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To: OB1kNOb
Since you like CNN as an authoritative source, here's CNN quoting an eyewitness:

Whittington shot a bird and went to retrieve it in the tall grass, while Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and discovered a second covey.

Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong said.

"The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."

Yep. I'm pretty sure that says behind.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney.ap/index.html

145 posted on 02/14/2006 3:11:54 PM PST by lugsoul ("He didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to do." - Mary Matalin)
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To: lugsoul
You have yet to prove that Whittington's position was behind Cheney when the shot was fired. Basic reading comprehension and understanding of linear time is that Whittington was behind Cheney at some point before Cheney's shot.

You see, the implication is that time had elapsed from the phrase "came up from behind".

I realize that this is complicated for you...

152 posted on 02/14/2006 3:14:19 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: All
be·hind (b-hnd) KEY

ADVERB:

In, to, or toward the rear: We walked behind.

In a place or condition that has been passed or left: I left my gloves behind.

In arrears; late: I fell behind in my payments.

Below the standard level; in or into an inferior position: Don't fall behind in class.

Slow: My watch is running behind.

Archaic Yet to come.

PREPOSITION:

At the back of or in the rear of: He sat behind her.

On the farther side or other side of; beyond: The broom is behind the door.

In a place or time that has been passed or left by: Their worries are behind them.

Later than: The plane was behind schedule.

Used to indicate deficiency in performance: behind us in technological development.

Hidden or concealed by: hatred hidden behind a bland smile.

In the background of; underlying: Behind your every action is self-interest.

In a position or attitude of support: The leaders have the army behind them.

In pursuit of: The police were hard behind the escapees.

NOUN: Informal The buttocks.

Howlin' wants lugsoul to kiss her white southern behind.

157 posted on 02/14/2006 3:18:56 PM PST by Hi Heels (Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty)
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