[wbill]

I've got to take issue with your viewpoint. This wasn't a 'relatively common accident'. Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired. It was an incredibly irresponsible act, made more complicated by the fact that he was drinking beforehand. Beer and hunting *never* mix.

I don't care if he was a Republican or a Democrat, he needs to answer for what he did.

I will say however, that I don't like all of the Dem's glee over the incident. Never saw a bunch of so-called 'caring' people so happy over another person getting shot. The entire incident - the shooting, and the subsequent reaction - disgusts me.

[NRA1995]

Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired.

Hmmmmm, you saw something the rest of the world didn't? You were an eyewitness to this?

[05 Mustang GT Rocks]

I have to take issue with your statements. Cheney deliberately pinted his shotgun and fired at a quail. That happens all the time while qail hunting. And you know he was drinking beer because...?

[Steely Tom]

Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired.

I don't care if he was a Republican or a Democrat, he needs to answer to what he did.

I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat either, but I'd like to see a link to any reference that will support your accusation.

[hinckley buzzard]

Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired. It was an incredibly irresponsible act, made more complicated by the fact that he was drinking beforehand.

Y'know what? This is utter BS. He had one beer several hours earlier, at lunch. And if you think he "deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired," you're an idiot. Cheney with a shotgun is a lot less dangerous than you with a keyboard.

[Siena Dreaming]

Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired

What in the world have you been smoking?

[ThanhPhero]

Cheney had "a" beer. Are you commenting on your own abilities and judgment after "a" beer? Your charge that he "deliberately" pointed a gun at a man is tantamount to a charge of attempted murder. Only a few on the left have gone that far.

[tpaine]

wbill wrote:

29 -- Like I said in my original post, this whole incident - the shooting, and the aftermath - disgusts me.



27 -- Would you be defending Cheney if he was a Democrat? What if it was Ted Kennedy who pulled the trigger?


24 -- With all of the time I spent in the woods, I've never been peppered. My family are all hunters. I've never heard them mention getting 'peppered' either.

21 -- Unless the shotgun fired itself, Cheney took aim at (I'm assuming) a quail and fired while his hunting partner was in the line of fire.

There's nothing to excuse here, and, unless he's taking the blame for someone else, the evidence is pretty clear cut.



17 -- Cheney failed to mark his target before he fired the shotgun. In my book, that may qualify as an accident

(I'm sure that he didn't set out to shoot his hunting partner),

but it still is inexcusable. He should be punished. Pull his hunting license, at the very minimum.

As to the drinking, I'm going on what the national media is reporting.

Any way it's looked at, the VP has really stepped in it.


10 -- He failed to mark his target before firing. Absolutely inexcusable.



5 -- Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired.

It was an incredibly irresponsible act, made more complicated by the fact that he was drinking beforehand. Beer and hunting *never* mix.

I don't care if he was a Republican or a Democrat, he needs to answer for what he did.


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I don't care if you're really a hunter or not wbill, -- you need to take responsibility for what you actually write.

I'd suggest you start to think a bit before typing.

[Navy Patriot]

Cheney deliberately pointed his shotgun at someone and fired.

I've got to take issue with your statement. Dick mistakenly pointed his shotgun at someone and fired, is accurate.

I've been peppered twice in 40 years of hunting, once my fault, once the other guy's, chukkar and quail. This is part of the risk, and Dick did violate rule 4, however, "deliberately" is completely untrue and inaccurate.