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Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack
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| 02/14/06
Posted on 02/14/2006 10:46:36 AM PST by Vaquero
Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack AP - 13 minutes ago
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had a "minor heart attack," a hospital official said Tuesday. Peter Banko, the hospital administrator at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, said Harry Whittington had the heart attack early Tuesday while being evaluated.
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KEYWORDS: checkbreaking; cheney; duplicatethread; harrywhittington
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:46:38 AM PST
by
Vaquero
To: Vaquero
He has one not some birdshot.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:47:08 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(I'd rather go hunting with Cheney, than riding in Ted Kennedy's car)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:47:11 AM PST
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:47:17 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: Vaquero
lodged in his heart? geesh... he was more than 'grazed' I take it.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:47:20 AM PST
by
Frapster
(Don't mind me - I'm distracted by the pretty lights.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:47:29 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(time again for the Crusades.)
To: Frapster
lodged in his heart? geesh... he was more than 'grazed' I take it.I suppose it could have migrated there through a blood vessel.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:49:23 AM PST
by
holymoly
(Ahhhhh. Beer so cold it hurts my teeth.)
To: Vaquero
Bird shot at 30 yards penetrated and got to his heart??
Wierd
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:49:37 AM PST
by
Horatio Gates
(Infidel since 1965)
To: Vaquero; sure_fine
Oh crap. I didn't think birdshot would penetrate all those clothes and skin, from the reports I first heard.
Best wishes for his recovery.
To: holymoly
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:50:20 AM PST
by
twigs
To: Vaquero
ooops! Aaron Burr
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:50:39 AM PST
by
colonialhk
(sooprize sooprize sooprize)
To: Vaquero
article aqlso said that he want to go home. That's a good sign. At 78 I guess they won't take chances.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:51:23 AM PST
by
byteback
To: Frapster
Actully, a small bird shot can travel easily through the veins and through the liver and on to the heart. It probably got into a vein just under the surface of the skin and has been working its way through the circulatory system.
I had a friend in 7th grade who fell on a disecting needle he was carrying in his pocket and it ended up in his liver where it lodged. A bird shot would negotiate the corners much easier than a needle.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:51:31 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
To: Vaquero
The perfect opportunity for Dick Cheney to gracefully resign and for Condi Rice to take over as VP.
Rove is a genius!
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:51:40 AM PST
by
Agent Smith
(Fallujah delenda est. (I wish))
To: Vaquero
Dang. Don't mess with Cheney!
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:52:03 AM PST
by
dangus
To: Vaquero
To: butternut_squash_bisque
He was hit in the upper chest, face area. My be is that some penetrated into the jugular or carotid and migrated down tot he heart that way. 30 yards, with clothes on? Must have hit bare flesh to get that deep, I doubt he is shooting in the buff.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:52:41 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
To: Vaquero
QUICK! Someone call David Gregory!
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:53:10 AM PST
by
workerbee
(A person's a person no matter how small.)
To: Perdogg
He was "Peppered", and has birdshot in the heart!!!??? Holy Moly! Even "one" birdshot does not mix with the heart.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:53:10 AM PST
by
devane617
(An Alley-Cat mind is a terrible thing to waste)
To: Vaquero
My sincerest prayers for Harry Whittington's health and recovery. Prayers also for his family.
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posted on
02/14/2006 10:53:17 AM PST
by
afnamvet
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