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Title: Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
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yahoo news
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212 ... _pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident
Published: Feb 12, 2006
Author: yahoo
Post Date: 2006-02-12 16:11:03 by Flintlock
Keywords: Accidentally, Cheney, Shoots
Views: 3583
Comments: 76
WASHINGTON - 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.
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#20. To: Flintlock (#0)
The oddest thing about this story is that it was held for a day. The evening news says Cheney takes an entire medical team with him now, everywhere he goes. I wonder if his latest victim was able to get help from any of this entourage.
that is unusual. the shooting occurred on Saturday, they waited until Sunday afternoon to report it.
Yep
EXCLUSIVE: First Photo of Cheney Shooting Victim The above photo shows Vice President Dick Cheney speaking to reporters at the bedside of the man who he "accidentally" shot this weekend while on a hunting trip in Texas (full story). A spokesman for the vice president identified the shooting victim as Harry Whittington, but sources close to the incident suggest "Harry Whittington" is a Secret Service code name for Cheney's indicted former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. "Honestly, I didn't mean to shoot Scoot-- I mean, Harry Whittington," the vice president told reporters in "Mr. Whittington's" hospital recovery room. The shooting occurred several days after it was revealed that Mr. Libby told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald he was ordered by Vice President Cheney to leak classified national security documents to the press. The revelation could cost Cheney his job and whatever remains of his reputation amongst both Democrats and Republicans. An EMT who attended to "Mr. Whittington" told the Huffington Post that, during the ambulance ride, he overheard Cheney mumbling, "Who's leaking now, f***ker?" and, "F***ker survived. Gotta work on my aim." The EMT later remarked to the vice president, "Harry Whittington? That sounds like a made-up name." When contacted for clarification on Cheney's reply, the Huffington Post has learned the emergency worker has disappeared.
What ever happened to "I didn't know it was loaded"?
Comments on Huffington to the Scooter in hospital bed joke above: Excerpts From Dick Cheney's Haiku Diary: Posted by: MoeLarryAndJesus on February 12, 2006 at 09:07pm ************************************* With such markmanship skills, it's a blessing Cheney earned his nickname, Deferment Dick, otherwise, the Vietnam Memorial Wall would extend into downtown Baltimore. Posted by: Maxx61 on February 12, 2006 at 07:48pm ************************************* Alternate headlines for this story: Posted by: Ruckus on February 12, 2006 at 08:25pm ******************** New sign for Cheney's desk: THE BUCK SHOT'S HERE Posted by: Ruckus on February 12, 2006 at 08:26pm
#51. To: robin (#50)
LOL, good one!
We read on one of these threads that in Texas there are over one million hunting trips per year. and in all those hunting excursions there are only 14 incidents per year where a person gets shot. When you combine this with the rumors from Cathy O'Brien and others that Cheney is said to enjoy hunting people, we have to wonder what the heck is going on here.
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#23. To: robin (#20)
The oddest thing about this story is that it was held for a day.
#24. To: Flintlock (#23)
The oddest thing about this story is that it was held for a day.
#26. To: Red Jones (#24)
that is unusual. the shooting occurred on Saturday, they waited until Sunday afternoon to report it.
#28. To: Flintlock, Zipporah, Fred Mertz (#26)
#32. To: robin (#28)
An EMT who attended to "Mr. Whittington" told the Huffington Post that, during the ambulance ride, he overheard Cheney mumbling, "Who's leaking now, f***ker?" and, "F***ker survived. Gotta work on my aim."
#50. To: Flintlock, Zipporah, siagiah, aristeides, Fred Mertz, Red Jones, Sam Houston, Jethro Tull (#32)
1.
I shot some pellets
Into the ass of a pal.
Double bourbon now!
2.
Just like Vietnam,
I watched my buddy bleeding.
Chickenhawk my ass!
3.
A Breathalyzer?
Go fuck yourself, officer!
You know who I am?
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Replies to Comment # 50. THE BUCK SHOT'S HERE
#52. To: robin (#50)
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