Errrr...What a Dick...

Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter
'Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good'

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was in stable condition in the intensive care unit of a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System.

The accident occurred Saturday at a ranch in south Texas where the vice president and several companions were hunting quail. It was not reported publicly by the vice president's office for nearly 24 hours, and then only after it was reported locally by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on its Web site Sunday.

Katharine Armstrong, the ranch's owner, said Sunday that Cheney was using a 28-guage shotgun and that Whittington was about 30 yards away when he was hit in the cheek, neck and chest

Each of the hunters was wearing a bright orange vest at the time, Armstrong told reporters at the ranch about 60 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. She said Whittington was "alert and doing fine."
'Vice president didn't see him'

Armstrong told The Associated Press that emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to Whittington before an ambulance -- routinely on call because of the vice president's presence -- took him to the hospital.

Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president met with Whittington at the hospital on Sunday. Cheney "was pleased to see that he's doing fine and in good spirits," she said

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/....ap/index.html
CNN.com - Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter - Feb 12, 2006

Hey Hey,

That's old news.. that circulated the mailing lists on the 12th.. You need to get more in with the times :)

Peace,
HT

Hi HT,

First I've seen it and haven't seen it on the boards so I thought I'd post it anyways :D...after all I can't be the only one who missed this..

but you're right, something like this usually gets around fast.

Eg

EDIT: how exactly do you mistake a man in a bright orange jacket with a quail :D how do you explain this to the guys family...

errrr...fer a second there I thought he was Dan :D

hmmm does Bush like hunting?

Hmmm,

Best I ever managed was getting shot by the local National Westminster Bank manager at around the same distance...............and he was using a 12 bore (guage)............ it is common enough, inexperienced people get overexcited and don't look to see what is beyond their intended target.

;)

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hmmm does Bush like hunting?

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You could re-arrange that into "a well known phrase or saying" :D

Maybe old Dead Eye Dick should give up hunting, considering all the difficulty he stirs up with these sporting endeavours of his.

In 2004, Dick took Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia duck hunting with unfortunate repercussions.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/...cheney.scalia/


And had his sportsmanship was questioned by the Humane Society when it became known that the mighty hunter had killed 70 pen-reared pheasants one morning, then moved on to kill an unknown number of mallard ducks in a “canned hunt” at a Pennsylvania hunting club, in 2003.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...58/detail.html

Good God with aim like that no wonder our troops ended up in Iraq instead of Afghanistan.

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Originally posted here by Egaladeist
Hi HT,

First I've seen it and haven't seen it on the boards so I thought I'd post it anyways :D...after all I can't be the only one who missed this..

but you're right, something like this usually gets around fast.

Eg

EDIT: how exactly do you mistake a man in a bright orange jacket with a quail :D how do you explain this to the guys family...

errrr...fer a second there I thought he was Dan :D

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Ok, from a hunter's perspective, since it seems to be in short supply around here:


Its suprisingly easy...You have to remember that you have to take into account things like grasses (high ones), bushes, trees, hills, etc...granted it was Texas so it may have been a relatively flat area but the point is, you don't know how 'thick' the area was and therefore how obstructed his view was...toss in scaring up a flock of birds close by and you'd be suprised how easy it is to focus in on the birds and never see anything behind it...We don't have pheasant in our area but we do dove hunt alot...there is a reason why when low flying birds go through an area it is customary (at least with us) to yell low bird (as a reminder to anyone who may be over-anxious to not shoot and thereby potentially endanger others, though if you are setup properly there should always be enough distance between hunters so that even if this happens, it only peppers the other person but doesn't come anywhere near breaking the skin)...Cheney had to have been awful damn close to that guy to break the skin...Please be certain, I am not saying its an ok thing, a hunter needs to be aware of everything around them at all times, but accidents do happen, and this kind of thing happens very frequently, especially with less experienced/younger hunters...

You've got to love the white house press core acting like they were mortally wounded that they didn't get the word until the next day.. LOL What a bunch of self-absorbed, egomaniacal, egocentric, morons.

This irrational (yes, irrational) hatred of the people in this white house nevers ceases to amaze me.

Among serious gun lovers this is considered the closest thing
to the unforgivable sin, no matter who you are.
It will be interesting if the pro-gun press gives him the
hammering he deserves. He's a moron. There's no
way that shooting your hunting buddy should ever
be classified as an "accident."
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I think pretty darn funny... I feel sorry for the guy, but come on!

The TV shows have been making a good mokery of it. Read this CNN article on that: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

Also, did anyone see the Daily Show last night? They did a reenactment of the shooting by showing a Duck Hunt game. All of the sudden some guy jumps in front of the Duck Hunt screen asking if he has seen his thermos and is shot by the Nintendo Light gun. I was cracking up!

-Deeboe

Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses from
David Letterman The Late Show

10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"

9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"

8. "Not enough Jim Beam"

7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"

6. "I love to shoot people"

5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"

4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"

3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"

2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"

1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"

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You HAVE to be f'ing kidding me...pro gun press ? :rofl:

here... :D

How many of you have actually been shot?..............and by real guns as well?

;)

I have... Hurts like a MOFO. And ONCE, while shooting an AK-47 with my best friend, it was his turn to spray, so he starts shooting and I didn't move quick enough. The casing hit me in the lip, the only thing stopping it from going all the way was one of my teeth.

Don't ever stand on the wrong side of someone shooting an Assault rifle. It HURTS. Seriously it felt like being punched HARD with a knife. I was bleeding for 4 hours as the hole in my lip tried to close. Finally it finished.

Real gun, not real bullets - caught a rock salt load from about 20 yards from a 12 gauge back when I was a kid (yes, stealing watermelons on a hot summer night). Burnt like hell - only thing that helped was the distance (less impact since that's a long way for a shotgun), and a nice handy pond a goodly ways off the property to stop the burn.

Now getting shot at...well that's a different story for a different time.

Mrs|ce has been shot by a 22 calibre in the knee. (her ex hubby).

Stealing Watermellons my ass. Itr was someone who knew black ice makes roads slippery so you salt them.

High velocity stuff (I mean projectiles, not casings) don't hurt that much...............I guess it takes some 2~5 minutes for the shock to wear off, then it is just a sort of dull ache, hell you don't exactly look at your wristwatch.:D

Now, a mercury explosive round in the guts would be a different story............ :shocked:

Am I the only one that finds a Republican hunting "Quail" a WEE bit funny?

Am I the only one who finds gore saying "Does Bush Hunt?" funny? :D Seriously though, that's like saying does Hitler kill? LOL.. blah. I'm bored...

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Originally posted here by nihil
How many of you have actually been shot?..............and by real guns as well?

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I've been peppered too many times to count...BUT...We were dove hunting not quail/pheasant hunting, so you have assigned spots in a field and we were all spaced properly so even if you get peppered the worst that happens is it MIGHT sting a little depending on what kind of load the other person shot, what kind of clothes you had on, and where you got peppered...(~50 yds away)...Saw in the paper last night they claim Cheney was 30yds away and the shot lodged in the other guys heart...gotta wonder wtf kinda loads he was using...that seems a bit excessive to me (for small shot to penetrate that much at that distance)...

Well this didn't take long :D

http://dickcheneyquailhunt.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

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Cheney was 30yds away and the shot lodged in the other guys heart...gotta wonder wtf kinda loads he was using...that seems a bit excessive to me (for small shot to penetrate that much at that distance)...

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Yes I would have thought #7.5 and certainly nothing larger than #6. Maybe he was using those tungsten alloy pellets?

We used to get $2 per pellet, but it isn't a way of earning a living that I would recommend :D

Yes, my guess would be 6 shot would be the most appropriate for medium sized birds, which is where I believe pheasant/quail fall...still, that has to be on the far end of effective range...anyway, buddy of mine saw a bumper sticker today along the lines of 'Better to hunt with Cheney than ride with Kennedy' *snicker*

*ducking for cover*

I never heard of a 28 guage shotgun before though......isn't that kind of like a 410? (good thing it wasn't a 10 guage)

A 28 guage is the size up from .410" 28 lead balls make a pound in weight. You would generally use them for small game like doves and quail.

:)

The first time I shot a Shot gun, was a sawed off 12 at my best friend's house. Same day as shell to the mouth. Magnum Buckshots were loaded in it. MAN that thing kicked.

M-14s are a lot easier to manage. I shot that thing one handed.

Sung to the tune of the Aerosmith song.


Cheney's got a gun,
the whole world's come undone.
shot a buddy in the bum.
Cheney's got a gun.



Sorry I couldn't resist.

The guy (Cheney) only went part way in the public interview yesterday. He claimed responsibility (what a concept!), but he should have went the extra mile and said he lacked adult judgement and shouldn't be trusted in public office, therefore, he submits his resignation.

That would have made things right.

;)


Or, he could have invited W hunting?

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Or, he could have invited W hunting?

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Probably why they keep them seperated to begin with....

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Unfortunately, technology does not eliminate human error, "carelessness will kill your buddies", goes the old saying. In the words of veteran US Colonel David Hackworth: "fear, nervousness, excitement and exhaustion numb the mind and cause miscommunication and misunderstandings

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So Cheney being numb to begin with...... :D

Fratricide

I don't think Cheney has the moral fortitude to resign, probably not in his portfolio...... :rolleyes:

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Originally posted here by dalek
I don't think Cheney has the moral fortitude to resign, probably not in his portfolio...... :rolleyes:

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Then, let's check his saddlebags ...

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Originally posted here by rapier57
Then, let's check his saddlebags ...

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Lol....I just had a weird visual of Cheney/Saddlebags and Brokeback Mountain :eek: (not that I in anyway saw the movie or whatever, did I mention my middle name is Duke).......