Guy Who Cheney Shot In The Face-Says VP Almost Killed Him (Steve Clemons)

[kpete]

Rumors -- Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney
February 03, 2008

A while back, I concocted a pretty interesting scenario to rationally explain why Bill Clinton sort of lost it against Barack Obama a while back. To recap, I thought that challenging the caucus procedures in Nevada and antagonizing the African-American vote along with other general harshness might be telegraphing messages to Hispanics and to other Dems tired of losing over the genteel weaknesses of the Gore and Kerry campaigns in the past.

However, a very well-placed Clinton official has shared the scoop with me that Bill Clinton "lost it" when Barack Obama had asserted that Reagan had been more transformative than Clinton. That is where the "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice" comment came from. Clinton was seething deep down. So, no strategy on behalf of his wife the candidate; just revenge at that moment.

Secondly, a friend of a friend of mine went hunting last week with Cheney-target Harry Whittington who was shot just about two years ago. In fact, the two year anniversary of the cloak-and-dagger hunting accident featuring Cheney shooting his campaign contributor will be February 11th.

According to my source, Whittington commented that the press really got played by Cheney's team not only in the delayed reporting -- but in how serious Whittington's situation really was. According to my source, he nearly died and to this day, still carries quite a few metal pellets in him. But the seriousness of his condition was underplayed by Cheney's team and in the press.

I wonder what would have happened if Whittington had accidentally shot the VP? Let's not go there. . .

In other news, TWN has learned that New York Times investigative reporter Serge Kovaleski -- considered by his peers to be one of the best of his kind in the business -- has an article soon to appear that digs into the drug past of Barack Obama.

-- Steve Clemons

more at:
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002785.php

[lurky]

1. He shot Cheney?

[NNN0LHI]

2. Shouldn't that be "Guy Who GOT Shot BY Cheney In The Face...", instead of ...

...Guy Who Shot Cheney In The Face-Says VP Almost Killed Him (Steve Clemons)?

Don

[kpete]

4. yes

thanks to both of you and peace, kp

[gateley]

5. Freudian slip. nt

[aquart]

3. I've been wondering if we'd ever hear from Whittington.

Were they holding his children hostage till he delivered that apology to Cheney?

[kurth]

6. And he had to apologize to Cheney

Good thing he didn't have to pay for the shotshell.

[Olney Blue]

7. An interesting read, but he did entitle his post "rumors"

Whittington did come out and talk to the press- I remember his bruised face from the pellets- and he defended Cheney. So who played the press, really?

[gratuitous]

8. Of course Cheney played the press

And the press was willingly, eagerly played. What kind of country we have become is rather neatly encapsulated in this whole episode. Cheney shoots guy in the face. Guy nearly dies. Cheney doesn't call anyone and report this for hours. Guy nearly dies. Media folks find out about this, but only because the guy nearly dies. Media shows an incredible lack of curiosity about entire incident. Nobody asks how shooting occurred. Nobody asks why there was such a lag between the shooting and, you know, calling emergency personnel. Nobody asks Cheney how his meal and after dinner drinks were. Nobody asks anything. Guy who nearly dies apologizes to Cheney a week later. End of story.

Because the guy only nearly died.

[mwb970]

11. cheney is pure evil.

But you already knew that.

[AndyTiedye]

16. Anyone Who Tries to Speak Ill of Darth Suddenly Starts Feeling All Choked Up

Darth: "I find your lack of loyalty disturbing".
reporter: <gasp> <choke> <gag> <gurgle>

[L. Coyote]

20. You left out one detail

We had a humor field day!

[Canuckistanian]

9. Damned right Cheney almost killed him

Whittington suffered a minor heart attack when one of the pellets lodged against his heart.

It astounded me that Darth's minions were out there calling the incident a "peppering", as if he'd just been sprayed with confetti or something.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

10. Link to DU threads about this incident~

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x3133
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/02/18/whittington_wideweb__470x353,0.jpg

[Solly Mack]

12. Will Whittington apologize for this article too?

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

13. Whittingtons apology belittled Cheney.

That's how I will always see it.

[Solly Mack]

14. It certainly exposed Cheney even more

for the POS he is...

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

15. Exactly.

[stellanoir]

17. Any one of us would have gotten 5-20 for this sort of crime.

It's beyond the pale.

I miss the Magna Carta so.

[greenbriar]

18. Cheney must have paid him a pretty penny to accept blame

had I been that guy, I would have been all over the news

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

19. Whittington was lucky to get driven to a hospital for his injuries, and he Knows it.

He wasn't paid anything, aside from perhaps the hospital bills. Whittington then took the highest road, and apologized to Cheney, for Cheneys fuck up. It was so sweet and done with class. Plus he mentions he was shot FRIDAY, not the MSM approved saturday. Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I doubt it.

Whittington is old school classy, Cheney is just old.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

21. K&R.

[daleo]

22. What a memory

The whole incident was like a peasant on a hunting trip with the Czar, circa 1908.