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| U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association officials in April 2004 (AP file photo). |
U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney has shot and wounded a 78-year-old fellow hunter during a Texas quail shoot.
Harry Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, the state capital, was described as "alert and doing fine" in hospital after being sprayed with shotgun pellets late Saturday afternoon at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas.
Ranch owner Katharine Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird that had just been flushed and accidentally hit Whittington, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.
Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, Armstrong told the Associated Press.
Cheney was himself in hospital last month after complaining of shortness of breath. He has a pacemaker and has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery and two angioplasties.CBC NEWS
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I saw this on another blog--thought you would like it.
Dick Cheney’s Top 10 Excuses For Shooting Fellow Hunter
From the home office in blue-state New York, here’s Vice President Dick Cheney’s top 10 excuses for shooting fellow hunter Harry Whittington on Saturday:
10. Sick and tired of Whittington’s “Hey, I’m having a heart attack” jokes
9. Pushed over edge by Dixie Chicks and Streisand blasting on pick-up truck stereo
8. Ongoing dispute over whether it’s acceptable to torture quail before shooting them
7. Thought he saw Michael Moore on other side of tree line
6. Bombed out of his gourd on Wild Turkey and Lone Star Beer
5. Companion’s ill-advised decision to wear Moveon.org sweatshirt
4. Was trying to impress Jodie Foster
3. Whittington’s repeated ribbing that Bush is actually the “real president”
2. Targeting scope on rifle made by Halliburton
And the number one excuse given by Dick Cheney for almost blowing away hunting companion Harry Whittington…
1. Because he’s a wartime vice president, damn it
Meant to credit that--found it on bobgeiger.blogspot.com
:-)
Thank you thank you.
I needed a laugh tonight. It didn't take bloggers long to take the piss out of this.
I love it!
That list was great!
Those bumbling Republicans never cease to amuse.
i'm sorry, i shouldn't have reacted with so much laughter, but i was reading about this while i was waiting for someone at a coffee shop and i started laughing so loud that everyone thought i was insane!
hunting sucks! cheney sucks!
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