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I agree, like the fact that Cheney had Scooter Libby leak info about Valerie Plame.
It was an ACCIDENT! Only a very small minority (mostly media people) even care about this story anymore. It's hilarious to hear the conspiracy theories and conjectures and suppositions - because the truth is too boring.
There are far more important issues that the media should be covering instead of continuing this obsession with all things Bush!
I agree, like the fact that Cheney had Scooter Libby leak info about Valerie Plame.
New rumor circulating the Internet is that Cheney actually gunned down 430 people on the hunt, Firing Range Style... Whittington was the only one to survive, but he's been brainwashed to believe a different story.
Sheriff: Cheney Won't Face Charges
Feb 16, 3:21 PM (ET)
SARITA, Texas (AP) - The sheriff's department closed its investigation Thursday into Cheney's accidental shooting of a hunting partner and said no charges will be filed.
The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department issued a report that largely supports the vice president's account of the weekend accident that wounded 78-year-old lawyer Harry Whittington.
Whittington, interviewed in the hospital, assured investigators no one was drinking when the accident occurred and everyone was wearing bright orange safety gear, according to the report.
Sheriff's dispatcher Diana Mata, speaking for the department, said the case is closed and no charges will be filed. She said Sheriff Ramon Salinas would have no comment on the report.
Whittington was peppered with bird shot in the face and chest Saturday while hunting quail with Cheney on a ranch in South Texas. He is in a Corpus Christi hospital in stable condition after suffering a mild heart attack caused by a pellet that traveled to his heart.
Gilberto San Miguel Jr., an investigator with the Sheriff's Department, interviewed Cheney at the ranch a day after the shooting. San Miguel reported that Cheney shook his hand and "told me he was there to cooperate in any way with the interview."
The vice president said the sun was setting when Whittington fired at some quail and went to find his downed birds, according to the report.
Cheney said he walked about 100 yards and met up with the hunting guide. He said a bird flew behind him, and he followed it in a counterclockwise direction, not realizing Whittington had walked up behind him to rejoin the group. He said Whittington was about 30 yards away, on lower ground, when he fired his shotgun.
"Mr. Cheney told me if Mr. Whittington was on the same ground level the injuries might have been lower on Mr. Whittington's body," the investigator reported.
The investigator, accompanied by another officer, briefly interviewed Whittington at his hospital room on Monday.
"I asked Mr. Whittington if we could record our conversation and Mr. Whittington requested not to be recorded due to his voice being raspy," San Miguel wrote.
The investigator asked for an affidavit, and Whittington said he would provide one when he returned home to his office in Austin. Doctors have said Whittington will probably remain hospitalized until next week.
Before a nurse asked the officers to "hurry up so Mr. Whittington could rest," Whittington "explained foremost there was no alcohol during the hunt and everyone was wearing the proper hunting attire of blaze orange," San Miguel reported.
Whittington said the shooting "was just an accident," and he was concerned all the media attention would give hunting in Texas a bad image, the report said.
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Case closed - no charges will be filed - can we all move on?
Not so fast...
WFAA
The Dallas Morning News
Cheney cleared in shooting
February 16, 2006
WFFASARITA - The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department cleared Vice President Cheney for accidentally shooting a fellow hunter last weekend in South Texas.
The investigation report, released to The Dallas Morning News Thursday, was based on interviews with several witnesses, including Mr. Cheney and Harry Whittington, the man he shot. No criminal charges will be filed.
In an interview with Fox News, Mr. Cheney acknowledged drinking one beer with his lunch. He said the hunt began several hours later. The shooting occurred around 5:50 p.m., according to the U.S. Secret Service, which traveled with the vice president.
Nueces County prosecutor Mark Skurka said the beer that Mr. Cheney consumed would not trigger any sort of criminal investigation. He does not believe that local prosecutors will get involved, he said.
What are we talking about again?
I don' t know what it is but has anyone watched FOX NEWS, these last couple of days ?. Its hilarious, they're just talking about how the liberal media has gotten hold of it. Bill O'Reilly is talking about East Coast Elite Liberal Media Elitism and Biastly Bias. It is almost as if whenever ANYTHING HAPPENS (good or bad, left or right) they can turn it into how their network is fair and not E.C.E.L.M.E.B.B.
I don't know what it is but
I get it
I get it
yall are conservative!
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Cheney Denies Whittington Death with Dignity
Vice peeResident Cheney offered a tearless, reptilian mea culpa today for a hunting “accident” in which he “accidentally” pounded a case of Lowenbrau and mistook a 78-year-old man for a tiny bird. However, he didn’t offer an apology to the quail he murdered, or to the New York Times for failing to immediately notify them of the “accident”, as the Cons ution requires. Tragically, the Old Grey Lady was forced to obtain the scoop from some backwoods redneck fishwrapper rather than from the customary “anonymous sources”, or from “recently obtained classified do ents” that strangely reek of Sandy Berger’s crotch.
As much as he tries to deny it, Cheney’s daughter is a lesbian. Furthermore, he’s 100% responsible for what happened to that poor man. A human being – nay, a Conservative - was seriously injured in what appears to be an act of senseless violence, for the lack of any offensive cartoons to justify it. If Whittington suc bs to his wounds, Cheney could quite possibly be indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of criminal negligence. He would have no choice but to resign in disgrace, leaving the GOP seriously weakened come election time. Hillary’s chances of winning back the White House in 2008 would increase tenfold. A new progressive President would usher in a new era of peace and prosperity, free from want, need, or sexual responsibility. With a Democrat-controlled senate and liberal Supreme Court to provide checks and balances against the three token Republicans left in Congress, America could at last realize Harry Belafonte's friend's dream of total economic equality among all of Gaia's creatures (except for those who are more equal than others). Indeed, it would a be virtual Heaven on Earth.
So it's no wonder that Cheney is keeping that poor, brain damaged man alive against the wishes of those of us who really care about him. The Secret Service won't even let Michael Schiavo in the building with a pillow and a hammer.
So much for "Compassionate Conservatism", I guess.
I was recently thinking about how many people probably want Whittington to die.
What a story it would make.
Yeah, the lack of concern over Mr. Whittington didn't go unnoticed.
So this is what it's come to for the Democratic party... rooting for the victim of a hunting accident to die so they can slander the VP.
I was referring to the media, but if your partisan mind can only interpret things one way...So this is what it's come to for the Democratic party... rooting for the victim of a hunting accident to die so they can slander the VP.
yeah if Whittington dies then I'll finally have a good reason to dislike Republicans
February 16th, 2006 4:22 pm
Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
WhiteHouse.gov
James S. Brady Briefing Room
12:33 P.M. EST
Q Scott, the Vice President spoke yesterday to Brit Hume, but everything is still not in a nice, neat package that the White House wants to make it look like it is. Some are still concerned with the fact that the Vice President was not interviewed by local police until the day after. And now we're hearing that there was alcohol at lunch, a couple of hours prior to, and the investigators did not get a chance to talk to the Vice President or find out the level -- the blood level -- or what alcohol level at that time. That is not a nice, neat package. And there's still a concern about --
MR. McCLELLAN: I don't think you characterized the full picture there, April. I think you ought to look at what law enforcement officials have said on that very matter. And I think most Americans believe that this issue has been covered thoroughly, and most Americans recognize that the Vice President is first and foremost concerned about his friend. So I reject this characterization. I think this room and this town sometimes gets overly caught up in this. But the American people appreciate the answers to the questions that have already been asked.
Q But the Vice President himself addressed the issue that he had alcohol prior to -- hours prior to. And no one tested --
MR. McCLELLAN: I'll refer to --
Q -- no one tested in the hours prior to. And no one tested --
MR. McCLELLAN: April, if you want to continue to pursue this, you can do that. I think most Americans recognize this is what it is, which is a hunting accident, a terrible hunting accident, where someone was injured --
Q If an average person --
MR. McCLELLAN: -- and our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Whittington. We want to see him recover fully.
Q That is very true.
MR. McCLELLAN: If you want to over interpret things, that's your business. The American people have heard the answers.
Q But Scott, what the average American -- if that situation were to be the case, they would be investigated, and a blood alcohol level tested and taken that day.
MR. McCLELLAN: Maybe you ought to look at what the sheriff's department put out about that very matter. And they interviewed people, April. Because you are not giving people a full picture when you characterize it that way. It's already been provided by law enforcement officials, by eyewitnesses. And the Vice President has provided those answers, too. He was very thorough in his responses to the questions that were asked yesterday. Again, if you want to continue to pursue this, that's your business. We're going to continue to focus on the priorities of the American people.
I don't think there is much difference between the Democratic Party and most of the Mainstream media.I was referring to the media, but if your partisan mind can only interpret things one way...
Man, it looks I pressed the wrong button. I simply laghed because you watch duck hunting on TV. No need to get so aggressive.
And by the way, I'm not a liberal, although I'm for tougher gun laws.
And by the way (II): you too, you mother ing red neck piece of
I was referring to the media, but if your partisan mind can only interpret things one way...
Um your post was shattered in the following post where mookie said he wished Whittington would die so he could have a good reason to hate republicans.
As if ignorance on your part wasn't good enough of a reason.
Dang, I'd say this form has taken a decidedly nasty turn. What? Are you all getting butt- ed by your daddies?
OH, oh, Yoni's not gonna like this...
It seems that Katharine Harris, the only 'eye-witness' to the Cheney shooting of Harry Whittington, may have lost all credibility.
"Katharine Armstrong said she saw Cheney's security detail running toward the scene.
Those are her own words, you can read them for yourself in this LA Times article."The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem," she told The Associated Press."
but, here's what Cheney said in his 'heated' interview with FAUX News Brit Hume.
Ouch!THE VICE PRESIDENT: I said Karl has hunted at the Armstrong, as
well, and we're both good friends of the Armstrongs and of Katherine
Armstrong. And Katherine suggested, and I agreed, that she would go
make the announcement, that is that she'd put the story out. And I
thought that made good sense for several reasons. First of all, she was
an eye-witness. She'd seen the whole thing.
Cheney Shooting Case Is Closed in Texas
Report on Accident Backs Explanations by Vice President and Ranch Owner
By John Pomfret
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 17, 2006; A05
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Feb. 16 -- The sheriff's department responsible for investigating Vice President Cheney's shooting of a Texas lawyer has closed its investigation and decided no criminal charges are warranted, according to a report released Thursday.
The Kenedy County Sheriff's Department report largely corroborates the accounts of the shooting given by Cheney and Katharine Armstrong, whose family owns the 50,000-acre ranch where the incident occurred. Cheney shot Harry Whittington, 78, a prominent Austin lawyer, while hunting quail last Saturday afternoon.
The report, written by Chief Deputy Gilbert San Miguel Jr., quotes Cheney and Whittington as saying the shooting was an accident. They said no one was drinking alcohol during the hunt, according to the report. Interviewed in his hospital room in Corpus Christi, Whittington expressed concern only that the incident would hurt hunting's image in Texas, the report said.
"Mr. Whittington did speak of the incident and explained foremost that there was no alcohol during the hunt and everyone was wearing the proper hunting attire of blaze orange," the report said. "Mr. Whittington again reiterated that this incident was just an accident."
Hospital officials have declined to say whether Whittington was given a blood alcohol test when he was admitted.
In his first public comments on the shooting, President Bush said Thursday in Washington that he is satisfied with Cheney's account of what happened. "I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine," he said. "I'm satisfied with the explanation he gave."
Whittington developed an abnormal heart rhythm Tuesday when a birdshot pellet moved in his chest. His condition improved Thursday at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, hospital officials said. David Blanchard, the hospital's director of emergency services, said he is confident Whittington will continue to recover. "We feel very confident to reasonable medical certainty that there is no other pellet or birdshot that poses a threat to Mr. Whittington," he told reporters.
Cheney discussed the incident publicly for the first time Wednesday in an interview with Fox News, and he took blame for the shooting. Previous statements by Armstrong, who witnessed the shooting, indicated that Whittington may have been to blame.
"You can't blame anybody else," Cheney said. "I'm the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend."
( the mother ing son of a is lying )
The vice president did not release any word of the shooting at the time, deferring to Armstrong, who called reporters in Texas on Sunday morning. Cheney defended his decision, saying his first concern was for Whittington's health.
The sheriff's 2 1/2 -page report says that San Miguel began his investigation at the Armstrong Ranch at 8 a.m. Sunday, 14 1/2 hours after the shooting occurred. Cheney told San Miguel that a hunting party of seven, riding in three vehicles, was looking for quail in a pasture when dogs located a covey. Whittington, interviewed in his hospital room, told San Miguel that he hit two birds in that covey. Then a hunting guide, Bo Hubert, discovered a second covey. Cheney, who had not shot any birds in the first covey, walked 100 yards with Pamela Pitzer Willeford, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to try his luck with the second. He carried a 28-gauge Italian-made shotgun.
Whittington told the sheriff's department that he looked for his downed birds and then walked over to the hunting vehicles. Armstrong, the report said, then told him to join Cheney and Willeford in their hunt for the second covey. So Whittington followed after them.
Armstrong had told reporters earlier this week that Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself."
Meanwhile, quail had been scared from the second covey. Cheney told the sheriff's department that a single bird flew behind him and he followed the bird by line of sight in a counter-clockwise direction, not realizing Whittington had walked up from behind and had positioned himself approximately 30 yards away. Standing on a small hill, Cheney fired down, spraying Whittington's face, neck and chest with birdshot. "Cheney told me the reason Harry Whittington sustained the injuries to his face and upper body," the report said, "was that Mr. Whittington was standing on ground that was lower than the one he was standing on."
After interviewing Cheney on Sunday, San Miguel returned to the ranch on Tuesday to see the pasture where the shooting occurred.
The incident has been a big topic among the many hunters and gun enthusiasts in this region. Ken Tuggle, manager of the Corpus Christi Pistol & Rifle Club, said he could not believe that a blast at 30 yards from a 28-gauge shotgun, which shoots fewer pellets and has a smaller shot pattern than a 12-gauge shotgun, could pass through a hunting jacket and a shirt and that the pellets could become embedded near a victim's heart. "It's hard to fathom," he said.
But George Gongora, a photographer for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, conducted a test earlier this week, firing pellets similar to the ones Cheney used at a target. He said he was convinced that the pellets, which he estimated were moving at 1,400 feet a second, could tear through clothing and skin.
Other hunters questioned why Cheney was shooting down at a flying bird. "The idea behind quail hunting is that you have to hit the quail when it's about five to 10 feet in the air," said Wade Wilson, a South Texas hunting guide. "Quail don't fly very high. But nobody should be shooting down."
© 2006 The Washington Post Company
Check this out, according to the same Katharine Harris who supposedly witnessed the shooting, Cheney tied one on after the shooting..
CNNArmstrong, a longtime friend of the Cheney family, told CNN before the vice president's interview that she never saw Cheney or Whittington "drink at all on the day of the shooting until after the accident occurred, when the vice president fixed himself a tail back at the house."
Shot someone and rushed to the hospital? Nope. To the bar!
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