More trouble for Cheney?- Page 6

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:36pm

According to CNN.com - the man had a heart attack!

[wexy]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:40pm

He had birdshot lodged in his heart.(The victim, Cheney's is bionic)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:44pm

If Whittington dies, Cheney is out.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:51pm

The alcohol question is one I have had since the news broke. It totally seems like the stall tactics to sober him up before anyone could test him. What an idiot.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:54pm

But what a horrible thing to happen in order for Cheney to finally get the boot. Now if we can just clean house a little more.

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 01:54 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:56pm

Can any of our lawyers (brd, ywiw...) answer: If Whittington dies with a piece of bullet lodged in his heart, could the vice president be charged with Manslaughter? Negligent Homicide?

Any BWW legal eagles?

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Hunter shot by Cheney has 'minor heart attack'
Harry Whittington in stable condition

Tuesday, February 14, 2006; Posted: 1:42 p.m. EST (18:42 GMT)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) -- The man shot and wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney has suffered a "minor heart attack" after a piece of birdshot migrated and became lodged in his heart, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 01:56 PM

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 1:59pm

PJ, from all accounts this was an accident that could not be foreseen. And, according to Cheney's people the man did not follow hunting protocol.

Now, if Cheney was drunk, or something like that then maybe there could be a charge.

Texas law would apply. I also do not handle criminal cases.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:00pm

"According to Cheney's people"...gee, why do I have a hard time believing anything they say, especially since they took so long to report this in the first place?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:01pm

We will never know the truth. I bet that there will be backlash against the ranch owner for calling the press.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:02pm

Oooops.... no need to be repetitive about the superficial birdshot being in the guy's HEART...

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 02:02 PM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:09pm

And they are still minimizing the seriousness of his condition. "We just want to keep an eye on him for a few days."

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:10pm

Yeah, the "sprayed" schrapnel, you know, jus' a little buckshot between friends, y'all, somehow has made its way from his "cheek" into the man's heart. Sanjay Gupta: "the story has progressed a little..."

Fox News last night was having a field day making fun of David Gregory's zealotry vis a vis McClelland's spin. Can you IMAGINE how this would've been covered by the right, had Al Gore pulled this? Or more appropriate, Kerry, also a hunter?

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:14pm

Did asnyone see the front page of the New York Joke...err, I mean, Post?
Likening it to Elmer Fudd's antics and whatnot and making a complete and utter joke out of it.
I hope they fire the hack who wrote that article but it certainly plays to their base.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:14pm

lo siento.
Updated On: 2/14/06 at 02:14 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:23pm

I have a feeling that since the guy had a heart attack the jokes about the incident will stop.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:28pm

I can just see it. The fella dies. Cheney is grief-stricken.

No, he can't testify before any committee about anything.

Can't you see how heartbroken he is?!

He's very fragile right now!

Why must you badger the man!?

Just leave him alone!

You B*STARDS!!!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:30pm

And he won't die, Pal Joey.

If you think they moved heaven and earth for Terri Schiavo..

If they have to transplant the poor old fella's dead face onto some poor Secret Service Agent's face, he will reappear, under a flag.

I wish someone would resurrect Charleton Heston's infamous line about the NRA. "...not from my cold dead hands..."

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:36pm

WCA - and when a young woman in North Dakota is having a back alley abortion - she can feel sorry for Alito's wife and regret her tears.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 2:37pm

And they are still minimizing the seriousness of his condition. "We just want to keep an eye on him for a few days."

Yeah - according to the AP story I just read, it was just the tiiiiiniest little ol' heart attack. Not even a heart attack at all really. We're just "technically" calling it a heart attack, for lack of a better term. I know - instead of using the word "heart", let's use the word "fun". That's right. He's had a fun attack. Just a little attack of fun, and we want to keep him here for a few days to watch him. Having fun. Now, how about those dirty liberals ruining our families, huh?

Jeez.

Updated On: 2/14/06 at 02:37 PM

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:06pm

Somehow, and I know you all agree with me on this, this is Hilary Clinton's fault.

[Plum]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:12pm

I think that once you're being kept in the ICU because doctors want to make sure the "pepper" doesn't lodge in any more major organs, it's a little too peppery. I'm not a hunting expert, but come on.

And as I said earlier, the first reaction I heard from someone who actually lives in an area with hunting is that this is what happens when people shoot while drunk. But they'll never, ever pin that on the acting veep.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:14pm

I wonder what Lynn "Tawdry" Cheney thinks of this.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:21pm

Somehow, and I know you all agree with me on this, this is Hilary Clinton's fault."

Oh, of course! He wouldn't have missed the bird if he hadn't been so upset by that c*nt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUdkSMuHYEE&search=cheney%20shooting

Those silly liberals.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:38pm

Oh, Wonderwaiter. I'm sure this is a vast conspiracy of the left-wing and the homosexual agenda to discredit Cheney and deal a blow to the NRA in one fell swoop.

Actually, don't you kind of wish it was now?

[Plum]

Posted: 2/14/06 at 3:40pm

You forgot those commie vegan tree-huggers.