Posted on 02/13/2006 11:45:38 AM PST by iPod Shuffle
Bush Knew Saturday About Hunting Accident
Staff and agencies
13 February, 2006
By NEDRA PICKLER, 40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush knew Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had accidentally shot a hunting companion, but the information wasn‘t made public until the next day — by a private citizen — the White House said Monday.
Cheney apparently did not see Whittington, and the vice president accidentally hit him in the face, neck and chest with bird shot.
McClellan was informed Saturday night that someone in the Cheney hunting party was involved, but he didn‘t know that Cheney was the shooter until the next morning, the spokesman said.
Ranch owner Katharine Armstrong said no one discussed notifying the public of the accident Saturday because they were so consumed with making sure Whittington was OK. She said the family realized in the morning that it would be a story and decided to call the local newspaper, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. She said she then discussed the news coverage with Cheney for the first time.
McClellan said, "The vice president thought that Mrs. Armstrong should be the first one to go out there and provide that information to the public, which she did. She reached out early Sunday morning to do so."
"I think you can always look back at these issues and look at how to do a better job," McClellan said when asked if he was satisfied how the situation was handled.
So?
Bush Knew!
And he did nothing to stop it!
Did Hillary know about Vince Foster's "suicide" before or after she had Bernie Nussbaum ransack Foster's office?
Impeach Bush Now!
Good! Leftard media blowing this all out of proportion....too bad they were MIA once again.
The silicon chip inside the Vice President's head has switched to overload.
They must both be impeached.
No duh! Bush knew because Rove told him last week!
Impeachment!!! YOI
May the lamestream media and the Democrats swallow their own vomit!
Impeach Bush Now!
That is the lefts... main goal in living, they will not stop until it is done.
So what??
what really enrages the MSM is some local paper got the first scoop, not the WH press corp. They're so transparent.
HOW DARE THEY WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM THEIR BOSSES!!! THE MEDIA HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS.
As Rush said today on his show, I would rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than go driving over a bridge with Teddy Kennedy. By the way, do a "google" and check out the time line on Kennedy reporting the Mary Jo incident.
Click here: YTedK:Ted Kennedy, the truth about Chappaquiddick, and more...
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1996/vo12no26/vo12no26_foster.htm
I have my hand to my forehead and I'm shaking my head 'No' while saying "Awww, jeez!" over and over.
Practise round. He was getting ready of his hunting trip with Howard Dean this weekend.
Note to all Junk Journalists. The WH is under NO obligation to call you us morons. Frankly Bush and Co should kick you losers to the curb and only talk to the News Media.
I woke up this am with a tin foil hat liberal on the radio wanting to know why the White House didn't tell us anything about the accident before today. Gee, what a moron. This is the biggest non-story. But it is fun to see the MSM and liberals make fools of themselves over it.
Once he realized that someone had been hit, he needed to tell the authorities, who just happened to be right there.
The man was taken to a hospital immediately.
I don't believe it's a crime to fail to report a hunting accident to the press!
LMAO
Practise round. He was getting ready of his hunting trip with Howard Dean this weekend.
Note to all Junk Journalists. The WH is under NO obligation to call you morons. Frankly Bush and Co should kick you losers to the curb and only talk to the News Media.
Usually in an accident, family and friends are the first to know. Duh.
And he can see no reasons, because there are no reasons...
HA!!! HA!!! HA!!! HA!!! HA!!!
The DUmmies must be orgasmic right now.
Fresh blood!!
And the caller was right when she said she thought the MSM was upset that the buddy wasn't injured more or even dead. That is the impression the MSM is leaving.
Practise round. He was getting ready of his hunting trip with Howard Dean this weekend.
Hating the President does not and will not constitute grounds for impeachment.
It is over, President Bush will be impeached now. (Sarcasm that exceeds any imagination).
One of the big problems of Clinton, and to an extent, his admin, is that they lied when they didn't have to.
One of the big broblems of the Bush admin is that they don't communicate well at all.
President Bush knew a whole day before I did????? Man, that just ruined my day!!!!!!!!
The Democrats projecting again.
I bet Cheney was the first to know!
What did Bush know, and when did he know it?
It's reactions like this that cause the most qualified among us refuse to get involved in politics.
So what if he knew about it on Saturday. Is his job to call the news media, so they have a story to write. Don't think so.
Is there some sort of congressional committee and/or special prosecutor that can investigate this incident?
/sarcasm
"The DUmmies must be orgasmic right now."
They are! They're chanting Bush lied and a quail died. Then they went into something about Rove was behind all of this.
Go figure.
Cheney lied, quails died!
Exactly!
Are the MSM going to try to spin this into a scandal? lol
Was Congress briefed or was this a secret shooting?
I am waiting for Ted Kennedy to bitch about the Admn. not letting the public know soon enough about this event.
That does it...I'm voting third party next election!
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