Another angle to the shooting:

[redirish28]

Maybe the question needs to be asked: Did Mr. Wittington say something that Chaney didn't like and Chaney shot?"


I'm hearing now that the story is not making sense the more people explore this event.

Should we be asking this question?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Maybe the wind blew the shot towards Whittington.... or could it

have been the hot air emanating from the dick??

[boobooday]

2. Whittington is a big opponent of the warehousing of citizens in prisons

Molly Ivin's most recent column is all about it.

He's a moderate Republican. Hates the prison industry.

Cheney's former company builds and runs prisons.

Strange that they were hanging out together . . .:tinfoilhat:

[Ksec]

3. Ill bet it comes down like this

Cheney was walking with the gun cradled in his arm (inside of elbow area) He didnt secure the safety and some object or whatever bumped the trigger (which could have been a feather trigger, hardly any force needed to trigger it) The guy who got shot was walking along with Cheney spread out at about 15- 20 yds apart. Bam.

[Extend a Hand]

4. my wild speculation

was that Mr. Whittington 'had something' on the Bushie/Pnac cabal and tried a little blackmail...or would that be extortion?

[C_U_L8R]

5. Or perhaps

OId man Whittington was there to
deliver a message from the financial backers
of the party that Dick didn't take kindly to.
Such as.. "you gotta resign Dick"



I tend to believe the simpler answer is
the most likely... Booze, Babes and Guns.

Yeeehaw

[uppityperson]

6. No. Ask why Mr.cheney was handling weapons unsafely.

It sounds like an accident, then a cover-up/toning down of the accident, now (with the heart problem) the toning down doesn't hold water (so to speak). I think it was an accident and Mrcheney f*ed up and then tried to cover it up.

[PatrioticLeftie]

7. They had a little disagreement...

Over whether or not you can torture the quails before you shoot them.

(Not my joke. Got it from HuffPost, I think.)

[pinniped]

8. The POS shot him because he could.

He will suffer some bad press but that's about it.

Hardcore repukes support these jerkoff regardless.

[Gold Metal Flake]

9. MIHOP.

Judging from the tight pattern, the penetration and the tortured attempts to cover up and stonewall, I think this was not so much a hunting accident as an unsuccessful "hunting accident".

I could be wrong, but I'm putting my tin foil hat in the recycle can.

[Flabbergasted]

10. Lets say Cheney is letting the stress of the job get to him.....

Everyone is critisizing his decisions. He's finally had enough and just loses it and there is Whiti saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and bam.....Happens all the time.