Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shot at a covey of quail late afternoon on Saturday.UPDATE:
Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, while Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and found a second covey.
Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong told the Associated Press in an interview.
"The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by god, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."
The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
She said Whittington was bleeding but not very seriously injured, and Cheney was very apologetic.
Count on this being a big story in the upcoming week. Late nite talkshow hosts will have fun with this for years to come - and rightfully so. It is a funny incident thankfully as Whittington will make a full recovery (though he may set off metal detectors at the airport for some time to come). This is the Vice President shooting someone in a hunting accident after all. While the Secret Service usually worries about other folks holding guns near their principals*, now they've got to wonder about their principals holding the guns.
And Dick Cheney moves ahead of the pack of characters who might put up a spirited fight against Jack Bauer.
Wizbang has more, and the following are also commenting: Stop the ACLU, Don Surber, Ace of Spades has a couple of posts - and yes, they're satire. I think.
UPDATE 2/13/2006:
Six Meat Buffet skewers Cheney, and even managed to throw in a Kerry reference for good measure. Point Five and Scrappleface also mines the incident for comedy.
*fixed typo
UPDATE 2/13/2006:
Arrgghhh! has a pretty funny roundup and points to an IMAO contest.
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