Man shot by Cheney speaks ...

[jan]

http://www.imahosting.com/sigs/whittington.jpg
Harry Whittington, 78, speaks Friday outside a Corpus Christi hospital for the first time since the shooting.

Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen'
Vice president notes Whittington's recovery in Wyoming speech
Friday, February 17, 2006

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) -- Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old man shot by Vice President Richard Cheney in a weekend hunting accident, was being discharged Friday from a Texas hospital.

The Bush-Cheney campaign donor spoke briefly to reporters outside the Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi but took no questions.

"We all assume certain risks in whatever we do," Whittington said. "Whatever activities we pursue and regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are, accidents do and will happen. And that's what happened last" Saturday.

"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/index.html

Here is a man of real class IMHO. Of course he is speaking to peep (the press corp and the left) who have no class and therefor won't or can't recognize it when they see it.

[Nikto]

"We all assume certain risks in whatever we do," Whittington said. "Whatever activities we pursue and regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are, accidents do and will happen. And that's what happened last" Saturday.

"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.

Here is a man of real class IMHO. Of course he is speaking to peep (the press corp and the left) who have no class and therefor won't or can't recognize it when they see it.
Hmmm. Lessee. Cheney has a drink or two. Cheney goes hunting. Cheney blasts man in face with shotgun. Cheney departs scene. No statement from Cheney. No breathalyser from Cheney. No apology from Cheney.

Whittington may have real class (though I somehow doubt it). Cheney has absolutely none.

Meanwhile, in other news:
RTA victim apologises for being hit by speeding vehicle.
Classy.

Iraq has apologised for being invaded.
Really classy.

[FastGame]

Hmmm. Lessee. Cheney has a drink or two. Cheney goes hunting. Cheney blasts man in face with shotgun. Cheney departs scene. No statement from Cheney. No breathalyser from Cheney. No apology from Cheney.
Hmmm. Lessee. I'm sure those are all facts...aren't they Nikto ?

You lefties crack me up, no one gives you the story so you guys get pissed off and make your own up :p

Take a cue from Jan Here is a man of real class IMHO. Of course he is speaking to peep (the press corp and the left) who have no class and therefor won't or can't recognize it when they see it.

BTW Nikto, as long as your side controls the Media, you're right about one thing....no one will ever know the 'REAL' truth, about anything ;)

[jan]

BTW Nikto, as long as your side controls the Media, you're right about one thing....no one will ever know the 'REAL' truth, about anything ;)

Lol. :p

[Nikto]

Hmmm. Lessee. I'm sure those are all facts...aren't they Nikto ?
Hmmm. Lessee:
Cheney has a drink or two.
Fact.
Cheney goes hunting.
Fact.
Cheney blasts man in face with shotgun.
Fact.
Cheney departs scene.
Fact.
No statement from Cheney.
Fact.
No breathalyser from Cheney.
Fact.
No apology from Cheney.
Fact.
You lefties crack me up, no one gives you the story so you guys get pissed off and make your own up :p
Tell me which of the above facts were made up, FG.
BTW Nikto, as long as your side controls the Media, you're right about one thing....no one will ever know the 'REAL' truth, about anything ;)
Hmmm. Lessee what the classy Whittington had to say about the media, shall we?
I compliment you on what you've done-I've read and seen many of your reports and I know your job isn't easy.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/bsvj6
If it's good enough for the classy Whittington, it's good enough for me. And, in case you think that, too, was made up, there's a video available there.

[Big Booger]

What really matters is the man didn't die. I am surprised to see the Anti-NRA people not out in droves...

When you go hunting, it's always a risk. That's why a safety course and common sense are essential.

I hope the guy has a speedy recovery, and that Cheney takes a hunter safety course because of his incompetence as a hunter.

This shouldn't be political... if it were any Joe Schmoe, it wouldn't have even made the news.

[zipp51]

This shouldn't be political... if it were any Joe Schmoe, it wouldn't have even made the news.


From time to time there are hunting accidents in my neck of the woods,and believe me the first thing the wardens and state police do is make sure a breathalizer test is done on the shooter.If the test is positive for over the limit,then charges are brought all the way up to negligent homicide,if there is a death.Even if there is no alcohol invoved the citizens in this area would still have a hearing on the incident so that it can be discharged or charged after the investigation.Nevertheless,the stories always make the news.:D

[Curio]

"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.

I heard that on the radio and I thought I must have imagined it - put it down to micro-sleep - but it looks like it's true. That's very strange behaviour, surely the shooter should be apologising to the shootee - no?

[Big Booger]

From time to time there are hunting accidents in my neck of the woods,and believe me the first thing the wardens and state police do is make sure a breathalizer test is done on the shooter.If the test is positive for over the limit,then charges are brought all the way up to negligent homicide,if there is a death.Even if there is no alcohol invoved the citizens in this area would still have a hearing on the incident so that it can be discharged or charged after the investigation.Nevertheless,the stories always make the news.:D

When I said "make the news" I meant nationally. ;) And I think he should have been given a breath analyzer if that is the policy in Texas.

[zipp51]

When I said "make the news" I meant nationally. ;) And I think he should have been given a breath analyzer if that is the policy in Texas.


There I go thinking locally again.LOL I wonder what the Texas local news really wrote?Texas just might be a better place for a hunting accident,that's all.:joke: :boom: :nervous:

[jan]

I found this amusing little analogy ...


Fortunately, the Washington Post had that wise old bird David Ignatius to put it in the proper historical context: "This incident," he mused, "reminds me a bit of Sen. Edward Kennedy's delay in informing Massachusetts authorities about his role in the fatal automobile accident at ChappaquidRichard in 1969."

Hmm. Let's see. On the one hand, the guy leaves the gal at the bottom of the river struggling for breath pressed up against the window in some small air pocket while he pulls himself out of the briny, staggers home, sleeps it off and saunters in to inform the cops the following day that, oh yeah, there was some broad down there. And, on the other hand, the guy calls 911, has the other fellow taken to the hospital, lets the sheriff know promptly but neglects to fax David Gregory's make-up girl!

One can only hope others agree with Ignatius' insightful analogy, and that the reprehensible Cheney will be hounded from public life the way Kennedy was all those years ago. One would hate to think folks would just let it slide and three decades from now this Cheney guy will be sitting on some committee picking Supreme Court justices and whatnot.


(Leftists wont "get it" naturally)

Excerpt from:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn19.html