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    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.

    full story here ->
    http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/....ap/index.html

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    ooops, that probably should have been in the news area. Didn't see that until now.

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    That's why you shouldn't hunt in the first place.
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    Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter


    By NEDRA PICKLER (Associated Press Writer)
    From Associated Press
    February 12, 2006 6:19 PM EST
    WASHINGTON - 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 "alert and doing fine" in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after he was shot by Cheney on a ranch in south Texas, said Katharine Armstrong, the property's owner.

    He was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi.

    Armstrong in an interview with The Associated Press said Whittington, 78, was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest during the incident which occurred late afternoon on Saturday.

    She said emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to Whittington until the ambulance arrived.

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

    The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. The vice president's office did not disclose the accident until the day after it happened.

    Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shoot at a covey of quail.

    Whittington shot a bird and went to look for 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."

    Whittington has been a private practice attorney in Austin since 1950 and has long been active in Texas Republican politics. He's been appointed to several state boards, including when then-Gov. George W. Bush named him to the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

    McBride did not comment about why the vice president's office did not tell reporters about the accident until the next day. She referred the question to Armstrong, who could not be reached again Sunday evening.

    Armstrong, owner of the Armstrong Ranch where the accident occurred, said Whittington was bleeding and Cheney was very apologetic.

    "It broke the skin," she said of the shotgun pellets. "It knocked him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It didn't get in his eyes or anything like that."

    "Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we would have been," she said. "The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came."

    Cheney is an avid hunter who makes annual hunting trips to South Dakota to hunt pheasants. He also travels frequently to Arkansas to hunt ducks.

    Armstrong said Cheney is a longtime friend who comes to the ranch to hunt about once a year and is "a very safe sportsman." She said Whittington is a regular, too, but she thought it was the first time the two men hunted together.

    "This is something that happens from time to time. You now, I've been peppered pretty well myself," said Armstrong.

    The 50,000-acre Armstrong ranch has been in the influential south Texas family since the turn of the last century. Katharine is the daughter of Tobin Armstrong, a politically connected rancher who has been a guest at the White House and spent 48 years as director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He died in October. Cheney was among the dignitaries who attended his funeral.
    I hope the quail got a good laugh out of it.

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    Haha, I heard about this today (my dad was talking about it) and all I can say is - karma
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    I smiled really big.

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    ha!

    serves the fucker right for going after harmless animals...

    i love how this sparked a big debate on the local news channel about correct hunting procedure. i sent them a large e-mail about the proper way to treat an animal.
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    The vice president hunts pheasants in South Dakota and peasants in the middle east. I would have no issue with hunting Quayle!
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    I read some great quotes about this on fark.com...

    "He wasn't shot with a bullet, he was imbued with a freedom projectile!"

    "Cheney shot him based on the best available information at the time."

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    Quote alekolu
    I read some great quotes about this on fark.com...

    "He wasn't shot with a bullet, he was imbued with a freedom projectile!"

    "Cheney shot him based on the best available information at the time."
    heehee
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    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.

    full story here ->
    http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/....ap/index.html
    Hee hee too

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    Haha..the plot thickens!
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060214/...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

    Apparantly, despite being a fit, strong meat eater (sarcasm), the big bellied hunter who was shot has now suffered a heart attack.

    I wonder what lifestyle mistakes such a fine citizen could have possibly made to contribute to his heart disease?

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    From The Independent:

    'The Comedy Central comedian Rob Corddry said: "The Vice-President is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington. Now, according to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr Whittington in the face."'

    http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle345488.ece

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    Quote jjdaiquiri
    ha!

    serves the fucker right for going after harmless animals...

    i love how this sparked a big debate on the local news channel about correct hunting procedure. i sent them a large e-mail about the proper way to treat an animal.

    God, I can't take the local news! Today on NPR they read nasty letters from locals who asked why they had to make such a big deal out of it, and to report on some of the local people who get shot while hunting intstead.


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    Quote alekolu
    I read some great quotes about this on fark.com...

    "He wasn't shot with a bullet, he was imbued with a freedom projectile!"

    "Cheney shot him based on the best available information at the time."

    Hahahaha! Brilliant!

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    Quote Kevster
    From The Independent:

    'The Comedy Central comedian Rob Corddry said: "The Vice-President is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington. Now, according to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr Whittington in the face."'

    http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle345488.ece
    i haven't watched the daily show since the election but after hearing what happened i had to see what they had to say- quite hilarious

    i wish it were the opposite- in reference to the shooting!

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    Is he going to lead by example and put himself on death row?

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