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Tuesday, February 14, 2006



What Is WH Hiding About The Chenney Shooting?

I wonder if there were shots involved prior to the shooting?  Rough sport. Driving around in an Escalade that has a wet bar in the back. Stopping to get out and shoot farm raised birds that come when called. Brave men!


Did any of you tune into the afternoon press conference at the Christus Spohn Hospital (Corpus Christi Memorial), where Dick Cheney shooting victim Harry Whittington is being treated? It wasn't as exciting as the White House briefing earlier this afternoon.

Peter Banko, the hospital administrator, and Dr. David Blanchard, director of emergency services, stuck to their main talking points: Whittington is definitely not croaking; he's in stable condition, not serious or critical; he's being moved out of the ICU, although he's not being released today; and he's in good spirits, even cracking jokes. (Banko and Blanchard declined to share any of Whittington's jokes.)

Then came the press questions — which turned out to be as silly as those posed at the White House conference that we blogged about previously. After Banko and Blanchard rehashed their talking points about four times, Dr. Blanchard slipped up and deviated slightly from the script: he admitted that not all of the shotgun pellets would be surgically removed from Whittington (who was hit in the face, neck, and torso).

The White House said today that President Bush was informed Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a fellow hunter in South Texas earlier in the day, although the news was not disclosed publicly until Sunday afternoon.

The shooting, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, left a prominent Austin lawyer and Republican campaign supporter, Harry Whittington, wounded by shotgun pellets in the neck, shoulder and chest.

"Chief of Staff Andy Card called the president around 7:30 p.m. to inform him that there was a hunting accident," a statement released today by the White House said. "He did not know the vice president was involved at that time. Subsequent to the call, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke with Mrs. Armstrong. He then called the president shortly before 8 p.m. to update him and let him know the vice president had accidentally shot Mr. Whittington."

In a contentious news briefing with White House reporters earlier about a subject that captivated the capital today, Scott McClellan, the president's spokesman, said he himself did not learn until about 6 a.m. on Sunday that it was Mr. Cheney who had shot Mr. Whittington, 78, when the two were on a weekend quail hunting trip along with several others at the Armstrong Ranch.

I'm thinking the shooting victim is trying really hard not to let loose on Cheney... Look at the following statement...

"Whittington sent word through a hospital official that he would have no comment on the incident out of respect for Cheney."

It sounds like a nice thing to say, but it really isn't. If he were being a pal, he'd say, "Darn! My fault! shoulda told him I was behind him"

Just maybe Cheney wasn't tippling, and maybe his pacemaker or defib device (whatever it is) didn't malfunction; maybe the adultery angle is not an issue. Maybe it was just pure chickenshittedness. Cheney didn't want to deal with a misdemeanor investigation and that bad PR. If so, chickenshittedtness may be what finishes him off as VP. That would be poetic justice. I think that sums up a lot about this case, including the shooter trying to put all the blame on the shootee. I think that sums up most people's gut reaction that they will not be able to avoid no matter what their politcal leanings: "What a chickenshit!"

If this is true, he would have had a far better chance of surviving this if he had just dealt with the laws and regulations like a stand up responsible type of guy.

Burr was a good VP while wanted for murder in two states. Maybe Cheney would have seen the error of his ways and shaped up.

How many wingnuts will be able to say "Geeez, it was just *shooting* some guy!" Or, "Well, if he had done everything according to those overly burdensome regulations, then the liberals would have...." Or blame it on the "feminization" of society, you know, getting all upset over knife wounds and gunshots and sissy things like that.



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