Sunday, February 12, 2006

Cheney shoots (does not kill) Lawyer

I don't know if this falls under the banner of "another bad day for W", but his Veep has shot a 78-year old lawyer while quail-hunting on the ranch of a major campaign contributor: NYT story.

Among the questions provoked by this story: Is Mr. Whittington's "stable" status in the ICU of a major metropolitan hospital consistent with the donor's characterization of him, post-accident, as "fine... sitting up in bed, yakking and cracking jokes"? Why did the Veep's office delay 24 hours before notifying the media? And: If it's open season on lawyers, why hasn't Dick let the rest of us in on the fun?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

$2000. That's the amount the victim gave to Bush-Cheney 2004.

Hope said...

I could not agree more. When I first heard about the situation
down there ,there were conflicting
reports about delays in reporting, what happened and even
if the VP had the proper licence. I sought some clarification, because in Alberta , although forced to register our guns, we don't need a licence to shoot us a lawyer or two.