View Full Version : Cheney is not so bad afterall
Tribesman
02-12-2006, 22:11
Well whodathunkit , Dick cheney getting praise from me .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11312757/
Shoot the lawyers :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
Sjakihata
02-12-2006, 22:14
Just proves us gun banners right, dont give mr anybody a gun, the man with it needs to be able to think, clearly not the case of Dick (that name cranks me up)
Byzantine Prince
02-12-2006, 22:22
Well done mr.Cheney. Now you're officially b-b-b-b-bad to the bone.
Get it? Dick... Bone... hahaha....
Watchman
02-12-2006, 22:48
That sort of thing is probably about the most common firearms-related cause of death around here. Seems like American hunters aren't much better at telling deer from people.
Well done mr.Cheney. Now you're officially b-b-b-b-bad to the bone.
Get it? Dick... Bone... hahaha....:rtwno:
B-b-b-b-bad punsters are thrown to the lions.
That sort of thing is probably about the most common firearms-related cause of death around here. Seems like American hunters aren't much better at telling deer from people.
He wasn't hunting deer....
Watchman
02-12-2006, 23:15
I know that, and it's beside the point. Besides, as deers are about the only animal commonly hunted that can reasonably be confused with humans by size and such, that's actually a demerit...
Leet Eriksson
02-12-2006, 23:33
Cheney is not so bad afterall
But hes a bad shot.. ~;p
Tribesman
02-13-2006, 00:15
But hes a bad shot..
Nah , he just forgot it was loaded with birdshot , load for bear when theres a lawyer or politician on the hunt ~;)
solypsist
02-13-2006, 00:22
http://www.thechiefsource.com/hello/106/1266/1024/Cheney%20gun.jpg
Papewaio
02-13-2006, 00:29
Thats one hell of a kickback :drummer:
The_Doctor
02-13-2006, 00:29
Caption:
Cheney: What the hell is this?
Someguy: I think it is a jet fighter, sir.
Cheney: Wow, I'm going to be fighter pilot.
Crazed Rabbit
02-13-2006, 00:35
But hes a bad shot..
Nah , he just forgot it was loaded with birdshot , load for bear when theres a lawyer or politician on the hunt
Are you sure? I always load for weasel.
Crazed Rabbit
Tribesman
02-13-2006, 00:43
Are you sure? I always load for weasel.
No thats for journalists and traffic wardens .
Politicians and lawyers carry a bit more clout so adjust your shot size accordingly .
Crazed Rabbit
02-13-2006, 00:52
Ah, thanks for the tips!
Crazed Rabbit
It's odd that a man who was Secretary of Defence for the world's most powerful army can shoot another man in the face with a shotgun and not kill him.
Proletariat
02-13-2006, 01:09
Not like his military training was very extensive...
Kongamato
02-13-2006, 01:10
Do you expect the state to press charges of firearm misuse against him? He will get out of this, but will it take a pardon or just powerful lawyering?
Reverend Joe
02-13-2006, 01:14
Are you sure? I always load for weasel.
No thats for journalists
:stare: I'm majoring in Journalism. My hero is Hunter Thompson.
Don't worry about it. ~:joker:
Watchman
02-13-2006, 01:18
Not like his military training was very extensive..."Attended the self-defense class today again. Hopefully I'll recover some of my army-blunted skills. The military doesn't actually teach you to fight; quite the contrary."
- from a letter from my little brother, who recently finished his mandatory military service
~;)
Proletariat
02-13-2006, 01:25
I dunno about Finland's military, but in ours they teach you how to shoot. Had Cheney ever served, who knows what woulda happened.
Seamus Fermanagh
02-13-2006, 01:25
Are you sure? I always load for weasel.
No thats for journalists and traffic wardens .
Politicians and lawyers carry a bit more clout so adjust your shot size accordingly .
Use a wider spread for the shot though, the pols and shysters bob and weave a little quicker....
Seamus Fermanagh
02-13-2006, 01:28
:stare: I'm majoring in Journalism. My hero is Hunter Thompson.
I never did see a connection between journalism and Thompson.
:stare: I'm majoring in Journalism. My hero is Hunter Thompson.
Don't worry about it. ~:joker:
That bastard isn't gonna get away with this. I mean, what is going on in this country when a scumsucker like that can get away with sandbagging a doctor of journalism?
:laugh4:
Watchman
02-13-2006, 01:33
I dunno about Finland's military, but in ours they teach you how to shoot.Ours too, but then he was mainly talking about hand-to-hand combat (bit of a martial arts nut).
However, our hunter population is something like 99% male and has hence underwent the same marksmanship training, and they manage to hit each other often enough too.
“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.”I wonder if this is this referring to his famous heart conditions...? :grin2:
Tribesman
02-13-2006, 01:36
Use a wider spread for the shot though, the pols and shysters bob and weave a little quicker....
You arn't suggesting shortening the barrel are you , thats illegal .
Gawain of Orkeny
02-13-2006, 02:15
an ambulance — routinely on call because of the vice president’s presence .
Is he that dangerous? Is this a normal happening? :laugh4:
InsaneApache
02-13-2006, 02:57
Bloody Yanks have to go one better every time. Not only have you got a higher grade of moron as your #2, but he doesn't limit himself to beating up the electorate, he shoots 'em instead. GRUMBLE...MUMBLE...GRUMBLE....
:laugh4:
Uesugi Kenshin
02-13-2006, 03:43
Lawyers don't count.
See they aren't really people. I should know my dad's one.:laugh4: :shame:
Reverend Joe
02-13-2006, 04:26
I never did see a connection between journalism and Thompson.
Actually, he was a very good journalist; if you can get ahold of "The Great Shark Hunt", it has some of his non-feral writings. Read "A Southern City with Northern Problems" and you will see his connection to journalism.
Also, he didn't **** around. And Woodward and Bernstien irritate me, for some reason. (Not for what they did- they sure did a good job of tearing those rotten bastards down- but just their whole "intrepid crusader" attitude. Plus, it seems like you are supposed to like them if you are an aspiring journalist, and I really don't.)
Watchman
02-13-2006, 09:50
I've seen the expression "biting the tax bullet" - wonder if this is what it meant...?
Crazed Rabbit
02-13-2006, 09:56
It's odd that a man who was Secretary of Defence for the world's most powerful army can shoot another man in the face with a shotgun and not kill him.
Well, they were using a light variety of birdshot, I'd guess. Still, I am surprised. And besides, it's not Cheney's fault for 'poor' aim, he got him in the face, after all.
You arn't suggesting shortening the barrel are you , thats illegal .
It's only illegal in the US if you shorten it past a minimum standard. And you don't have to change barrel length to change spread pattern.
Crazed Rabbit
Samurai Waki
02-13-2006, 10:21
Thats one of the inheirant dangers of Hunting...the possibility of getting shot (mind you accidentally). However, you try to take away the hunting in the U.S. and you're gonna get a lot more than few grains of buckshot to the face.
Taffy_is_a_Taff
02-13-2006, 13:20
I used to work summer jobs on hunting estates in the U.K.
People would get shot while beating (occasionally), I was.
There was a bad combination of people with more money than sense + drinks at lunchtime + no hunting experience = danger estate workers.
I think I only ever knew one person to get into any trouble and he was just kicked off the estate (after he'd become drunk and shot people TWICE, the second time he made the mistake of shooting a paying customer at pretty close range).
This was in the U.K. after Dunblane so yay for the obvious effectiveness of gun control in preventing these sorts of accidents (as somebody suggested earlier).
Edit: so you don't have to be hunting large mammals to accidentally shoot someone, following a bird's movements can bring this about too, especially if you are firing at a low trajectory and have lost track of other people's positions. Edit: or are too drunk to notice other people.
Edit: I just read about the incident in more detail. The shooting was precisely the sort of accident that I'm talking about.
Adrian II
02-13-2006, 14:13
The same sort of accidents happen as a result of drunk driving, yet we hear nobody call for 'car control'. And I guess nobody minds as long as the victim is a lawyer (or a journalist, I will grudgingly admit).
Pity Cheney doesn't go out hunting* with George Bush more often. :wall:
EDIT
* And I mean elephant hunting...
Watchman
02-13-2006, 14:27
Well, if it makes you feel better, I'm all for reducing the number of private commuter cars besides firearms... They're just so much more a stark necessity that the topic isn't nearly as pressing.
That and certain modifications to the basic traffic planning paradigm. The parallel-lane system dates back to when people were driving creaky carriages pulled by horses and oxen.
Taffy_is_a_Taff
02-13-2006, 14:57
The same sort of accidents happen as a result of drunk driving, yet we hear nobody call for 'car control'. And I guess nobody minds as long as the victim is a lawyer (or a journalist, I will grudgingly admit).
Pity Cheney doesn't go out hunting* with George Bush more often. :wall:
EDIT
* And I mean elephant hunting...
I guess you're a big fan of Dick then (seeing as a hunting accident involving W and an elephant gun would result in President Cheney).
Adrian II
02-13-2006, 15:09
I guess you're a big fan of Dick then (seeing as a hunting accident involving W and an elephant gun would result in President Cheney).Have you ever fired an elephant gun? My uncle had one when he was a prospector in Africa. Let me tell you, Dick's quadruple by-pass wouldn't survive the repercussion. I know, the U.S. would still have a Republican President if that happened. But we can still dream, can't we?.. :laugh4:
Taffy_is_a_Taff
02-13-2006, 15:34
nope, never fired an elephant gun, sounds like fun.
Big guns are F U N :2thumbsup:
Adrian II
02-13-2006, 15:40
nope, never fired an elephant gun, sounds like fun.Man, you don't know what hits you when that quarter-pound golfball goes out the other end. Ka-BOOM! Today I think they use nitro-cartridges. Party-poopers.
To all those people trying to take away our guns: Sure we have murders and kids shooting each other, but it's a small price to pay for comedic gems like this. :2thumbsup:
Maybe the guy should have donated more money to the campaign...
solypsist
02-14-2006, 01:00
come on guys, leave Cheney alone. Didn't you know that:
a) Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt all shot guys in the face, too
b) The Patriot Act gives Cheney the legal authority to shoot guys in the face
c) The victim’s face was harboring Al-Qaeda’s #3 man, or
d) If you’re innocent, you shouldn’t mind a shotgun blast to the face
Anyone catch the White House press corps reacting to this? They were just mind blowing- never have I seen a more ridiculous, overstuffed, self-important group of people. :dizzy2:
"Is it now appropriate for the Vice President to offer his resignation?" :inquisitive:
I pity Scott McClellan....
You can watch it here if you have RealPlayer:
rtsp://video.c-span.org/60days/whpb021306.rm
Seamus Fermanagh
02-14-2006, 02:41
I'm just sad that all the media hoopla about not having served has pushed Cheney to seek combat after all these years....:laugh4:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-cheney14feb14,0,3388630.story?coll=la-news-politics-national
Although he was not cited with breaking any laws, Vice President Dick Cheney did not have proper hunting credentials when he accidentally shot a fellow hunter at a private ranch over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
Karma?
Now people will be having cheap shots at the VP:
while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he would still have shot Mr. Whittington in the face.
Do you know that Dick Cheney tortured the guy for a half-hour before he shot him?
Maybe silly he getting more grief from this than Plame:oops: outing?
Adrian II
02-14-2006, 11:12
Between Seamus Fermanagh and Bartix I am laughing my butt off. Good old-fashioned Backroom thread. :balloon2:
Adrian II
02-14-2006, 22:33
This is getting curiouser and curiouser. The local sheriff has declared the case closed ('just an accident') without having interviewed the victim of the shooting. The whole thing happened at the home of a lobbyist. For the White House, the incident apparently hadn't happened at all until Karl Rove decided that it had.
:balloon2:
This year-old montage is more timely than ever:
http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/10ways.jpg
This is getting curiouser and curiouser. The local sheriff has declared the case closed ('just an accident') without having interviewed the victim of the shooting. The whole thing happened at the home of a lobbyist. For the White House, the incident apparently hadn't happened at all until Karl Rove decided that it had.
:balloon2:
The guy is in the hospital and just suffered a heart attack. I don't think he's up to interviews.
Perhaps none of you have been hunting and understand the very real possibilty that everybody has of getting in an accident. These kind of things happen a lot. Big supprise: guns can shoot and hurt.
The guy is in the hospital and just suffered a heart attack. I don't think he's up to interviews.
Perhaps none of you have been hunting and understand the very real possibilty that everybody has of getting in an accident. These kind of things happen a lot. Big supprise: guns can shoot and hurt.
Indeed, accidents have been ruled when the victim is dead- obviously his input isnt necessary if the evidence and eyewitness testimony shows it to be an accident.
On a related note, the WH press corps was at it again today- unbelievable.
Seamus Fermanagh
02-15-2006, 01:11
Scott Mc. in the press room at the White House has been making a big mistake.
If he'd only provide the Press with an actual demonstration......:devil: :laugh4:
Goofball
02-15-2006, 01:29
It's odd that a man who was Secretary of Defence for the world's most powerful army can shoot another man in the face with a shotgun and not kill him.
Siggied!
Excellent! I have been bored with my old one for quite some time, but hadn't found anything sig-worthy until now!
:laugh4:
Strike For The South
02-15-2006, 01:33
and now a play
Seceratary: Mr. Bush God on line 1
GW: Really!
GW: Hello God
God: Hello George
GW: Whyaddya want?
God: Um could um yea... um downplay our relatioship a bit more.
GW: Well yea
God: Great Great
GW: bu
God: Wait Cheneys on the other line.
God: Yes Sir
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
SOLY IN TEH SIG
KafirChobee
02-15-2006, 06:30
When I was a kid, 7-10, my Dad let me tag along with him hunting the fields around the family farm. At 11 I received my first shotgun (Mom's old 4-10, which to me should be the manditory weapon for fowl and rabbits - using a 12 gauge is not hunting - it's just killing .... and really f's up the meat.). My brothers and I were taught safety, safety, safety - and the first rule is to know where your fellow hunters are at all times. The second rule is to never hunt with a idiot.
Cheney broke the first rule, and the fella he shot broke the second one.
Listening to the lady that ran the "hunting ranch" on how the incident occurred made me realise it wasn't really hunting - they were just out to kill something (pet quail). When she said, "We got out of the car .... walked to where the covey were .... and Chenry shot the man in the face ... etc." I realized what a farce the entire thing was. It's not like they were out walking the fields with dogs (never cared for dogs my self - unfair advantage, but that's just me).
Shooting someone in the manner that Cheney did? It is laughable, except the man he shot is 78 and is now in serious condition. Will Cheney be charged with reckless endangerment? Or, hunting without a proper license? Or, god forbid, Manslaughter? Probably no to all accounts.
What bothers the press corp (Whitehouse or other wise) about this entire affair is that Cheney tried to cover it up, and that McClellan won't even be honest about something as non-political as this event. That is what bothers them, nothing more.
BTW? Are you talking about Geo. Washington and Lincoln shooting men - as in the wars they participated in? We all know Cheney's 7 derferments for hemroids kept him out of my war. But, boy does he like killing things raised as chickens and in a cage - or old men he's hunting with.
Major Robert Dump
02-15-2006, 07:09
Anyone catch the White House press corps reacting to this? They were just mind blowing- never have I seen a more ridiculous, overstuffed, self-important group of people. :dizzy2:
"Is it now appropriate for the Vice President to offer his resignation?" :inquisitive:
I pity Scott McClellan....
You can watch it here if you have RealPlayer:
rtsp://video.c-span.org/60days/whpb021306.rm
that was a funny conference, but man you gotta admit, Scott sucks. He really sucks, he is getting better though, but he just sucks. Bring back Arty, please, i loved that guy
Major Robert Dump
02-15-2006, 07:16
BTW, in case it hasn't been mentioned before, does anyone think maybe there was alcohol involved and certain parties wanted to sober up before alerting local authorities? Just curious....
Adrian II
02-15-2006, 07:35
Indeed, accidents have been ruled when the victim is dead- obviously his input isnt necessary if the evidence and eyewitness testimony shows it to be an accident.The shooting victim's input is 'obviously' unnecessary? :laugh4:
The shooting victim's input is 'obviously' unnecessary? :laugh4:To rule it an accident? When there's a crowd of eyewitnesses all saying it was?
No, you're probably right- it's a conspiracy. :laugh:
Gawain of Orkeny
02-15-2006, 08:15
Well the Comedians sure had a ball with this
"The Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS)
"Good news ladies and gentleman, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction … It's Dick Cheney."
* * *
"We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney."
* * *
"Honestly, I don't know what all of the fuss is about. What's more American than shooting your hunting buddy in the ass?"
* * *
"The guy who got gunned down 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."
* * *
From "Cheney's Excuses," Monday night's Top 10 list: "I thought the guy was trying to go gay cowboy on me."
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central)
A partial transcript:
Jon Stewart: "Yes, as you've just heard, a near-tragedy over the weekend in south Texas. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt at a political supporter's ranch. Making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting VP since Alexander Hamilton.
"Hamilton, of course, shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird.
* * *
The other player in the drama? Ranch owner and eyewitness Katharine Armstrong.
Katharine Armstrong: "We were shooting a covey of quail. The vice president and two others got out of the car to walk up the covey."
Jon Stewart: "What kind of hunting story begins with getting out of your car? As I sighted the great beast before us, my shaking hands could barely engage the parking brake. Slowly, I turned off the A/C and silenced my sub-woofers…"
* * *
Katharine Armstrong: "A bird flushed. The vice president took aim at the bird and shot and unfortunately, Mr. Whittington was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty well."
Jon Stewart: "Peppered. There you have it. Harry Whittington, seasoned to within an inch of his life.
* * *
Jon Stewart: "I'm joined now by our own vice-presidential firearms mishap analyst, Rob Corddry. Rob, obviously a very unfortunate situation. How is the vice president handling it?
Rob Corddry: "Jon, tonight the vice president is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Wittington. According to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush.
"And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of Mr. Whittington's face."
Jon Stewart: "But why, Rob? If he had known Mr. Whittington was not a bird, why would he still have shot him?"
Rob Corddry: "Jon, in a post-9-11 world, the American people expect their leaders to be decisive. To not have shot his friend in the face would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak."
Jon Stewart: "That's horrible."
Rob Corddry: "Look, the mere fact that we're even talking about how the vice president drives up with his rich friends in cars to shoot farm-raised wingless quail-tards is letting the quail know 'how' we're hunting them. I'm sure right now those birds are laughing at us in that little 'covey' of theirs.
Jon Stewart: "I'm not sure birds can laugh, Rob."
Rob Corddry: "Well, whatever it is they do … coo .. they're cooing at us right now, Jon, because here we are talking openly about our plans to hunt them. Jig is up. Quails one, America zero.
Jon Stewart: "Okay, well, on a purely human level, is the vice president at least sorry?"
Rob Corddry: "Jon, what difference does it make? The bullets are already in this man's face. Let's move forward across party lines as a people … to get him some sort of mask."
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" (ABC)
Among the jokes in consideration for Monday's telecast:
"It's part of the president's new Social Security plan. Once you hit 78, kablamo."
* * *
"Luckily, the guy he shot was wearing the body armor that never got shipped to the troops."
* * *
"You know what they say, if Dick Cheney comes out of his hole and shoots an old man in the face, 6 more weeks of winter."
"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."
* * *
"When people found out he shot a lawyer his popularity is now at 92%"
* * *
"After he shot the guy, he screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?' "
* * *
"Something I just found out today about the incident. Do you know that Dick Cheney tortured the guy for a half hour before he shot him?"
* * *
"Cheney's defense is that he was aiming at a quail when he shot the guy. Which means that Cheney now has the worst aim of anyone in the White House since Bill Clinton."
I was looking for the top ten excuses but I couldnt find them.
LINK (http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113988242820273069-uV6g3R3JvkijUuStCosUy3Gv2Bs_20070213.html?mod=blogs)
KafirChobee
02-15-2006, 09:51
And, as Bushy would says, "Dees coupes days grassys.": :laugh4:
http://www.dickcheneygunclub.com/
More to come. :2thumbsup:
:laugh4:
the daily show jokes are up to their usual top level :2thumbsup:
Major Robert Dump
02-15-2006, 22:43
:laugh4: :skull: :skull: one beer. riiiiiight
Don't want to throw cold water on the levity, but apparently the victim has suffered a minor heart attack after one of the pellets got into his heart. Poor guy.
Adrian II
02-15-2006, 23:45
Don't want to throw cold water on the levity, but apparently the victim has suffered a minor heart attack after one of the pellets got into his heart. Poor guy.According to his doctor Harry Whittington is sitting upright, eating solid food and wondering what all the 'hoopla' is about. Apparently even Cheney's own buddies are getting used to friendly fire...
Seamus Fermanagh
02-16-2006, 05:47
Well, it is pretty clear that the White House Press Corps really does have their collective panties all in a wad over this.
As an issue, its...not. Dumb hunting accident with a less than lethal result (Thank God). Do the investigation and level charges when/if relevant.
However, the Bush admininstration (and Cheney in particular) are paying the price for their general relationship with the press. The 4th estate is collectively ticked at the Bush team because the Bush team generally prefers to reveal nothing about the White House canteen breakfast menu and even less than that on key issues like who's ordering the most paperclips.
In other words, the Bush administration tries to say nothing about anything substantive unless its fait accompli or it has been public knowledge for a while. Their relationship with the Press is antagonistic at best. The Press corps, at least somewhat understandably, loathes this approach to media relations and is more than willing to take its shots at any opportunity.
Just think, with only a little more effort the USA can be just as politically viscious and polarized as it was at the end of the 18th century....right about the same time the least sitting VP shot someone (BTW, a little reading on the Adams v Jefferson era of American politics is instructive -- the current "split" is nowhere near as mean as it was then).
solypsist
02-17-2006, 06:49
If there were any lingering doubts about Fox serving as the "Mommy" network for the Bush administration, those doubts were laid to rest when Cheney went to that network (and only that network) to take softball questions from Brit Hume. The scramble to paint Cheney - the shooter - as the traumatized victim of what he called "one of the worst days of my life" knows no bounds.
https://i1.tinypic.com/nxwcow.jpg
Im certain it had nothing to do with FNC having a far larger audience than any other news outlet.... nope, nothing at all. :idea2:
I'm curious though, if Hume was pitching softballs, what questions do you think he should've asked but didnt? Did you even watch the interview?
KukriKhan
02-17-2006, 15:09
My questions: Were any actual quail actually 'bagged'? How many? In other words, was the mission accomplished, despite the collateral damage? And if quail were killed in the making of this drama, how were they prepared? Roasted? Grilled? Smothered? http://www.hugs.org/Smothered_Quail.shtml
And: Did ex-VP Dan Quayle ever hunt quail? How did he do?
VP Cheney has to be thinking: "Man... stick your head out of your secure, undisclosed location for a minute, and all hell breaks loose. Back to the Batcave, Alfred."
solypsist
02-17-2006, 19:57
Im certain it had nothing to do with FNC having a far larger audience than any other news outlet.... nope, nothing at all. :idea2:
I'm curious though, if Hume was pitching softballs, what questions do you think he should've asked but didnt? Did you even watch the interview?
i did watch it. twice.
anyway, Mission Accomplished: Operation Switch the Victim Deemed Raging Success (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Cheney.html?hp&ex=1140238800&en=d9201af7cf090819&ei=5094&partner=homepage)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- The lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a hunting trip was being discharged from a hospital on Friday and told reporters he was sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced over the past week.
...
Whittington thanked the hospital staff. He also said he was sorry for all the difficulty the vice president and his family had faced. He said the past weekend encompassed ''a cloud of misfortune and sadness.''
''My family and I are are deeply sorry for everything that Vice President cheney and his family had to go through this week,'' Whittington said, appearing emotional in front of television cameras.
Seamus Fermanagh
02-17-2006, 21:53
So the intelligent choice for Cheney would have been to do an interview with Gregory so that he could be certain to be put in a bad light with every question?.....:inquisitive: Maybe with O'Reilly, who is pretty ecumenical in his mistreatment of guests....
Fox News a solidly slanted toward the right, in contrast to the other 3 networks which are....scrupulously neutral in editorial tone...:no: The WSJ is slanted pro-business and FNC is slanted politically right...so this means they should be closed down?....:inquisitive:
Overall Soly, I'm pretty much responding to you with a hearty
"Yeah. So?"
Gawain of Orkeny
02-18-2006, 01:00
Did any of you catch the second part of the interview the other night? Hume introduced it and it was Jimmy Kimmels parody of Cheney singing a song about the whole thing with shots of Hume as if he were there interviewing him. Really funny stuff.
PS Cheney prefers one on one interviews. Hes also done them with Russert.
Paul Peru
02-18-2006, 11:35
Don't want to throw cold water on the levity, but apparently the victim has suffered a minor heart attack after one of the pellets got into his heart. Poor guy.
Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's "Daily Show" showed a color-coded threat level chart like that used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, saying that, based on lawyer Harry Whittington's heart attack, "we're going to downgrade the condition of the story from 'Incredibly Hilarious' to 'Still funny, but, mmm, now a little sad.' "
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