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"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" (Saterday)

"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.

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Originally posted by Hero:
Now that authorities and everyone (who isn't a Bush-hater liberal or 'Crazy Talkin' Pirate) agrees that this was an accident, perhaps we can put the 'Cheney goes on Rampage' Thread away.

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I'm a moderate conservative. I try not to vote for a democrat if I can help it.

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1. Two is a crowd?

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2. They don't just happen. Someone is a f^&kup in every case. Often a f^&kup who goes to jail. The odds actually work out to 10/million, or 1/100,000. Of those, well over 90% involve an excess of alcohol.

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3. Trilateral Commission is real.

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4. I'm not part of that crowd. Bigfoot is not real.

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5. A crime happened here. It's illegal to drink and shoot. Cheney openly admitted to drinking and shooting Mr. Whittington without a lawyer stamp on his hunting license.

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6. Anyway, I kind of agree, but it's the Pirate's job to see sinister schemes afoot, because even if he's wrong, he's sometimes right, and better than someone see it in case it's there to be seen.

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7. I think that the one thing which came out here is that Cheney is not a level head, and he went off half cocked, which is an indication that his f^&kup in Iraq is not part of a masterplan, but is just a f^&kup, because he's a f^&kup.

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
I think it was the sort of accident that happens to someone who is very tense, and not very careful, or responsible. It's symptomatic of the sort of bad judgment he has shown in office.

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Originally posted by Hardware:
What did Cheney do wrong, $7 stamp aside?...

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Now that authorities and everyone (who isn't a Bush-hater liberal or 'Crazy Talkin' Pirate) agrees that this was an accident, perhaps we can put the 'Cheney goes on Rampage' Thread away.

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
I think more people will stay away from really offensive thread titles like "Bush Sr. Boy Sex." but "Cheney Goes on a Rampage" is not particularly abrasive, objectively.

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Cheney's accident is a character reference. If you are a conservative, than these things should matter. I suspect you just want to defend the administration. I have no idea why. I don't see where the left gains from an attack on Cheney. Cheney's approval rating going into this was already under 25%, thus completely and utterly killing the idea of him having a 2008 presidential run. The only danger now is that it will be so low that Cheney will be forced to resign. Since Cheney is probably as far left as a republican VP is likely to be, it stands only to benefit the right to see Cheney replaced by, what is guaranteed to be, another republican.

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Originally posted by DreamTrove:
"Get your very own Bush at the PMS home shopping channel" I don't want to know.

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Dear Mr. President,

"It is my considered judgment that you should now resign. I expect in your lonely embattled position this would seem to you as an act of disloyalty from one you have supported and helped in so many ways. My own view is that I would now ill serve a President whose massive accomplishments I will always respect and whose family I love, if I did not now give you my judgment. Until this moment resignation has been no answer at all, but given the impact of the latest development, and it will be a lasting one, I now firmly feel resignation is best for the country, best for this President. I believe this view is held by most Republican leaders across the country. This letter is much more difficult because of the gratitude I will always have for you. If you do leave office history will properly record your achievements with a lasting respect."
-George H. W. Bush Sr., Sir Knight of the British Empire, Chairman, Republican National Committee

President Tricky Dick Nixon, Mafia attorney at law, resigned the next day, rather than face arrest for assassination of President John F. Kennedy Sr. and treasonous coup d'etat on November 22, 1963, according to Nixon's convicted felon chief of staff H.R. Haldeman in his autobiography, "The Ends of Power", AND ACCORDING TO NIXON HIMSELF ON TV:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neal.mccarthy/jfkvideos.htm

"It seems that in all of those Nixon references to the Bay of Pigs, he was actually referring to the Kennedy assassination."
—H.R. Haldeman, convicted felon, Nixon's White House chief of staff, in his autobiography, The Ends of Power

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Secret Service says Cheney was DRUNK when he shot lawyer

Written report by SS agents: "inebriated" VP consumed alcohol before, during and after hunting espedition.

Doug Thompson,
Capitol Hill Blue,
February 22 2006.

A written report from Secret Service agents guarding Vice President Dick Cheney when he shot Texas lawyer Harry Whittington on a hunting outing two weeks ago says Cheney was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting.

Agents observed several members of the hunting party, including the Vice President, consuming alcohol before and during the hunting expedition, the report notes, and Cheney exhibited "visible signs" of impairment, including slurred speech and erratic actions, the report said.

According to those who have read the report and talked with others present at the outing, Cheney was drunk when he gunned down his friend and the day-and-a-half delay in allowing Texas law enforcement officials on the ranch where the shooting occurred gave all members of the hunting party time to sober up.

We talked with a number of administration officials who are privy to inside information on the Vice President's shooting "accident" and all admit Secret Service agents and others saw Cheney consume far more than the "one beer' he claimed he drank at lunch earlier that day.

"This was a South Texas hunt," says one White House aide. "Of course there was drinking. There's always drinking. Lots of it."

Cheney has a long history of alcohol abuse, including two convictions of driving under the influence when he was younger. Doctors tell me that someone like Cheney, who is taking blood thinners because of his history of heart attacks, could get legally drunk now after consuming just one drink.

If Cheney was legally drunk at the time of the shooting, he could be guilty of a felony under Texas law and the shooting, ruled an accident by a compliant Kenedy County Sheriff, would be a prosecutable offense.

But we will never know for sure because the owners of the Armstrong Ranch, where the shooting occurred, barred the sheriff's department from the property on the day of the shooting and Kenedy County Sheriff Ramon Salinas III agreed to wait until the next day to send deputies in to talk to those involved.

Sheriff's Captain Charles Kirk says he went to the Armstrong Ranch immediately after the shooting was reported on Saturday, February 11 but both he and a game warden were not allowed on the 50,000-acre property. He called Salinas who told him to forget about it and return to the station.

"I told him don't worry about it. I'll make a call," Salinas said. The sheriff claims he called another deputy who moonlights at the Armstrong ranch, said he was told it was "just an accident" and made the decision to wait until Sunday to investigate.

"We've known these people for years. They are honest and wouldn't call us, telling us a lie," Salinas said.

Like all elected officials in Kenedy County, Salinas owes his job to the backing and financial support of Katherine Armstrong, owner of the ranch and the county's largest employer.

"The Armstrongs rule Kenedy County like a fiefdom," says a former employee.

Secret Service officials also took possession of all tests on Whittington's blood at the hospitals where he was treated for his wounds. When asked if a blood alcohol test had been performed on Whittington, the doctors who treated him at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi or the hospital in Kingsville refused to answer. One admits privately he was ordered by the Secret Service to "never discuss the case with the press."

It's a sure bet that is a private doctor who treated the victim of Cheney's reckless and drunken actions can't talk to the public then the memo that shows the Vice President was drunk as a skunk will never see the light of day.

www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/02/secret_service_agents_say_chen.ht
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See also:

Dick Cheney's 2 DUI CONVICTIONS court files:
www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cheney_doc.html

"There's a report out tonight that 24-years ago I was apprehended in Kennebunkport, Maine, for a DUI. That's an accurate story. I'm not proud of that. I oftentimes said that years ago I made some mistakes. I occasionally drank too much and I did on that night. I was pulled over. I admitted to the policeman that I had been drinking. I paid a fine. And I regret that it happened. But it did. I've learned my lesson."
—Governor George Bush Jr., rebroadcast on CNN Larry King Live, November 2, 2000
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0011/02/lkl.00.html

Kennbunkport Maine Police Report of Bush Arrest Record:
www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html

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