Posted on 02/12/2006 12:41:42 PM PST by JennysCool
Just a bulletin. Nothing follows yet.
Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital on Sunday afternoon.
Per Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident
re: Dean
What a coincidence...
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/12/144751.shtml
Nothing like the sound of buckshot ripping through the leaves to get 'yer attention.
The VP and his wife are at the hospital with Mr. Widdington.
Widdington is an attorney in Austin, TX. Poor Cheney; he'll never forgive himself.
Forbes via AP
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/02/12/ap2519417.html
I think everyone who is an avid wingshooter has been peppered on occasion.
I've only been peppered from a distance, and i only did it once to someone else myself. it was during quail season last year, I was actually shooting a cottontail that was sprinting up a hilll. Littie did I know that my buddy was on the other side of said hill. I hit the cottontail, but some of the shot peppered my friend on the other side. Oops. :) Since you're from AZ, you might even know the area - it was in the high desert between Jakes Corner and Punkin Center?
What part of AZ are you in? I live in Phoenix - unfortnately only got out a few times this season, but I did manage to take the limit in doves once.
"Nothing like the sound of buckshot ripping through the leaves to get 'yer attention."
Musta been hunting Big Bird if they were using buckshot! :)
My exact thought...he will be more of a wreck than his friend who got the buckshot..
Onlooker (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-12-06 03:56 PM Response to Original message 21. Attempted murder From what I know about Cheney, this was almost certainly a case of attempted murder (motivated by pure psychopathic behavior), but will there be an investigation?
Thank you for the info. I am still shocked, but much relieved.
I'm not a hunter, so couldn't say, except that I know quail hunting has decreased in Texas since the fire ant invasion, as they're ground-nesting birds. It sounds like the guy got hit with some of the spread from the gun, basically a peripheal hit. A direct hit with a shotgun (seen one) can be devastating. Still, remind me to turn down that invitation to go hunting with Cheney.
Not the dead of winter in southern Texas. Last average day of frost in Houston is about Valentine's day...they are in spring already.
Fox breaking news...again.
Attempted murder. They are truly insane, truly.
Is he Whittington as in Electric Inc. as well as lawyer?
You know, I wonder what Cheney would say if they saw some of the things written about him? To Onlooker, oh please!!! You better hope there isn't, Cheney may be replaced by (gasp) Karl!
Great News.
They are also saying,that the President needs to go hunting with the VP more often! Talk about sick.
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