The Swiss ambassador: "He's a great shot..." She'd hunt with him again.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

Pamela Willeford has completed Rove spin 101:

Willeford said she has hunted with Cheney before and would again.

"He's a great shot. He's very safety conscious. This is something that unfortunately was a bad accident and when you're with a group like that, he's safe or safer than all the rest of us," she said.

BTW, interesting that the "witness", didn't see anything:

Katharine Armstrong, owner of the ranch where the shooting occurred, said it happened toward the end of the hunt, when it was still sunny but as darkness was encroaching and they were preparing to go inside. She said Whittington made a mistake by not announcing that he had walked up to rejoin the hunting line, and Cheney didn't see him as he tried to down a bird.

Sounds like she saw the whole thing, right? (even though it was sunny and dark at the same time!)

Yet, the very next paragraph...

Armstrong said she saw Cheney's security detail running toward the scene. "The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem," she told The Associated Press.

I guess she really didn't "witness" anything...but she knows it to be twoo!


:) MKJ



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[converted_democrat]

1. I wish some reporter would ask Lynn what she thinks of this women..

I'd give good money to watch her answer that..

[hwmnbn]

2. She also said in a tv clip....

that they (the hunters) had "gotten out of the car."

This is what throws me. Do you shoot quail from the side of the road? Don't you have to go into the woods and have the dogs flush them out?

Now we know she was coached by Matalin. I expect to see this whole story unravel. There are more holes in it than on that rich lawyers face.

[rodeodance]

5. they hunt with cars/truchs down there in Big Sky country.

[hwmnbn]

16. Oh, you mean like on safari? .....

They don't even get any exercise except getting in and out of pick-up trucks? :rofl:

As you can tell, I am NOT a hunter.

[Stephanie]

19. That ain't Big Sky country! Watch yourself!

Big Sky country is Montana, and don't you forget it.

[mikeytherat]

7. Cheney is NOT a hunter, he's a SHOOTER -- BIG BIG difference

A hunter stalks game; a shooter has the game brought to him to shoot.

Essentially, Dickless Cheney likes to skeet and target shoot with LIVE ANIMALS. It is sick, unsporting, and has NOTHING to do with hunting.

mikey_the_rat

[GrpCaptMandrake]

3. So now both the Game Warden AND

the County Sheriff have "investigated."

How conveeeeeeenient.

Nothing to see here. Move along. These are not the droids you're looking for.

Sorry bastards!

This certainly does bring down the gravitas of Vice Presidenital shooting incidents. From Aaron Burr to Dick Cheney. Yuck! I always rather liked Burr.

[rodeodance]

4. and we have NOT seen the Sherrif's report yet.

[hwmnbn]

8. Here ya go...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0213061cheney1.html

Ooops, sorry. That link is the Warden's report.

I'm soooo embarrassed. :blush:

[AllegroRondo]

11. Any way we can look up his hunting license number?

I would love to see if he has a resident or non-resident license.

[Tesha]

22. Cheney has a non-resident license in Texas.

Remember, "he's from Wyoming (wink-wink, nudge-nudge)",
else he wouldn't have been eligible to be veep.

Tesha

[havocmom]

6. Hope she has a good plastic surgeon on speed dial

and never plans on getting by a metal detector again.

[LizW]

20. Have you seen her? She obviously does. n/t

[havocmom]

21. Saw a pic. Thought she looked like a YOUNGER Lynn Cheney

I report, YOU decide ;)

[CrazyOrangeCat]

9. The bullshit is almost too much.

I'd bet all my ex-wife's money that he was drunk.

Those old farts get drunk when they "hunt". Doesn't matter about his medication. He was loaded.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. Exactly. He's not "supposed" to drink on his meds; but with an entourage

of doctors, nurses and high tech equipment wherever he goes, he probably thinks he can do whatever the hell he wants.

MKJ

[opihimoimoi]

23. Ya ..I think so too.

[Solly Mack]

12. evidently Matalin didn't grill Armstrong enough

she's slipping on her story

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. the way cheney "hunts", this sounds like a drive-by shooting

[txindy]

14. It was a clear, beautiful day on Saturday, too. A wicked wind, though.

A very cold, biting wind. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that Darth had tanked up to go out in that wind.
+ + = +

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

15. LMAO!! Great emoticons. n/t

MKJ

[jilln]

17. Seems like a good investment would be to create a lobby to

send these morons on more free hunting trips with Cheney.

Of course, we could use toy animals to keep the real ones safe from these bozos.

[Stephanie]

18. You are so RIGHT

She didn't even see it happen! She's just the designated spokesmodel du jour.