cnn breaking. Cheney accidently shot someone. --person is fine.

[rodeodance]

[rodeodance]

1. all is well, was in TX. person is alert and fine.

[rodeodance]

2. they did not say much. Person was co-owner of ranch where they were

hunting.

[rodeodance]

4. k

[file83]

3. I don't understand your code speak. What/Who is "c."?

[rodeodance]

6. sorry, Cheney

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. Please edit title

[rodeodance]

14. done.

[Roho]

5. more info pls n/t

[rodeodance]

7. cheney was on hunting trip in TX

[rodeodance]

8. qual hunting

[xchrom]

9. funniest damn thing.

[rodeodance]

10. well, I am glad the old gentleman will be fine (says cnn)

[rodeodance]

12. cnn really did not say anthing about Cheney himself.

[rodeodance]

13. k

[deadparrot]

35. I'm sure he's really broken up about it.

:eyes:

[xchrom]

15. that, of course, is what makes it funny.

that he is fine.

[rodeodance]

16. well, i come from deer hunting country--too many accidents end in deaths.

[malaise]

19. Fine?

How is a 78 year old fine after being "...sprayed...with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong."? (per link) http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/02/12/ap2519417.html
CNN asks why this is being reported today when it happened yesterday.
Good question!

Edit: add

[cornermouse]

24. Shotgun, not a rifle.

Didn't anyone make Cheney take a hunter safety class before he was allowed to go hunting? Sounds like he should have.

[malaise]

30. CNN has a guy from Texas on

and he says Harry is in hospital - stable.

[cornermouse]

32. Harry was apparently pretty lucky.

All the same, I don't believe I could be persuaded to go hunting with Cheney.

...Hmmm, maybe Scalia should think about this for a while next time Cheney calls him up.

[AndreaCG]

33. Wouldn't a quail filled with shotgun pellets be too shot up to get any

meat off of it?

I am a vegetarian so have absolutely no expertise here, sorry if it is a dumb question.

[southernleftylady1]

17. now what if the roles were reversed? why did they let other hunters that

close to cheney?
we know that cheney has made huge mistakes before this is no big deal but what if it was that man who made the "mistake" and shot cheney by accident?

[malaise]

34. He's be a dead duck n/t

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Link:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney.ap/index.html

[Cocoa]

20. Cheney shot a lawyer

comeon Whittington, you know how much Cheney's worth! Sue!

[Call Me Wesley]

25. Sure.

They will hold hands for a photoshoot in a hospital room full of flowers and promise each other to go hunting again next weekend.

[kohodog]

21. accidently on purpose? n/t

[southernleftylady1]

22. Big question: Why wait till today to release this info???

it happened yesturday!
why the hold up?

[malaise]

23. CNN just asked that question n/t

[qanda]

27. Well, you see....

9/11 changed everything.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

29. Because, no doubt, they would have LIKED for no news of it EVER to have

gotten out.

They probably did the math on the number of hospital people who knew and concluded it was not feasible.

Would've looked much worse on them that it even does now, if some orderly or nurse had said something before the "official news release".

Although I suspect they didn't have Cheney anywhere near the hospital, otherwise world WOULD have gotten out before today.

[Tsiyu]

26. Democrats don't want to take away your guns

but someone should take away Darth Cheney's gun.

[jimshoes]

28. Ya gotta ask yourself

how would the media react if some prominent dem accidentally shot somebody?

[VOX]

31. Exactly. Imagine if VP Al Gore had plugged someone?????

The corporate media would have had a field day. And freepers would NEVER, EVER let go of that one.

[seabeyond]

36. not only chicken hawks, but gang that cant shoot straight n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

37. Dead-eye Dick.

:rofl:

[Drewskie]

38. ....

Put that sob away in the slammer.