Was vice president sending 'Godfather'-style message? (Leftist Wackos)

WorldNetDaily ^ | 2/14/06 | WorldNetDaily

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Columnist Barry Saunders

A North Carolina columnist claimed today Dick Cheney's shooting of friend Harry Whittington was not an accident, but was meant to be a message to his former chief of staff, Scooter Libby, not to testify against the vice president in the Valerie Plame leak investigation.

"Accident my eye. Or rather, Harry Whittington's eye," writes Barry Saunders in the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer.

"If you believe it was just an accident that Vice President Dick Cheney shot his hunting companion last weekend, you obviously have never seen 'The Godfather' movies."

Continued Saunders in his column: "Just as surely as a fish wrapped in a bulletproof vest means 'Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes,' that shotgun blast to Whittington's face was meant to convey that I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby had better bite his tongue and forget about testifying against Cheney, his former boss, in the Valerie Plame spy case."

Libby has been indicted on federal charges he lied to investigators probing the leak of Plame's identity to the media. Last week, prosecutors reported he told a grand jury that superiors authorized him to disclose classified information to reporters because they were angered about Plame's husband's opposition to the Iraq war.

"A vice president who'll shoot an ally to get across his message of omerta – that's mobspeak for 'hush up' – may be considered a national disgrace by some," writes Saunders. "Not by me. I embrace the prospect of a lead-slingin' veep. Think of the impact Cheney's shot heard 'round the world will have on America's diplomatic efforts. When obstinate countries declare their unwillingness to negotiate with Secretary of State Condi Rice, all we have to do is roll out Deadeye Dick."

Whittington, Cheney's hunting buddy who was shot, had a mild heart attack today in the hospital where he is recovering from pellet wounds.

"Some of the bird shot appears to have moved and lodged into part of his heart in what we would say is a minor heart attack," Peter Banko, the administrator at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial in Texas. told a news conference outside the hospital today.

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Vince Foster's death was a "message."
Ron Brown's death was a "message."
Mary Jo Kopechne's death was a cover-up.

What happened to Harry Whittington WAS AN ACCIDENT!

[Doogle]

but but...nobody warned the quail

[RegulatorCountry]

"If you believe it was just an accident that Vice President Dick Cheney shot his hunting companion last weekend, you obviously have never seen 'The Godfather' movies."

The poor man obviously has no clue how profoundly stupid this sentence is.

[SmoothTalker]

It could very well be a joke. I live in the Raleigh Area so I read the Raleigh paper a lot. Barry Sanders fancies himself as a humor columnist. He isn't at all funny but if this is in keeping with his normal columns it is a misguided attempt at humor.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Further support for Murray & Herenstein's "The Bell Curve".

[SittinYonder]

This makes a lot of sense. I hope Libby gets the message

[GSWarrior]

More projection from the liberals.

[Larry Lucido]

I must have missed the Michael Corleone quail-hunting scene at the end of the first Godfather.

[libs_kma]

These freaks are too unbelievable for this reality....please to God some other reality beam them in....

[ronnied]

and they get paid for this drivel???

[Maria S]

"Vince Foster's death was a "message."
Ron Brown's death was a "message."
Mary Jo Kopechne's death was a cover-up."

Ding!Ding! I think we have another winner!


I just posted on another thread the following:

Can we PUH-LEASE put a stop to this silliness?!? We are fighting Canada geese off the golf courses, prairie dogs from outside our homes, and deer from our lawns.

Not to mention the stray dogs that someone didn't want anymore. Give it a rest, people!! The gun VP Cheney was using was standard, and he was using the shells that are standard for quail. Not very powerful...quail are tiny, they are good eating, and you don't want to tear them up with major shot. In my opinion, more trouble than they're worth to clean and prepare for eating! Not a lot of meat.

When I hear about the horses, cattle, and other LARGE animals that are being slaughtered (and you do NOT want to know how it's done) for meat here and in foreign countries, this silliness over Cheney's accident is typical liberal, "oh BOY! we've got him now!" crap.

Until you have been bird-hunting, know how to use a shotgun, and have a bird dog who knows what he's doing, please refrain from further comment. Or, if you prefer, please visit us here in the Texas Panhandle and see how we take care of prairie dogs.

This, of course, is being addressed ONLY to vegans who eat nothing but carrots, broccoli, and whatever other plants they can find. If you are a meat-eater, please disregard.

[mylife]

Im enjoying watching the lefties overplay this matter.

When Harry Whittington makes a public statement and doesnt condemn Mr Cheney, the lefts actions will blowup in their faces

[Darkwolf377]

We'll know for sure when Scooter wakes up with Helen Thomas's head on the pillow next to him.

[Maria S]

And, may I add that Barry Sanders (whoever he is) should try to find another head ornament. That hat is NOT flattering to him.

[Larry Lucido]

"Leave the shotgun, Dick. Take the cannoli."

[Robert357]

Bump

I am sorry, I don't have enough tinfoil to make a hat big enough to read this article.

[LaineyDee]

This just confirms my theory. One who watches too many movies or soaps.... becomes socially inept and disconnected from reality. This guy needs his Lithium.

[Darkwolf377]

That hat makes him look like one of the Little Rascals.

[Sweetjustusnow]

never seen 'The Godfather' movies."

Now I know what was in Marlon Brando's mouth. It was birdshot. ;)

[frankjr]

The only Godfather style moment is the lack of guards at the hospital to protect Mr. Whillingham from a potential drive by lead by David "monkey face" Gregory.