Here's one to start the week off for you VP bashers

Apparantly that "Gutless Draft Dodging Coward" as he has been previously called on this sub-forum shot a freind with a shotgun whilst out Quail Hunting.

The "Freind" he shot a guy named Armstrong was shot in the face whilst he was in the long grass looking for dead Quails from a shoot they had just completed.

Armstrong is said to be "alert" in hospital and Cheyney has spent many hours at his bedside.

The injuries are non-life threatening and Armstrong should make a full recovery but may retain the evidence of this escapade from the pepper spray pellet marks in his face and shoulders

Luckily Cheyney travels with a medical team so they were on hand to help this poor soul while there is always an Ambulance on call for DC, this was mobilised to take Armstrong to hospital.

Sure glad he ain't our VP, but I am sure you Cheyney Bashers will have a "field day" with this one

Once again, they won't find the weapon.

Once again, they won't find the weapon.

The poor guy probably made some remark about "bugs" in the grass and Cheyney took offense, thinking he was referring to the NSA wire-tapping scandal.

A few well-placed shotgun pellets to remind the guy that he was dealing with "Blood & Guts" Cheyney.

Cheney shoots man on hunting trip

13.02.06 2.15pm UPDATE

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally wounded a companion with shotgun pellets on a weekend quail hunt in Texas, his office said.

Cheney's companion, Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, 78, was listed in stable condition after being brought in on Saturday night local time (Sunday NZT), said Yvonne Wheeler, a spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cheney's office said Whittington had been sprayed by birdshot while hunting at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, about 200 miles south of San Antonio.

The shooting was first reported by newspaper the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. The vice president's office did not disclose the accident until the day after it happened.

Katharine Armstrong, whose family owns the ranch, was a member of the hunting party and witnessed the accident.

She said Cheney, an experienced hunter, did not realise Whittington had rejoined the group without announcing himself, which is proper protocol among hunters.

"They had no idea he was there," Armstrong said.

"A bird flew up, the vice president followed it through around to his right and shot, and unfortunately, unbeknownst to anybody, Harry was there and he got peppered pretty good with a spray of 28-gauge pellets.

"He was turning, facing the vice president, but turning to the right, and it sprayed him across the right side of his face, his shoulder, his chest and along the rib cage area," she said.

Armstrong said Cheney's medical team attended to Whittington before he was taken to the hospital.

She described Cheney as "an excellent, conscientious shot".

"The person who is not doing the shooting at the point is just as responsible and, should be, as the person actually shooting," Armstrong said.

Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said the vice president had been with Whittington at the hospital today.

"The vice president visited with Harry Whittington at the hospital and was pleased to see he is doing fine and in good spirits," McBride said.

Cheney has been a frequent visitor to the Armstrong Ranch and in October spoke at the funeral of family patriarch Tobin Armstrong.

Armstrong's wife, Anne, served as US ambassador to Britain and as an adviser to presidents Nixon, Reagan and George Bush.

The 50,000-acre ranch was settled in 1882 by his grandfather, John Armstrong III, a Texas Ranger known for capturing outlaw John Wesley Hardin.

Whittington serves on the Texas state Funeral Services Commission and the state Office of Patient Protection and is a former member of the board of the Texas Department of Corrections.

She said Cheney, an experienced hunter, did not realise Whittington had rejoined the group without announcing himself, which is proper protocol among hunters.

The name "Whittington" sounds like it could be of Islamic extraction.

Terrorists, don't try sneaking up on ace shot, Dick Cheney!

My card carrying NRA member Grandfather is not happy!

Dick Cheney is only a little wee fella.The shotgun must have been bigger than him...

Has Cheney alwys traveled with his medical team?

Whittington serves on the Texas state Funeral Services Commission and the state Office of Patient Protection and is a former member of the board of the Texas Department of Corrections.

Ironic isn't it???

If he was in NZ, he would probably get procecuted by the police...Discharging a firearm and causing injury.

I'll bet there's a pile of democrats mailing hunting brochures to GWB right now.

cv

Dick Cheney is only a little wee fella.The shotgun must have been bigger than him...

Has Cheney alwys traveled with his medical team?

He is basically a living dead and needs his supplies of fresh blood wherever he goes

Cheney's companion, Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, 78,

She described Cheney as "an excellent, conscientious shot".

I think that about says it all.

Either a case of friendly fire, or a case of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and Chener's just couldn't resist.. (regardless, a poignant Chuck Heston moment no doubt) Speaking of Quayles, whatever became of Danny anyways?

The lunatic inhabitants at Moron.org will probably have a field-day with this story...

The lunatic inhabitants at Moron.org will probably have a field-day with this story...

Is that what they're calling the Bearpit these days ?

The lunatic inhabitants at Moron.org will probably have a field-day with this story...

Is that what they're calling the Bearpit these days ?

Good one, K. sample-catcher!

The lunatic inhabitants at Moron.org will probably have a field-day with this story...

Is that what they're calling the Bearpit these days ?

Good one, K. sample-catcher!

Best thing is it keeps all the loonies in one place. A bit sad though.

Able Seaman B.M.

I am trying this new board, itsallpolitics.com, with a few old timers from the BearPit.

The BearPit is a sad experience for lonesome right wingers with nowhere to go

I'll bet there's a pile of democrats mailing hunting brochures to GWB right now.

cv

OMG, that's a classic

What about also sending a couple to Toxin

Been listening to the White House press conference...talk about spin!

Will Halliburton get the facial "reconstruction" contract?

I am trying this new board, itsallpolitics.com, with a few old timers from the BearPit.

The BearPit is a sad experience for lonesome right wingers with nowhere to go

Sounds like a little 'sour grapes' to us!

Especially since you've been banned for an eternity from the Bearpit!

The lunatic inhabitants at Moron.org will probably have a field-day with this story...

Is that what they're calling the Bearpit these days ?

Sign on Cheney's door: "Two men enter, one man leaves."

Unbelievable, though nothing should be anymore. OF cxourse he'll get away with it and there will be no repercussions for DC>

Deadeye Dick.

The injuries are non-life threatening and Armstrong should make a full recovery

You just know that somewhere out there, someone read that and went "See....I told ya` guns don't kill people!"

cv

Unbelievable, though nothing should be anymore. OF cxourse he'll get away with it and there will be no repercussions for DC>

The State of Texas is actually given him a citation for not having the right hunter's something or other.

Lie down with dogs, get up with... shotgun pellets.

Just on the news, apparently Cheney is in trouble with the state of Texas for not obtaining a $7 hunting permit beforehand. Shame on him! Texas makes it inexpensive to get a permit to hunt lawyers and he just flouts the law.

cv