Cheney Victim Has Heart AttackFront page of cnn.com:
Cheney hunt victim has heart scareWhich one is the liberal media again?
Texas Penal Code § 19.05. CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. (a) A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.So: Dead victim + evidence of drunkenness + jury verdict = 2 years in the pen. Lots of ifs, but it's fun to think about.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Texas Penal Code § 12.35. STATE JAIL FELONY PUNISHMENT. [. . .] (c) An individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony shall be punished for a third degree felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:
(1) a deadly weapon as defined by Section 1.07 was used or exhibited during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight following the commission of the offense, and that the individual used or exhibited the deadly weapon or was a party to the offense and knew that a deadly weapon would be used or exhibited . . .
Texas Penal Code § 12.34. THIRD DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT. (a) An individual adjudged guilty of a felony of the third degree shall be punished by imprisonment in the institutional division for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. . . .
...In this fascinating video, Corpus Christi Caller-Times photographer George Gongora recreates the accident -- by shooting a human-sized target from 90 feet with a 29-gauge shotgun.Cheney's Got A Gun
...Dave Michaels and Todd J. Gillman write in the Dallas Morning News: "Sally (Whittington) May said her father does not recall a lot of the incident, nor was he involved in how or whether information about the incident was released: 'He didn't know at the time if he was going to the hospital or the mortuary.' "
...Mike Leggett , the outdoors writer for the Austin American-Statesman, writes: "You shot a guy. At least stay in town until he's out of the hospital.
"You shot a guy. Don't blame the sun or the wind or the rotation of the Earth. And for goodness' sake, don't blame Harry Whittington.
"He's the guy you shot, and unless he pulled the trigger himself, it wasn't his fault. Unless he was invisible, it wasn't his fault. And it wasn't his fault that he didn't 'announce his presence,' either. He was supposedly 30 yards behind you. His only fault was being a human being standing on two legs. . . .
"Stand up. Take responsibility. Be a man. You shot a guy."
No sooner had the White House decided that the best strategy to deal with Cheney's Chappaquiddick was to make self-deprecating jokes about it than his Texas hospital inconveniently revealed that birdshot in Harry Whittington's body had migrated to his heart and caused atrial fib -- turns out he had a heart attack. He's back in the ICU. Worse, there's no reason that other shot can't now migrate into additional internal organs.posted by ericb at 6:36 PM on February 14, 2006
Does this mean ix-nay on the jokes, Scottie?
Now that the White House press corps has learned firsthand what Pat Leahy must have felt like to get the full Cheney treatment, Harry Whittington's predicament threatens to become a metaphor of what's happened to America under Bush/Cheney. Profound injury has been inflicted on us. The damage could worsen at any moment. And the only response from those responsible is silence, arrogance and misdirection. With their short-lived comedy offensive in disarray, how long do you think it will be before they return to tried-and-true 9/11 fearmongering?
UPDATE: Turns out that Scottie knew about the heart attack before doing his White House press corps briefing today. He later explained that he didn't mention it at the time because it was more appropriate for that information to be released later on by, um -- hey, how 'bout those Longhorns, huh?
UPDATE 2: That distinguished gentleman, Senator Norm Coleman, just told Wolf that -- instead of fighting about how the White House was handling this thing -- what we should all be doing is feeling sympathetic toward the Vice President, on account of what a heavy "burden" he must be feeling after what happened."
"Mr. Whittington was hit in the cheek, neck and chest, but is said to be 'alert and doing fine' in hospital.posted by ericb at 6:40 PM on February 14, 2006
The hospital's chief of emergency care, David Blanchard, said that the number of bird shot pellets lodged in Mr. Whittington's skin, which he described as 'more than I can count on the fingers of my hand, but less than 100,' were such that doctors would not try to remove them.
Mr. Blanchard said that Mr Whittington will probably have the pellets in his body for the rest of his life.
Mr. Whittington's daughter, Sally, told the Dallas Morning News 'It looks like chicken pox, kind of.' 'He was very, very lucky that nothing seriously was injured,' she added." [BBC News | February 14, 2006]
"Under the guise of Homeland Security and the pretense of 'terrorism,' the U.S. has unleashed the repressive and occupying forces of the FBI in the streets of Puerto Rico," state Assemblyman Jose Rivera said in a statement, calling on Rep. Charles Rangel to launch a congressional hearing. "The only 'domestic terrorist attack' here is the attack of the United States Government on the people of Puerto Rico."But continue with your distractions.
So, is it going to be Rice or Allen as the new Veep?
"Mr. Cheney...[has a] habit of living in his own world in the Bush White House — surrounded by his own staff, relying on his own instincts, saying as little as possible — [such has] backfired since the accident in Texas on Saturday. Mr. Cheney's staff members have kept their comments to chronological details and to repeating the vice president's written statements.posted by ericb at 7:55 AM on February 15, 2006
The tension between President Bush's staff and Mr. Cheney's has been palpable, with White House officials whispering to reporters about how they tried to handle the news of the shooting differently....
The past three days have underscored, in public, what has always been clear in the Bush White House: Mr. Cheney plays by rules of his own making. It is the freedom that only a political figure who knows he is in his last job — he often says he will never run again — can get away with.
... it is a telling example of the cocoon Mr. Cheney has created within the White House." [New York Times | February 15, 2006]
"Why is the vice president getting nearly all the blame for keeping his shooting escapade secret last weekend? President Bush either kept it hidden just as long--or, equally disturbing, maybe he did not find out about Cheney's role as shooter until much later."posted by ericb at 9:49 AM on February 15, 2006
From what Armstrong said she saw as she sat in the hunt vehicle about 100 yards from Cheney and the other hunters...Think about that. Armstrong was sitting in a car that was parked the length of a football field away, yet she not only could see that Whittington didn't signal, she knew that he didn't announce his return. Even accepting the story that she could see the events clearly from that distance, she certainly wouldn't have been able to hear what Whittington did or didn't say.Also:
There's a paragraph in the now-scrubbed beer story that makes it clear that she didn't see the accident.Boy, she would be a lousy witness for the defense. She's made so many conflicting reports to the press that it is becoming very clear her only interest is in covering Cheney's ass. Hope she is well rewarded...
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.
This is Armstrong admitting that the first evidence she saw that alerted her that something was wrong was the Secret Service running to help. And that she thought it was Cheney who was in trouble.
This says, to me at least, that she did not see the accident at all.
I'm very curious why no one has asked Ms. Ambassador to Switzerland about the accident, seeing as how she was supposedly standing right next to Dick.
10. Jack Danielsposted by ericb at 8:05 PM on February 21, 2006
9. Makers Mark
8. Old Crow
7. Old Grandad
6. Old Forester
5. Jim Beam
4. Rebel Yell
3. Canadian Club
2. Southern Comfort
And the Number One Reason not to go hunting with Dick Cheney: Wild Turkey.
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