Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
Posted on February 12, 2006
Update: The man he shot has suffered a minor heart attack, meanwhile the media and the left try to desperately turn this tragedy into an issue. It is sad that they have so little political power that they use tragedy and funerals as a lever and pulpit.
Update: Seems there was a 18 hour delay in reporting this, and the left and media are having a frenzy over it. Jeez! look at the clown!
Via Breitbart
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.
Before the anti-gun activists get all worked up, Hyscience reminds us of photo op by former presidential candidate John Kerry.
I pray this guy pulls through.
Others: Michelle Malkin
Ed Driscol says Cue the riffs from A Christmas Story: as Jonah Goldberg writes, “Get ready for an avalanche of nasty jokes and comments”. At a minimum, Letterman and Leno’s monologues for the week just wrote themselves.
Update: AP
“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.”
Danny Carlton linked with Cheney accidentally shoots hunting companion
Wizbang Harry Whittington, is the presiding commissioner of the Texas Funeral Service Commission…
I can hear the jokes now: “Guns don’t shoot people, the Vice President does.” Or…”He was aiming for Qayle.”
Expose the Left has the left’s reactions.
Six Meat Buffet has too much fun with this.
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Cheney Shoots Friend
In the interest of fairness and before anti-gun opportunists begin their campain of misinformation, let’s not forget the 11th hour desperation photo op by former presidential candidate John Kerry:
Cheney Shoots a Guy.
I have to admit that this has happened to me on a few occasions, though while rabbit hunting. With rabbits they move so darned quick that if you hunt with competitive old people you are likely to get peppered with small game load.
I’m sure that Sarah Brady is already conference calling the Three Stooges; Kennedy, Biden and Schumer to do their best to smear the VP.
What will become of it?… A whole lot of NOTHING for the Left.
Jack.
*sigh*
Just when ya thought it was safe to go back in the woods…
Stuff like this happens. If they’d been fishing and a fellow fisherman had caught a hook from Cheney, the leftists would probably start hunting down fishermen and lynching them…
Well, well, well, this does not surprise me. Cheney is dangerous in the woods too.
Sorry folks, I hate the guy and you mean to tell me there is EMS services and staff standing by in the event of a heart attack or a wayward buck shot?? We are paying for this?????
I voted for Bush-not DICK Cheney. Chedney is a CROOK…dang it. The sooner you fellow Republicans admit that, the better off, this Party will be! By the way, Libby said Cheney gave him the word to leak to the press.
I want them out of the White House and in jail!
Did you know Cheney had better things to do..than join the military??? Good Grief, I despise that Dick.
Oh. Drat.
My own Wonder Woman just told me I ought to have said,
“If they’d been fishing and a fellow fisherman had caught a hook from Cheney, the left would start calling Cheney a hooker…”
*sigh* Somebody’s always got a better line…
Marti said: “Chedney is a CROOK…dang it.”
Marti, if you have any credible evidence of Cheney’s law-breaking, please report it to the proper authorities.
“By the way, Libby said Cheney gave him the word to leak to the press.”
Would you mind being more specific about what “it” is? And has “it” (whatever “it” is) been shown to be illegal? by any credible source whatsoever?
If you want to call someone a crook–anyone–then please be specific and back such comments with facts, ‘K?
Thanks.
(An example of specifics backed with facts might be those brought forth concerning Jean Fraud sKerry’s “aid and comfort” to the enemies of the U.S. during his own unauthorized “Paris peace talks” while still an officer in the Navy.)
“Something Bit Me!”
Don’t mess with Texas.
David, think for a moment.
The President and Vice President; even Former Presidents, VPs and their families have a Secret Service Detail assigned to them.
So yes, Virginia. You do pay for this. As does everybody else who pays taxes.
As for the Vice President being taken out of the White House… Dream On!
Jack.
Oops, my mistake.
My comments should be directed at Marti. Not David.
I’d also like to know how Marti didn’t vote for the Vice President. Political Running Mates are usually on a Ticket, aren’t they?
Jack.
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Cheney’s Hunting Accident
Lefties are bound to have a field day with this…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…
Jack..Jack..Jack…what other VP had a stand by EMS and Staff of Doctors with him on a hunting trip? I know the protocol for service to Presidents and VP, past and present, and it does not entail a waiting hospital staff out in the woods.
Ofcourse, the only way I could vote for Bush is to shoo in Cheney. I didn’t realize how bad he was until 2005. I used to defend him like you do.
The “IT” is…
I am a republican that believes if found guilty, which I think is very promising, Scooter should serve hard time. I take great offense that Karl Rove and Cheney have been molly coddled through the whole thing and have not been indicted. Don’t tell me that their is no proof that they were involved. It is outrageous. I don’t want MY CIA AGENTS ousted by ANYONE. My love affair with Bush took a dive when he CYA for Karl Rove and Cheney.
I suppose you are going to deny this. You are not doing this country any favors by doing so. Libby is going to spill the beans one day, heh, I can’t wait. I just hope Bush was in his bubble and will avoid jail and impeachment and treason charges.
You want proof? No, I don’t have the indictments to show you but I will not retract what I believe to be true.
SHOCK..
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Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
Hat tip to Stop The ACLU for this story of the day:
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” aft…
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Cheney accidentally shoots hunting companion
Just remember Cheney has killed fewer companions with his gun than Teddy Kennedy has with his car…
Maybe Cheney shot him on purpose!
**evil grin**
FYI…Pre-Proof for Jack..
“Thursday’s National Journal reports that Libby will point out that the vice president and other top administration officials encouraged him to share classified information as part of a strategy to build a defense for the war.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/09/politics/main1302808.shtml
Cheney is an embarrassment to this country. He has almost destroyed the Republican party. He contradicts himself everytime he (lies) speaks, that’s what guilty liars do, they “contradict”.
Nighters Jack, thanks for the Civics lesson.
Sincerely,
Virginia
Marti: You need proof. So does Congress. I’m a Republican that feels the party is in deep trouble too, and I’m steamed that we have total control over the government yet abortion, same sex marriages, border security, and many other issues till plague this country. But we need proof that Cheney is a crook.
VP Cheney’s Accident
It appears Vice President Cheney has shot a fellow hunter while on a hunting trip in Texas. The VP has shot his friend, an Austin lawyer, Harry Whittington, 78. They were hunting quail. Whittington seems to be doing just fine.
Cheney shoots fellow hunter…
Sound pretty bad don’t it? Well anyone who has ever hunted small game, birds especially, knows that the shot size is very very small. So small in fact that it will not go through most clothing.
Thinning The Herd
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter.
I didn’t know it was lawyer season.
Wizbang says the victim is the head of the Texas Funeral Service Commission. I’m sorry. ‘Tis funny.
Accident: Vice President Cheney Shoots Hunting Partner
h/t: Michelle Malkin Boy the left is going to have a field day with this one. They already believe that he’s this evil anti-Christ character (even though many are atheists the rest of the time), but now he shot a…
Guns Don’t Shoot People, The Vice President Shoots
This will undoubtedly re-ignite the gun debate in this country and I?m sure the anti gun forces will take full advantaging of it. They have been waiting eagerly for a high profile incident like this to make their case that guns must be banned, becaus…
The VP should be able to shoot whomever he needs to prosecute the War on Terror. Those crummy liberals will be screaming about the victims rights, but this supposed “Lawyer from Austin” was clearly an Al Qaeda terrorist if Cheney saw fit to blow his head off.
Can’t Make This Stuff Up
On a day when some members of Congress suggest investigating Vice President Dick Cheney’s role in the Plamegate affair, the Vice President was involved in an accidental shooting while hunting on a friend’s ranch. Harry Whittington, 78, was shot in th…
Vice President Cheney’s Hunting Accident: What the Liberals are Saying
Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kindler, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will happen again but …
Vice President Cheney’s Hunting Accident: What the Liberals are Saying
Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kindler, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will…
Vice President Cheney’s Hunting Accident: What the Liberals are Saying
Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kindler, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will…
Vice President Cheney’s Hunting Accident: What the Liberals are Saying
Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kindler, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will…
With my apologies to the Vice-President, maybe he should now invite say maybe Ted Kennedy, or Hilldo/Billdo on the next hunt. How’s the Texas saying go? There’s more men needing shooting, then horses needing stealing. What a “field”-day the MSM is going to have on this one.
Cheney In Hunting Mishap; Accidentally Shoots Friend
Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a friend during a quail hunt….
Cheney Hunting Accident
Seems to me that there is less to this story than meets the eye. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and…
I guess it would be in poor taste to make an “administration that couldn’t shoot straight” joke, so I’ll refrain from doing so.
I’d Hunt with Cheney Anyday
But I’d rather hunt with Dick Cheney anyday than be alone in a room with Bill Clinton!
Cheney Wounds Fellow Hunter
While hunting quail Vice President Cheney accidentally shot one of his hunting companions. Cheney hit Texas Attorney Harry Whittington with shot while shooting at a quail. Whittington is “alert and doing fine” in a Corpus Christi hospital…
Vice President Cheney’s Hunting Accident: What the Liberals are Saying
Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kinder, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will…
Left’s Take: Cheney Goes off half-cocked
It turned out to be a minor hunting accident. Thankfully no one was killed and apparently Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, 78 will recover.
It didn’t take Sarah and James Brady to make comments about the incident.
“Now I understand why…
[...] Let’s keep in mind that liberals pride themselves in being the kinder, gentler bunch of people. Don’t be surprised about the language that’s about to be brought forth on this web site. It’s happened before and I’m sure it will happen again but the liberals are showing their true colors with their reaction to the news that VP Cheney was involved in a non-lethal hunting accident in which Harry Whittington took a load of buckshot. [...]
Marti, either you are trolling, or you fit in with the hatriotic speech of the Democrats. Your screed is deplorable and if you are conservative, it is divisive.
Like all sports, hunting has it’s share of accidents, though the results can be catastrophic, people get seriously hurt pursuing all types of sports. Sonny Bono and a Kennedy were killed sking for example.
This is such a non story. Yawn.
Cheney shoots at quail, hits hunting companion
Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a 78-year-old hunting companion during a weekend quail
PHOTOS: Cheney Hunting Accident Photos Released. That’s Odd…
RightWinged.com’s investigative reporter in the field has uncovered these secret photos of the Vice President Cheney hunting accident, in which he mistakenly shot his partner Harry Whittington. He just emailed them to me for a rush to the web and…
George W. Bush Just Took A Crap
This was just announced by The White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan in response the the leftist MSM reaction that it took the WH 18 hours to report that VP Dick Cheney accidently sprayed a fellow hunter with shotgun pellets. The WH will now inf…
are you seen this interview of usatoday with ahmadinejad?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-02-12-iran-interview_x.htm
If people would get this involved about-Drunk Drivers who kill or Pedofiles who harm or kill children or Gangs who kill and distribute drugs to our young people or Those who abuse the rights of others -IN the Name Of Free Speech or expression-This PLACE may stand a chance!!!
Leave Cheney Alone, I don’t think he needs you or me to tell him he made a mistake or prying into his personal life.REMOVE the BEAM from your own eye and you may see clearly.
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