Reason Why The Cheney Story Will Not Die
Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Cheney's companion at fault in shooting, White House says

WASHINGTON - The White House blamed the 78-year-old man whom Vice President Dick Cheney shot during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas for the incident, as officials struggled Monday to explain why they waited nearly 24 hours before making the news public.

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan tried to absolve Cheney of blame for shooting wealthy Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, saying that hunting "protocol was not followed by Mr. Whittington when it came to notifying others that he was there. And so, you know, unfortunately, these types of hunting accidents happen from time to time."

Several hunting experts were skeptical of McClellan's explanation. They said Cheney might have violated a cardinal rule of hunting: Know your surroundings before you pull the trigger.
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The longer the WH blames the victim the more the press will viciously go after the VP. Cheney is at fault here, he had the gun and shot his hunting partner, yes it was an accident but don't go around saying it was the other guys fault. This goes deeper because its typical WH rhetoric not to take the blame for anything and spin its way of out trouble. After Katrina the press woke up and little by little the admin will be held to task for its misdeeds. Cheney could have avoided much of this but he didn't so he deserves everything he gets.

Posted by mardenhill 2/14/2006 10:30:00 AM    

3 Comments:

1. Anonymous said...
   4:25 PM  
   Since I am in the conspiracy theory camp, allow me to add this: The longer they blame this guy, the more they go after Cheney, the more Americans think the stupid liberal press is attacking their guy, good ole' Dicky boy, who was just out there huntin' like a good Amerkan. The longer the focus is on this, the less the focus is on Scooter, Iraq, and violations of our rights. These guys are brilliant.
   Anonymous said...
   12:10 PM  
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   3:10 PM  
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