why the 24 hour blackout in report the Cheney hunt accident?

[rodeodance]

[havocmom]

1. Might have taken time to meet the hush money price?

Especially on the weekend and all :evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

19. they already said he was vry affluent.

[havocmom]

34. LOL Not many of the affluent have enough

that's way they need all those tax breaks!

[cantstandbush]

35. They wanted to be sure the man did die. Homocide or accident. n

[cantstandbush]

36. They wanted to be sure the man did die. Homocide or accident. n

[DemInDistress]

2. my guess..because they were afraid he would have died but

due to good medical coverage the docs saved him...what would have happened if the guy died?

[Old and In the Way]

4. That's an interesting thought.

The guy was 78, afterall....a trauma like that could easily have resulted in a heart attack or stroke. You may well be right with your point.

[rodeodance]

5. cnn said the injuries were not bad--they had Cheneys ambulance on stand

by--along with his docs. so he was treated right away.

[rodeodance]

6. k

[rodeodance]

7. KICKYPOO

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[fiveleafclover]

24. Ha - Cheney's medical posse

Anybody seen the jumper cables?

[OzarkDem]

39. So that's why it took 3 hrs to get him to the hospital?

Ambulance or no, serious gunshot wounds should be treated in a hospital, not the vice president's personal ambulance.

[Cocoa]

14. if the guy died

Cheney would have been reported to be in Wyoming.

Even if they had to kill all witnesses in a mysterious plane crash.

[DemInDistress]

17. thats too funny and so true....nt

[raysr]

30. This could be a great

way to whittle down the Bushies, let them self-destruct, in a more permanent way. I say they should all go hunting FREQUENTLY!

[rodeodance]

3. just wondering if anyone heard media say anything about this?

[MissWaverly]

12. CBS

AP) 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.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/12/national/main1307942.shtml

[rodeodance]

21. but all cable news are reporting it happening late Saturday aft.

[MissWaverly]

26. very, interesting, very, very interesting

so CBS is reporting something happening now which really happened yesterday. hmmmm.

[malaise]

8. Who has a left wing Corpus Christie radio station

this guy on CNN can't say anything. He was shot - can't say how many shots. Can't say where he was shot. He is in the trauma section - stable.

[blm]

9. Well, DC media knew Rove outed Plame and let the WH lie about it for over

2 yrs, including the entire year before the election.

The NYT had the wiretapping story and kept quiet about THAT before the election.

Not too difficult to figure it out - Corporate media in America has become the PR Dept. for BushInc and his war-profiteering cronies.

[Fridays Child]

10. All witnesses were probably severely "debriefed."

That takes time, you know. :scared:

[rzemanfl]

11. Hey! This story came out a lot faster than the Pat Tillman story

did. Count your blessings that you live in this great country where rich old men can shoot at farm raised birds with ambulances nearby.

[rodeodance]

18. ok, i am counting

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. You know it takes at least 24 hours to get W sobered up

on his day off.

[rodeodance]

16. a whole days delay just seems odd.

[chat_noir]

20. not reported by the WH

The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/12/D8FNQDG80.html



Corpus Christi Caller-Times article:

Cheney’s secret service agents tended to the injured man before paramedics arrived, Armstrong said.

Officials with the Kenedy County Sheriff’s Office, who helped investigate the incident, did not return phone calls Sunday afternoon.

Contact Kathryn Garcia at 886-3792 or [e-mail]

http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4461615,00.html

[rodeodance]

22. "late afternoon on Saturday.

.........
Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shot at a covey of quail late afternoon on Saturday.

Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, while Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and found a second covey.

Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong told the Associated Press in an interview.

"The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by god, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."

[malaise]

27. Love the photo with the gun n/t

[H2O Man]

23. We can't let the terrorists know.

It might give them ideas.

[Dees]

25. It's all CYA. I think Halliburton will pick up the tab on this one.

One thing Repugs understand is the exchanging of lots of cash. Money makes everything OK.

[DemoTex]

31. The Armstrong Ranch has Halliburton connections.

Bu$h Pioneers Tobin and Anne Armstrong own the 50,000 acre Armstrong Ranch. Anne Armstrong was a Halliburton director when that corporation hired Cheney. She is Kay Bailey Hutchison’s best friend, having helped launch the senator’s career as Republican National Committee co-chair in 1971. Anne Cox Armstrong is an heiress to the Cox Communication fortune.

http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/ContributorsAndPaybacks/pioneer_profile.cfm?pioneer_ID=509

[Dees]

33. There you go. It's a nasty little web.

[LevelB]

28. I wonder if a photographer was present.

B.

[alarimer]

29. I don't know

But the area where the ranch is is very remote. Kenedy county has moe cows than people; so they transported the victim to Corpus Christi. Local Corpus news keeps breaking into the Olympics repeating the same damn information you can get on Yahoo. Apparently Cheney was here visiting the victim today. It sounds really like it was a unfortunate accident. I don't think there is anything sinister in this story.

[electron_blue]

32. what are you talking about. Link?

[OzarkDem]

37. Destroying evidence

The man was probably closer than 30 yards and was injured more severely than is being reported.

[malaise]

38. There may be an answer here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x395989

[spanone]

40. Just to be re-assured that they still had the press in their pockets.

[Swamp Rat]

41. TAKE HIM HOME JESUS!

:D