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Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter

February 13, 2006 12:01:57 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

Apparently, VP Cheney was Quail hunting with a buddy (Harry Whittington, a 78 year old millionaire lawyer from Austin) and accidentally shot him by "peppering" him with shot from a 28 guage.  Even though they were both wearing bright orange, the VP didn't "see" him.  Luckily, there was an ambulance on hand (since the VP was around) and was able to take Whittington to the hospital where he is "fine and in good spirits". 

Full story at:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney.ap/index.html

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Reply #1 February 13, 2006 12:17:17 PM
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that'll teach whittington to go hunting in an undisclosed location.
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Reply #2 February 13, 2006 12:21:32 PM
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Cheney was not aware that the season on Lawyers was over.
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Reply #3 February 13, 2006 12:24:26 PM
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Hahaha! We heard that on the radio coming in this morning. I thought it was a joke at first!! Who does that really happen to?!
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Reply #4 February 13, 2006 12:28:18 PM
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Darn you beat me to it. Oh well.

Elmer Fudd would be proud. And who said lawyers don't get what they deserve?
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Reply #5 February 13, 2006 1:22:24 PM
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Shhhh, be vewy vewy Quiet, we'we hunting Elmews....Ehehehehe


"My Name is Elmer J. "Whittington" Fudd, Millionaire, I own a Mansion and a Yacht!" '~D
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Reply #6 February 13, 2006 1:32:20 PM
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Why, oh why, couldn't it have been been someone more Abel?

I do have to say it makes me worried when someone with a heart condition is behind me with a loaded weapon. I think the safe place to be would be behind the man with the rifle, but oh well.

I can imagine all of the new Dick Cheney approved laser tag sets that will come out of this Those, some paintball sets, and other similar hunting sets that are guaranteed to spew friendly fire at random intervals.
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Reply #7 February 13, 2006 2:32:23 PM
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Why, oh why, couldn't it have been been someone more Abel?


No possible, Col doesn't like Cheney. Not to mention he would probably blame it on Bush as well.



I can imagine all of the new Dick Cheney approved laser tag sets that will come out of this Those, some paintball sets, and other similar hunting sets that are guaranteed to spew friendly fire at random intervals.


I can only imagen a local gun shop sales line: " yea this was the one Cheney used to shoot that lawyer friend of his, I figure if he used it then, gosh darnit, so can you on your lawyer".
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Reply #8 February 13, 2006 2:41:08 PM
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Cheney was not aware that the season on Lawyers was over.


lawyers are ALWAYS in season...and there's no bag limit!
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Reply #9 February 13, 2006 2:55:22 PM
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So far the left wing idiots are trying to make this into how irresponsible Cheney is, like in their world accidents never happen.
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Reply #10 February 13, 2006 3:14:10 PM
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I had a link on the other blog about this that claimed Cheney shot him with a 'pellet gun' in the title, and then went on to relate the press wire version verbatim where it refers to the real incident. It shows I think that people, espectially the press, aren't even going to be interested in the details about this before they run with it.

The guy wandered into tall grass, then circled back around behind them without announcing his presence. While bird hunting, needless to say with people swinging guns in the direction they think people *aren't*...
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Reply #11 February 13, 2006 3:45:58 PM
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I heard the guy was going to say something against the war
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Reply #12 February 13, 2006 3:52:59 PM
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If Draft Dodger Dick had learned how to handle a weapon by serving in the military, this might not have happened. He should be sent to Iraq.
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Reply #13 February 13, 2006 4:00:47 PM
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If Draft Dodger Dick had learned how to handle a weapon by serving in the military, this might not have happened. He should be sent to Iraq.


Shut up you ignorant fool. Accidents like this happen all the time. I have personally seen it happen with a 16 year ex-marine behind the trigger. When you're hunting birds and they flush you need to swing quickly to get on target. Which is why you're supposed to keep in line.


The guy wandered into tall grass, then circled back around behind them without announcing his presence. While bird hunting, needless to say with people swinging guns in the direction they think people *aren't*...


When you do something this stupid, you get what you deserve!
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Reply #14 February 13, 2006 7:52:17 PM
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can birds anybody? they should have baloons floating above the captured birds.the next best thing would to have all gore as a pointer
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Reply #15 February 13, 2006 7:55:24 PM
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lawyers are ALWAYS in season...and there's no bag limit!

Damn!  Missed my quota!

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Reply #16 February 13, 2006 8:01:57 PM
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Apparently, VP Cheney was Quail hunting with a buddy (Harry Whittington, a 78 year old millionaire lawyer from Austin) and accidentally shot him by "peppering" him with shot from a 28 guage. Even though they were both wearing bright orange, the VP didn't "see" him. Luckily, there was an ambulance on hand (since the VP was around) and was able to take Whittington to the hospital where he is "fine and in good spirits".

I'll bet he would have been in better spirits if Cheney hadn't shot him!
New news has come out as to why Cheney shot him. Cheney thought he'd be greeted as a liberator!
One thing though, now we actually have someone in the Whitehouse with combat experience!
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Reply #17 February 13, 2006 8:34:59 PM
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If Draft Dodger Dick had learned how to handle a weapon by serving in the military, this might not have happened. He should be sent to Iraq.


Why is that my old USAR unit was filled with Officers that didn't have a clue how to handle a friggin' weapon? Sidearm (standard issue for them) or rifle? Oh yeah, because most of them were as Cluelessly Abel like Gene.

Seriously, you disgraceful old coot, you and others like you were an embarassment to the uniform in my day. At least Cheney hit something. Most of the clueless old officers of my day couldn't tell which end of the weapons to point at the targets, much less hit a target -- unless they buddied up and scored each other's rounds so they could cheat and maintain qualifications enough to keep drawing undeserved checks from Uncle Sam.

Crawl back under your rock...
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Reply #18 February 13, 2006 8:39:51 PM
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lol...Mr. Cheney is a disaster waiting to happen. I'd make sure I took out a huge life insurance policy if I ever came within a mile of him.
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Reply #19 February 13, 2006 8:41:45 PM
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Most of the clueless old officers of my day couldn't tell which end of the weapons to point at the targets, much less hit a target -- unless they buddied up and scored each other's rounds so they could cheat and maintain qualifications enough to keep drawing undeserved checks from Uncle Sam.


Maybe it's a different attitude in certain MOS's, but the officers in all the units I was in took a lot of pride in sidearm qualification. I'm talking about MP units though, so that may explain the difference.
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Reply #20 February 13, 2006 8:49:59 PM
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Cheney knew enough to use bird shot Imagine if he was using double O.
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Reply #21 February 14, 2006 12:37:25 AM
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Seriously, you disgraceful old coot, you and others like you were an embarassment to the uniform in my day. At least Cheney hit something. Most of the clueless old officers of my day couldn't tell which end of the weapons to point at the targets, much less hit a target -- unless they buddied up and scored each other's rounds so they could cheat and maintain qualifications enough to keep drawing undeserved checks from Uncle Sam.
What service were you in?--surely not American. And you once accused me of rhetoric!
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Reply #22 February 14, 2006 12:39:13 AM
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Granted it was an unfortunate and embarrassing accident; nevertheless, there lurks pointed and relevant imagery.
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Reply #23 February 14, 2006 12:43:55 AM
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disgraceful old coot


that's what cheney and scalia were tryin to hit in louisiana. good thing antonin didn't need further convincing (beyond the 'favor' i mean) bout which way to vote when cheney's case came before the supreme court. he might easily have been settin off metal detectors for the rest of his life.
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Reply #24 February 14, 2006 7:44:33 AM
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Too bad they weren't hunting Quayle.
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Reply #25 February 14, 2006 7:44:37 AM
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Too bad they weren't hunting Quayle.
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