It takes a moment for everything to register...so did Cheney REALIZE "AT THE MOMENT" that he was the one who hit Whittington?
I'm afraid that if I was a Security dude, that I might have put Cheney on the ground and protect him until I knew absolutely what was going on.
In other words, till I knew that an "accident" had occurred and there were no other in coming shots and everything everywhere was checked out, the media and the cops can go to hell. That's the way it should be.
This was not a delicate situation, it was a devastating situation; an injured friend and the protection of the Vice President of the United States was involved.
Mr. Whittington understands exactly what Mr. Cheney has been through and when he said he withheld any statement out of respect for the Vice-President, it was because he recognizes that his friend IS the Vice-President of the Country they love and respect and his friendship has to be second. Whittington is a good soldier and so is Mr. Cheney.
With all due respect to both gentlemen, I hope that Mr. Whittington will recover nicely because I think he wants to hug his "old friend" and take away some of his pain.
/Sullivan......