There’s been a lot of talk, but let’s get to some speculation, and hope someone here can provide a yes or no answer.
Is it possible that Cheney shot Harry Whittington by accident because of a seizure?
Think about it. Sudden chest pain, Cheney turns in pain and clutches hard around the trigger, and fires.
I don’t know if the gun can work like that, but it seems plausible to me. And that would give reason for a Cheney coverup, because he was in bad health as well. He did have that ambulance crew tailing him, after all. And I couldn’t find any head shots (sorry) of Cheney going to work today, everything was from the back.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Cheney’s health is failing. Quickly. And he may leave office for health reasons. And now, he may be pushed out.
Seriously. Don’t you think he looks tired?
When hearing hoofbeats, expect horses not zebras.
Anyway, check this out: 10 WAYS DICK CHENEY CAN KILL YOU.
http://www.grouchyoldcripple.com/archives/001883.html
Too bad the Constitution forbids Harriet Jones being named as his replacement.
The way things are going, we’d end up with Harriet Miers instead.
What amazes me is that already this morning I saw a guy with a bumper sticker that said “Hunting with Dick Cheney is safer than driving with Ted Kennedy”.
How is that even possible? Is there a program that allows you to print out your own bumper stickers?
“Don’t you think he looks tired?”
I’m thinking you’re making a Doctor Who reference….though you’re talking to the wrong crowd…but then so was the Doctor…
Bill–The trick isn’t the program…MS Word can print out bumper stickers. The trick is having the sticky paper to print on…which is available at your neighborhood Wallgreens, Wal-Mart, Office Depot, or what have you.
Well there you go. We’ve really reached an interesting point in our society where something can happen on Monday, become a series of popular jokes on Tuesday, a bumper sticker on Wednesday, and be so worn out by Sunday that the talk shows refer to it as old news.
If Watergate had happened today it never would have gained any traction–took too long to unfold. Nixon could have stood up there like Clinton and lectured the press about focusing on old stories.
Don’t you think it is more likely that the VP was drinking. He does have a history of drinking.
All I know is, maybe it’s a good thing Cheney didn’t go to Vietnam. I mean, he’s hunting birds, which aren’t even vaguely humanoid in shape and can fly, for crying out loud, and he shoots his hunting buddy.
Just think what he could have done while hunting VC in a jungle with a full-auto M-16. The rest of his unit would have been lucky to make it back from their first patrol!
I keep seeing people mention the possibility of drinking as a potential explanation for Cheney’s refusal to see the law enforcement officers who showed up ahead of his scheduled interview…and it makes no sense.
Surely anyone who breaks up those Doctor Who viewing marathons with the occasional police procedural show will know that if you’re involved in a serious accident under the influence of alcohol, the first thing you do is announce “dear me, I am deeply upset by the accidental shooting of my friend and I require a stiff drink to steady my nerves” and then drink a shot of scotch in front of plenty of witnesses. At which point there’s no way to tell for sure if you were drinking before the accident or if your blood alcohol is solely due to the post-accident drink. I must have seen this on a hundred cop shows and lawyer shows over the years.
Based on everything the public knows about Cheney’s behavior, there’s no reason whatsoever to suppose anything other than that his turning the police away was his standard arrogance at work. “Screw it, I’m getting interviewed tomorrow, tell them to fuck off.”