"Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around"

[leftchick]

Good God, how bad can ya spin this? So if crashcart wasn't a breath away from death and needs a "triple plus A" medical team with him to keep him breathing, perhaps Whittington might not have made it to the hospital?...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident

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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."

Armstrong said Cheney is a longtime friend who comes to the ranch to hunt about once a year. She said Whittington is a regular, too, but she thought it was the first time the two men hunted together.

"This is something that happens from time to time. You now, I've been peppered pretty well myself," said Armstrong.

Photo with the yahoo article... :eyes:



Vice President Dick Cheney, center, accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association President Kayne Robinson, right, and NRA Vice President Wayne R. LaPierre, after concluding his keynote address to the 133rd annuanl NRA convention in this April 17, 2004 file photo in Pittsburgh. Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday Feb. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

[DS1]

1. Anyone who's friends with that fucker gets no sympathy from me

[Solly Mack]

8. Keep talking

you ain't wrong

:)

he can shoot all his cronies for all I care

[ucmike]

2. i noticed that and a few other items

-cheney hunts from a car or truck
-cheney can't do anything without a medical TEAM
-it wasn't cheney's fault.it was the victims fault. he turned to shoot and the victim was in cheney's line of fire..."Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," and "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."

once again, IT IS NEVER THE BUSH ADMIN'S FAULT...EVER.


remember when they made kerry look like a clown for his duck hunting photo op? i wonder if cheney will get the same treatment....

[napi21]

4. That's like saying I hit that car because it pulled out in front of me!

For God sake folks! You're supposed to keep your eyes OPEN and make sure you have a clean shot!!!!!!!

[H2O Man]

7. Sounds like the VP

might be distracted, nervous, edgy, and prone to jumping the gun, so to speak. I blame the democrats.

[Canuckistanian]

3. "I've been peppered pretty well myself"

Good God, what the hell's wrong with these people? Is he saying it's normal to be hit with a shotgun?

Just another day in RW whacko fantasy gun land?

[Olney Blue]

6. Did he say peppered or plastered?

[Missy M]

10. My thought exactly. The last thing I would want to be is....

peppered with a shotgun. They are definitely from another world.

[leftchick]

11. by god, Harry was in the line of fire! It is Harry's Fault!

<snip>

"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."

[Solly Mack]

5. and now we see it's not for his heart

it's for his victims

[leftchick]

9. exactly!

:hide:

[MiniMe]

12. Did the witch think of yelling "Look Out"

And if it was just a bit of bird shot and not a major problem, why is Whittington still in the hospital? They are trying to trivialize it for obvious reasons, but they make it sound like all he needed was a couple of bandaids.