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From the "You Can't Make It Up" Department: Cheney
Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter. From AP: Vice President Dick
Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip
in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday. Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert
and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on
Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine
Armstrong. Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit
Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital
by ambulance. Next up: George W. Bush Accidentally Beats Old Lady To Death
With Tire Iron While Trying to Snatch $255 Widow's Benefit From Her Hands. ____________________________ From Conspiracy Planet - Humor Dick Cheney Shoots Wrong Man "I wanted to give Scalia a reminder about who he works for,"
said Vice President Big Dick Cheney, "but he backed out of this hunting
trip. He's more of a wimp than I thought." Associated Propaganda (AP) reports that "Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally
shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying
the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets." "Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was in stable
condition in the intensive care unit of a Corpus Christi hospital on Sunday,
according to Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System. "The incident occurred Saturday at a ranch in south Texas where the vice
president and two companions were hunting quail. It was not reported publicly
by the vice president's office for nearly 24 hours, and then only after the
incident was reported locally by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "Katharine Armstrong, the ranch's owner, said Sunday that Cheney was using
a 28-guage shotgun and that Whittington was about 30 yards away when he was
hit in the cheek, neck and chest. "Each of the hunters were wearing bright orange vests at the time, Armstrong
told reporters at the ranch about 60 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. She said
Whittington was "alert and doing fine.". "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 said. "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." "Peppered pretty good"? And he's still got two good balls as far as I can tell, she should have added. "It broke the skin," she said of the shotgun pellets. "It knocked
him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It didn't get
in his eyes or anything like that." "Knocked him silly"? Only a hard-core old Republican broad would talk like that. After all, she's got Big Dick Cheney to answer to...
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