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Jokesters firing away at Cheney over hunting accident (but the Bradys shouldn't quit their day jobs)
Scripps Howard News Service ^ | February 13, 2006

Posted on 02/13/2006 2:04:02 PM PST by presidio9

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1 posted on 02/13/2006 2:04:04 PM PST by presidio9
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Well, we need to keep a sense of humor about this. If it were Ted Kennedy doing the shooting, you know we would be having a field day with this.
2 posted on 02/13/2006 2:06:59 PM PST by fhayek
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3 posted on 02/13/2006 2:08:32 PM PST by Millee (The Constitution was meant for us to live under, not be paralyzed by, in the face of death. - Sowell)
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If it was Ted Kennedy the guy ( girl) he shot would have
died!


4 posted on 02/13/2006 2:08:41 PM PST by Renegade
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I've probably been shot ten times. Sometimes it just hurts and sometimes you gotta dig a few pellets out.

I never realized that it was a big deal until this weekend.


5 posted on 02/13/2006 2:09:13 PM PST by Dog Gone
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It was to see this make it in the article:

""It's not like he drove off a bridge and left a woman to drown in his car," commented Matt Margolis on Blogs for Bush."


6 posted on 02/13/2006 2:09:20 PM PST by frankjr
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"So, what we have is an event shrouded in secrecy for almost 24 hours which, when disclosed, was accompanied by a fawning statement by a Bush apparatchik exonerating Cheney from any and all blame and/or liability. Thus, this appears to be yet another example of the Bush administration attempting to manipulate the press and perhaps hide the truth. What really happened on that ranch yesterday? Who the heck knows? What we do know is that, regardless of what actually happened, the administration spin-doctors immediately jumped in and crafted a story that put Cheney in the best possible light. And the 'traditional media' reported that story without any skepticism whatsoever."

Unlike Chappaquiddick where Senator Kennedy immediately notified emergency services and the press so that Miss Kopechne could be rescued. No wait, that's not what happened. Senator Kennedy went back to a hotel, contacted his lawyer and started trying to concoct an alibi while Miss Kopechne drowned in his automobile.

7 posted on 02/13/2006 2:09:28 PM PST by VRWCmember (You are STILL safer hunting with Dick Cheney than riding in a car with Ted Kennedy!)
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Dick Cheney and a few lawyers are out in the woods hunting when one of them grabs his chest and falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing; his eyes are rolled back in his head.

The VP whips out his cell phone and calls 911.

He says to the operator, "I think one of my associates is dead! What should I do?"

The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, "Just take it easy and follow my instructions. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence... and then a shot is heard.

Cheney's voice comes back on the line, "Okay, now what?"

8 posted on 02/13/2006 2:09:48 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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"Guns don't shoot people. The vice president shoots people," was about the best I've seen. The rest are lame.

If it's original I'll probably laugh at it. I'm still waiting. I bet Leno has a couple of good ones tonight.


9 posted on 02/13/2006 2:09:58 PM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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Well, we need to keep a sense of humor about this. If it were Ted Kennedy doing the shooting, you know we would be having a field day with this.

At least he didn't run off a bridge with his friend trapped in the car..

10 posted on 02/13/2006 2:10:00 PM PST by ziggygrey
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Beat me to it by 9 sec ....


11 posted on 02/13/2006 2:10:12 PM PST by Renegade
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My heart goes out to Jim who, through no fault of his own, sustained brain damage. However, Sarah has no such excuse.


12 posted on 02/13/2006 2:10:42 PM PST by EveningStar
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I agree. No one got seriously hurt or killed (thank God). And its perfectly ok to laugh at something like this and poke a little fun. As long as it doesn't get nasty. Some of the one liners early in the story were actually funny.
13 posted on 02/13/2006 2:11:19 PM PST by jecIIny (You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
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A liberal lawyer friend of mine e-mailed several of us this morning, "As if Cheney isn't making Texas lawyers' lives difficult enough, now he's shooting them personally."

I e-mailed him back, "The victim was a personal friend and a Republican, but don't let the facts stand in the way of your rant."


14 posted on 02/13/2006 2:11:38 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than take a car ride with Ted Kennedy.


15 posted on 02/13/2006 2:11:51 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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And the 'traditional media' reported that story without any skepticism whatsoever."
Yeah. How do we know that there is even any such person as "Harry Whittington?"

16 posted on 02/13/2006 2:12:25 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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Gotta admit, the picture of Elmer Fudd keeps coming to mind...


17 posted on 02/13/2006 2:12:47 PM PST by Paloma_55 (Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
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"I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time," added his wife Sarah

Are you sure Jim is the one with the brain damage? She sounds a little out of it herself.

18 posted on 02/13/2006 2:12:54 PM PST by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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Incidently, what exactly ARE the Brady's day jobs these days?


19 posted on 02/13/2006 2:13:00 PM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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You know who's doing a 'there but for the grace of God go I'? Scalia," wrote comedian Al Franken on his Web site, referring to Cheney's longtime duck-hunting friend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Gosh, ain't that funny? (/sarc)

BTW the 4 block world thing is classic!

20 posted on 02/13/2006 2:13:25 PM PST by 101st-Eagle (Imagination is more important than knowledge-Albert Einstein..)
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