Cheney cleared in hunting accident

CNN ^ | 2/14/06

[admiralsn]

Mr. Whittington may die 20 years from now, but they will still attribute his "slow demise" to the "attempt on his life by Vice President Cheney."

[Just A Nobody]

ROTFLOL! You should send that to Letterman.

[toldyou]

Excellent!

[Just A Nobody]

LOL!!

[midwyf]

Actually a can of pepper spray would be my suggestion.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I think you're right. Patience is needed for the job of WH Press Secretary.

Some on this board don't seem to understand the different roles we all play in the advancement of conservatism. Many of us here are firebrands; I shouted and marched in the 2000 re-count fiasco down here in South Florida...but the role of WH Press Secretary is markedly different. Joe and Jane SixPack, who watch the news only occasionally or pay attention parenthetically to politics, don't want to see a "firebrand" up there.

Most people view the press the same way we do--pompous asses. If McLellan were to be hateful back, that would register poorly with the regular folk.

[conservative blonde]

Patience is a virtue but I think I would have called that press conference to conclusion long before it was. Those reporters were acting like little children. I have never seen such ignorance and rudeness exhibited to the public. These reporters better grow up. No one needs to inform them of anything least of all the Vice President of the United States.

[Tunehead54]

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

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Wonder if this will cut into GOP contributions? ;-)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[MNJohnnie]

Hey Junk Journalists, the ONLY people who care about this story are YOU losers. The rest of American could care less. Get OVER yourselves Dinosaur Media. You are PRIVATE Businesses selling a product NOTHING more. You have NO standing in our Govt and NO ONE has ANY obligation to talk to you scum.

Frankly the WH should give the entire junk journalist crowd the boot and talk to ONLY to the News Media. Let the Junk Journalists try their crap with the Talk Show hosts and the bloggers. See how these losers like it if they lose access to the news makers. The Dinosaur Media NEEDS access, Conservatives have NO reason to talk to them. It is NOT like their coverage could get any more partisan or bigoted.

[AmericanDave]

How many accidental deaths in american hospitals each year?

[AmishDude]

The Secret Service called the local police within, what, 10 minutes of the incident! I guess it's Cheney's fault that they're lazy or slow or they figure that the VPOTUS isn't a flight risk.

Holy crap, these reporters are stupid.

[TheDon]

In other news, Iran has started enriching uranium for weapon production....

[AmericanDave]

"Based on the findings of one major study, medical errors kill some 44,000 people in U.S. hospitals each year. Another study puts the number much higher, at 98,000. Even using the lower estimate, more people die from medical mistakes each year than from highway accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS. And deaths from medication errors that take place both in and out of hospitals are aid to be more than 7,000 annually."

http://www.cancure.org/medical_errors.htm

[EdJay]

" "The chief deputy sheriff for Kenedy County, Gilbert San Miguel, said the investigation into the shooting had not yet been completed, but that alcohol had not been a contributing factor and that the incident was being treated as a hunting accident."
Maybe you should do more reading instead of shooting your mouth off at me. You sound angry. "

No, I'm not angry. Why would I be? Or anyway why would I be mad at YOU? We're all good conservative Republicans here, aren't we?
What you said, in the post I was responding to, was:
""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,"
I had read the statement you quoted from the deputy sheriff. He said "alcohol was not a CONTRIBUTING factor." The sheriff didn't say that "nobody was drinking at the time." Those are two different things.
They could easily have had a drink or even two, without that being a "CONTRIBUTING" factor to the unfortunate incident. Unless you think that if they did have a drink it automatically means that was the reason Whittington got shot.
My point was, I honestly don't think we can yet say we "KNOW" much at all.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The news media doesn't show 1/1000th this interest in stories involving Bill Klinton selling off US nuclear technology to China and North Korea, and Al Gore helping the Soviets hide their WMD programs that were being financed by international aid money.

For that matter, how much coverage has the oil-for-food scandal gotten compared to this? I swear, the corporate officers of every media outlet in the country, including Fox, should be in prison for sedition and treason.

[Purrcival]

HAH! I'll bet the DUmmies are going apoplectic over this one.

As for the White House Press Corps, I'm beginning to think that the main requirement for membership is that you must be a card-carrying moron.

[American Quilter]

A Top Ten List you WON'T see on Letterman:

Excellent list! It's funny because it's true.

[American Quilter]

The liberal press has sunk so low in attacking Vice President Cheney over this that they are just above the trap door to Hell.

Where's my saw?

[GOPologist]

Mc Clellan, you jerk, the person you are addressing is VICE-PRESIDENT CHENEY of the United States.

He is not an ordinary citizen.