Dick Cheney is only the second American Vice President ever to shoot someone while in office.
Vice President Cheney was hunting quail on a ranch in South Texas, when a covey of quail broke near him. Following one bird with his .28 gauge shotgun he fired and hit a 78 year-old Texas attorney, Harry Whittington, who was a part of the hunting party.
Harry Whittington was peppered in the face, neck and chest, but is reported to not be seriously injured.
News reports do not indicate that Harry Whittington had announced that he was going to vote Democratic or otherwise provoked the Vice President. Associate Supreme Court Justice Scalia has not been contacted to find if, considering the Vice President's record of shooting attorneys, he will swear off future duck hunts with the Vice President. Apparently the Vice President was properly licensed with a general hunting license, and there is no special tag or season for lawyers in Texas.
Snark licenses are available to all who want them, with no limit on even weak or poor snark. This is to good to pass up. The season is open.
Snark Hell! I was suckered by the White House propaganda.
Whittington wasn't mildly hurt. He wasn't "peppered by a little birdshot." He was seriously shot and has birdshot so deep in his body that some is close enough to his heart to give him a heart attack. Cheney nearly killed the man, and the term "nearly" many not be correct.
I apologize for the snarky comments against lawyers. I am also totally disgusted with Dick Cheney and his handlers. This is not a joking matter. Nor is is a matter in which the second ranked official in the United States should have so misled the Press and the Public.
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