Cheney cleared in hunting accident

CNN ^ | 2/14/06

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Cheney cleared in hunting accident

White House faces questions about disclosing incident

Tuesday, February 14, 2006; Posted: 1:19 p.m. EST (18:19 GMT)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) -- Authorities have cleared Vice President Dick Cheney of wrongdoing in the Texas shooting of a hunting companion, while reporters aimed tough questions at White House officials about their delay in disclosing the accident.

During Tuesday's White House news conference, spokesman Scott McClellan was asked if waiting 14 hours after the shooting before Cheney spoke with police was appropriate, and whether an average citizen would have been afforded the same amount of time.

"That was what was arranged with the local law enforcement authorities," McClellan said. "You ought to ask them that question."

McClellan referred other questions about Cheney's shooting of campaign contributor Harry Whittington to the vice president's office and local police.

[Pyro7480]

[cricket]

P E R F E C T. . .with water line and all. Available as a bumper sticker. . .soon?

[300magnum]

Paging General (Don't get stuck on stupid, son) Honoree. Please report to the press room.

[cgk]

Excellent!

[STARWISE]

Ping!

[cgk]

Available as a bumper sticker now!

I'd Rather Hunt with Cheney

Michelle Malkin has it on her site under "Dana Milbank, the clown"

[Cinnamon Girl]

And the #1 reason why Ted Kennedy can't run for president and Dick Cheney can.

[alisasny]

THE VP is not an average citizen and that is why the non-issue of the 7 dollar stamp by our esteemed media was pretty pathetic.

[Chanticleer]

But don't forget that he forgot (didn't know) to pay the $7.00 upland game stamp. Criminal! (/sarcasm)

[jec41]

A medical team accompanying the vice president administered first aid to Whittington when the accident occurred at 5:50 p.m., Secret Service spokesman Tom Mazur said. The Secret Service told sheriff's deputies about the accident an hour later, after Whittington was headed for a hospital in Kingsville and the hunting party had returned to the ranch house, he said.

One hr. later!!!! The news I saw said the next day.

[Mogger]

Terry Hunt of the AP wanted to know if President Bush has spoken with the shooting victim (he hasn't) and how often Cheney goes hunting

I suppose a good response would be:

"Yes, he hunts often, and guess what?" "All of you in the press are invited".

"...And he won't be using birdshot on that hunt!"

[Redleg Duke]

" A b b has lodged closer to the heart"

It is not BB shot, it is #9 bird shot! BB shot is significantly larger and is used on geese at long ranges. Please do not add to the fairy tails and misinformation rattling around here! If you don't know what you are talking about, please keep it to yourself!

Thanks!

[Lady GOP]

Some stupid media boobs reporting Cheney hit him with *buckshot* rather than bird pellet. Buckshot reserved for Kennedy Clinton hunting trips!

[Redleg Duke]

"And don't forget to ask who moved Vince Foster. Did hillary???? Or did bill????"

Naw...Bill wouldn't have had the guts to touch a dead body and Hitlery was busy washing Vince's brains out of her hair. She was underneath him, distracting him while the hitman did his job.

[toldyou]

I tuned in to Letterman last night just to see what he'd say about the incident. Naturally, during the monologue there was the joking, but after he sat down, did anyone hear him say that Cheney and the others were drinking (alcohol) at the time? Well we here on FR know that's not true, but tell me that some liberals won't take that as fact. UGH!!

[Spok]

"reporters aimed tough questions at White House officials about their delay in disclosing the accident."

The scandal drought of the Bush Presidency is entering its sixth year, and the minions of the MSM are beginning to see ghostly images of imagined scandals on the distant horizon, but as they come nearer to them, of course, they vanish.

[Rebelbase]

This is a fix. Local LEO's are republican shill's. Cheney gets to skate free from yet another incident. These republicans are like teflon, nothing, I mean nothing ever sticks to them.

[SmithL]

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

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Olympic champion Cheek donates prize money to Darfur

[demlosers]

So take THAT Davis Gregory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little sniveling punk reporter.