Feb 13, 2006 at 7:01 AM by Political Chase
From US Newswire:
James and Sarah Brady made comments today related to Vice President Cheney’s reportedly accidental shooting yesterday in Texas.
“Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with him,” said Jim Brady. “I had a friend once who accidentally shot pellets into his dog - and I thought he was an idiot.”
“I’ve thought Cheney was scary for a long time,” Sarah Brady said. “Now I know I was right to be nervous.”
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Feb 13, 2006 at 6:29 AM by Political Chase
Dick is a real gun lover and “good shot to boot.â€
Dick Cheney is a true gun aficionado.
Cheney’s collection, our sources say, is in the hundreds of guns, including pistols, shotguns and machine guns — from antique Thompsons to the most modern European automatic machine guns.
To let off some steam… the Vice President has been known to go out to the federal training center in Maryland where the Secret Service does its own gun practice.
A typical Cheney visit, told to us by a person who attended one, included the Vice President bringing some 30 guns from his own collection.
On the ranger, Cheney would blow away his targets — with Thompson machine guns, the latest German and Austrian machine guns, Lugars, MP5s, shot guns, you name it.
One after another an aide would hand the Vice President his latest armament, and Cheney would fire away, no doubt imagining al-Qaeda terrorists in his gun sights.
We’re told Cheney is a good shot to boot.
Cheney is not shy about his shooting activities. Another Cheney friend tells us that at the Cheneys’ Christmas party last year he showcased to guests a video of himself shooting while hunting.
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Feb 13, 2006 at 5:30 AM by Political Chase
What’s wrong with these two sentences?
“Mr. Whittington is fine,” Ms. Armstrong said. “He’s sitting up in bed, yakking and cracking jokes.”
Mr. Whittington, 78, was taken by helicopter to Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit on Sunday, according to Michele Trevino, a hospital spokeswoman.
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Feb 13, 2006 at 1:40 AM by Political Chase
“Principle is okay up to a certain point, but principle doesn’t do any good if you lose.”
— Dick Cheney, White House Chief of Staff,
campaign advice to associates, 1976
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Feb 13, 2006 at 1:23 AM by Political Chase
Dick Cheney shot a Texas attorney in the face while on a hunting trip. In keeping with the administration’s secrecy modus operandi, the Vice President did not inform the press (definitely not Congress). The Chorpus Christi Caller - Times was the first to report this news.
Cheney’s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president met with Whittington and his wife at the hospital on Sunday. Cheney “was pleased to see that he’s doing fine and in good spirits,” she said.
Cheney’s remarks are certainly in keeping with the often promised, compassionate conservatism.
I think I would feel safer shooting a cop than a Texas attorney that owns a 50,0000-acre hunting ranch.
