Don't you just hate it when you're on a quail hunt and your damned friend gets between you and a prize kill? I mean sure, he's wearing a bright orange vest and Elmer Fudd hat, and was responsible for $3,000 in donations to your campaign, but when you're in the zone, fantasizing about your delicious quail... steak... or whatever... no one can blame you for keeping your eye on the prize, not the prize fool who just wandered in front of your gun!
At least the asshole had the good sense to apologize.
"'My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week,' Whittington told reporters outside Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. 'We send our love and respect to them as they deal with situations that are much more serious than what we have had this week.
We hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves.'"
-American Chronicle
Although you know, Harry Whittington shouldn't have been surprised. You know you're marked for near-death when:
"In 1999, then-Gov. George W. Bush named [Whittington] to the state Funeral Services Commission, which had been stung by allegations of widespread corruption and mismanagement in the industry."
- CNN
Sarah Palin could learn a thing or two from Dick Cheney.
If only she had just taken Walt Monegan hunting and shot him a few times before their relationship went sour and all this Troopergate mess took place. Nothing says, "I value and respect your friendship" like a mouth full of bird shot.
The NRA may want to consider revising its rule book to make life easier on its card-carrying Republican members, especially the first rule:
- ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.
This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage.
I suggest rephrasing as such:
- ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, or toward someone you know won't hold a grudge if you shoot them in the head.
Newsweek actually caught up with Whittington for their August 30, 2008 issue:
Whittington still practices law in Austin. He says he's fully recovered, though pellets in his larynx changed his voice, and he still has birdshot in his chest, throat and eyes. Though Cheney's been 'very kind' and calls him to check up, Whittington is no longer involved in Republican politics. 'My biggest question,' he tells NEWSWEEK, "is trying to figure out, 'Lord, why me?'"