.
February 12th, 2006 at 9:49 pmAlso, he walked up “unannounced” and surprised Cheney?
I guess it is common on hunting trips to run arounda and yell your locations from 30 yards away all the time. Was he supposed to keep yelling his location as he approached from 30 yards away? Do quayles just sit quitely as groups of men run around yelling out loud?
Sounds fishy.
-GSD
February 12th, 2006 at 10:01 pmBeing part bionic and all, maybe Cheney was shopping Whittington for some new living parts this time?
February 12th, 2006 at 10:15 pm#105,
February 12th, 2006 at 10:18 pmI went through the DailyKos item and nowhere in it is a prohibitation on hunting human beings. Does that not provide the Dick an out? At least, the quail were safe.
Oops, #104
February 12th, 2006 at 10:20 pmCan’t get Osama, can’t get Al Zarhari, can’t get the insurgents, can’t get the quail, shoots a hunting friend, about par for the Administration. Makes the moniker “the gang that can’t shoot straight” even more fitting.
February 12th, 2006 at 10:22 pmIt’s been said before that this is “the gang that can’t shoot straight.”
February 12th, 2006 at 10:23 pmThe real story here, besides careless hunting, is that 24 hours passed before the story hit the news. So, were they waiting to learn just how seriously the guy was hurt? Were they looking to get their stories straight?
Niceeee… Clif
February 12th, 2006 at 10:24 pmWalt I resisted as long as I could but the temptation over came me.
February 12th, 2006 at 10:29 pmCheney travels with a medical entourage that could insure his survival if he was accidently feed through a wood chipper during one of W’s brush clearing events.
February 12th, 2006 at 10:33 pmLatest pix of Cheney with his shotgun, not that flintlock Missouri rifle, at my blog. Scroll down a bit to see them.
February 12th, 2006 at 11:01 pmhttp://tinyurl.com/4rwvk
Cheney is not hunting. This is shooting easy targets for fun. It’s not even sport. Farm raised birds are released then they shoot them. See link for one of the VP 2003 “hunting†trips to one of these private hunting clubs.
February 12th, 2006 at 11:30 pmChristianLibrul,
Now thats’ funny:
February 12th, 2006 at 11:32 pmSpeaking of shooting caged animals, has anybody heard Megadeth’s Countdown to Extinction?
It is all about the type of “hunting” Cheney was doing.
Countdown to Extinction (from the album of the same title)
Capitol Records, 1992
Mustaine/Menza/Ellefson/Friedman
Endangered species, caged in fright
Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight
The stage is set, now pay the price
An ego boost, don’t think twice
Technology, the battle’s unfair
You pull the hammer without a care
Squeeze the trigger that makes you Man
Pseudo-safari, the hunt is canned…
The hunt is canned
All are gone, all but one
No contest, nowhere to run
No more left, only one
This is it, this is the Countdown to Extinction
Tell the truth, you wouldn’t dare
The skin and trophy, oh so rare
Silence speaks louder than words
Ignore the guilt, and take your turn
Liars anagram is “lairs”
Man you were never even there
Killed a few feet from the cages
Point blank, you’re so courageous…
So courageous
One hour from now,
February 12th, 2006 at 11:40 pmanother species of life form
will disappear off the face of the planet
forever…and the rate is accelerating
If the poor man had died, you can bet your sweet pudendum that someone else would have been holding the gun when it went off. Guns don’t shoot people, Dick does.
February 12th, 2006 at 11:57 pmCyra Brown,
Who’s to say that the third “unnamed” hunter wasn’t George Bush?
Hmmmmmmm.
Lobbiest maybe?
Wierd.
Who could it be?
February 13th, 2006 at 12:03 am#119,
February 13th, 2006 at 12:29 amDo you realize that is the crux of the matter? I have a sister-in-law and brother-in-law who have an arsenal that could have deflected the attack on Pearl Harbor. I do not have a single weapon in my house. Ending a human life is a traumatic experience, even in battle. W and Cheney have never experienced that and for that reason, we, and our nation, are at risk.
Years ago, when I was a hunter we never hunted anything this time of year. Always in the fall. Must be a canned hunt like the post above. Probably tame, raised birds. Ha! great white, fat, hunter. Quail, what a terrible waste….Well guess this poor old guy won’t go hunting with crash cart any more, do you supose it’s gonna cost some tax dollars to pay Cheney’s way out…Blessings
February 13th, 2006 at 12:51 am#113- Spudge, I think the “Mystery Hunter” will soon fade from the story, as he is no longer needed as an ass-cover for that “Dick” who pulled the trigger. I just can’t get over where it was that Dick filled him with lead. The FACE?? My god…. something is just so wrong with this story. I actually saw a Quail for the first time in November 05. My cousin, Jason, and his gal, Jessica, have two of them, they keep them in an enormous glass tank in their living room. Goofy creatures. They just kept chasing each other back and forth, and it looked like they only existed to make each other miserable. But they are quite small, and I think they probably “fly” more like a chicken, so how this guy ended up in Cheney’s sight line, without Dick seeing him, I can’t figure. Just another thing they have to hide.
February 13th, 2006 at 1:46 amCyra,
If this guy was coming up behind Cheney and change tunred and shot him in the face, it means Cheney had to do a fast spin 180 degrees then pull the trigger. Remind me to never go hunting with this loser who doesn’t know the first thing about gun safety.
I still wanna know who hunter #3 was.
February 13th, 2006 at 2:09 amHay Spudge, on another post you mentioned a bomer,Montana and making meth. Were you refering to the unabommer Kazenski (sp).? He lived and was caught in Montana but before that he was in Burkley, Calif. He came from some state back east originaly I think. His own brother helped break the case. No drugs, but should of been. He was just plain looney toons, kinda like Bush only we all know about the substance abuses of the shrub……Blessings
February 13th, 2006 at 2:21 amSpudge the #rd hunter probably was a secret service person given the vice president was out in the feild with people with guns there was probably alot of unnamed people with guns that never tell what they saw, unless the “principle” needs their cover.
February 13th, 2006 at 2:26 am
February 13th, 2006 at 2:28 amMore info
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001995719
February 13th, 2006 at 3:04 am#117- Spudge, I was at BradBlog for a bit, they have a good piece on the “incident”. Still no name for #3, but an interesting tidbit to ponder. Apparently, there was an unexplained, as of yet, 2+ hour period from when the shooting occured, 5:30 pm, and the victim’s admission to the hospital, at 8:15 pm. Why the delay? With all the “helpers” they had, AND the helicopter they transported him with, what the devil were they doing??? And the man will be spending another night in the ICU. Sounds like it’s more than just a “flesh wound” to me. This whole story just REEKS to me.
February 13th, 2006 at 3:50 amFound this at the chicago times blog;
The hostess of this hunting party stated that Harry was shot at about 5:30.
The hospital spokesperson stated that Harry was admitted to the hospital at 8:30 at night.
Why the 3-hour delay?
Theory 1: President insisted on finishing a children’s book first.
Theory 2: Brownie notified Chertoff; Chertoff called Rove; Rove drafted press release blaming Mayor and Governor for not sending a bus; President sent on vacation to cut brush.
Theory 3: VP rushed to undisclosed location.
Theory 4: People worried what other trigger VP could pull by accident.
Theory 5: VP consultation with NRA. Invited Abramoff, Oil Industry, Halliburton and other undisclosed buddies for help.
Theory 6: Harry had picture taken with Abramoff.
Theory 7: Medicare drug plan confusion.
Theory 8: FEMA red-tape.
Theory 9: Congressional failure to adopt social security reform.
Theory 10: VP had heart attack when he ran the 90 feet to help Harry; to be disclosed next Sunday.
Theory 11: Reality-based liberal delusion – President issued secret order to set back clocks 3 hours; no need for court or congressional approval.
Theory 12: VP wanted to finish hunting quail.
And added these;
Theroy 13: They were trying to figure how to stage this as a terrorist attack
February 13th, 2006 at 3:51 amTheroy 14: The powers that be had to first issue a no-bid contract to Halliburton to provide the ambulance service, and the cost will probably be triple-billed.
Theroy 15: Tried reports of a second gunman on a grassy knoll, but couldn’t find a knoll close enough.
Theroy 16: 3 hours to get the old blood alcohol levels down?
Theroy 17: Was checking Harry’s political affiliation.
Theroy 18: The Clinton defense failed the laugh test even for this crowd, but it took 3 hrs.
Theroy 19: Spent 2 1/2 hours posing with Cheney’s first confirmed hit.
Theroy 20; Took 3 hrs to convince Cheney that lawyers are never in season
#123- Clif, you are PRICELESS! Thanks for the laugh, I think I peed a little…
February 13th, 2006 at 3:54 am#123 Cheney tried to contact Bush, but he was attending a school meeeting and needs to finish reading the Pet Goat book…
February 13th, 2006 at 6:26 amHmmm… reminds too much the “Deliverance” movie…
February 13th, 2006 at 6:27 amIt is ludicrous to think that you would need to have a warrant before you try to get intelligence or intercept or determine, detect, what the terrorists may be doing.â€
(http:/www.foxnews.com/story/0,29933,184602,00.html) (If that doesn’t work Google “Senator George Allen, R-VAâ€)
This is good. And it shows the fallacy of Bushs Argument. The hijackers were on Student Visas so warrants were likely not needed. The Warrants are to protect American Citizens from people who might use it for political gain. Cheney inhis Zeal has given us a great argument to use against Bush for Unitary Executive powers.
The potential for Abuse.
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The Conservatives due to Cheney Bush Deception Corruption
fiscal policy deficit etc..
Bushco has Divided America, yet now it comes back together with Bush on the outside looking in =)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002801976_gop13.html
Monday, February 13, 2006 – Page updated at 12:00 AM
By Dick Polman
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON — ……..blah blah …….
And the target of their ire is President Bush.
Commentator Jonah Goldberg, miffed that Bush has piled up record deficits and boosted the size of government, writes that Bush “is spending money like a pimp with a week to live.”
Another, Fox News analyst Tony Snow, says that Bush’s decision to shelve his Social Security privatization plan is “an act of surrender.”
Yet another, former Reagan domestic-policy adviser Bruce Bartlett, is releasing a book this month titled “Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy.”
link 4 rest…
February 13th, 2006 at 7:02 amJust think… this is a man with his finger on the trigger of our nuclear arsenal.
February 13th, 2006 at 8:29 am#123, Clif
February 13th, 2006 at 8:34 amI just read your post of last night and it is priceless!
Great way to start the day.
give it a few weeks and some spin and Chenney will be saying he was glad he shot a repug…. he hs turned a new leaf,,,, he is on our side
February 13th, 2006 at 9:32 amwhat I want to know is, what does Whittington know that Cheney wants to hide? this was a hit gone wrong…
February 13th, 2006 at 9:35 amAnd I heard that when Bush was told Cheney shot someone he said “Is Dick allright?”
February 13th, 2006 at 9:44 amI wouldn’t follow Dick into battle. I wouldn’t even go hunting with him.
This is what happens kids, when you weasle your way out of the military and play with guns anyway, pretending to be a tough guy.
I’m a liberal, but at least I make sure I know where I’m shooting before I pull the trigger.
February 13th, 2006 at 11:33 amI wonder if we could get the GOP to sponsor a “Hunting With Dick Show” for all their candidates, sort of like a frat initiation
February 13th, 2006 at 12:00 pmMr. Magoo hunting…
February 13th, 2006 at 12:10 pm“The unwitting victim- a lawyer named Whittington- was lured to a secluded quail blind on the ranch of one of L’il Dick’s closest friends. Apparently, L’il Dick had overheard rumors that the 78 year old Whittington was performing admirably for Lynn, whereas L’il Dick was living up to HIS nickname. At any rate, eyewitness accounts are sketchy at best and no one seems willing to indicate that whittingtons shooting- in the face- was nothing more than a tragic accident…
…only L’il Dick, Lynn, and Whittington know for sure…
…the MSM was reluctant to run the story, and waited nearly 24 hours before reporting it to the public…â€
February 13th, 2006 at 12:42 pmcheney invited sen. chuck hagel on a hunting trip this weekend, I wonder whats going on?
February 13th, 2006 at 5:25 pmStewed, your #51 was Brilliant That narrative was flawless. #137 not bad either.
February 13th, 2006 at 7:13 pmI call BS…
Warrants are required under the fourth amendment which uses the term “People” not “Citizens”… Other parts of the constitution mention “Citizens” rather than “People”
“People” means lawful residents which includes those of us here on various types of Visa. E.g. I am a Lawful Permanent Resident who entered the country on a Family Visa (my wife is a Citizen)
Z.
February 14th, 2006 at 12:28 amOf course this is all crazy conspiracy type stuff but, after this incident, it does make you wonder…
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/dangerous_game.htm
February 14th, 2006 at 12:51 am