proposed: wittington's apology proves cheney shot him ON PURPOSE

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we've all been flabbergasted at the apparent power of the right wing that can lead someone to apologize for getting accidentally shot in the face.

i have a more simple explanation: cheney shot wittington on purpose.

now, he might have been tipsy or just plain drunk, and it might well have been a snap "decision" or instinct reaction. i'm not saying the whole thing was premeditated. :tinfoilhat:, but not :tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat:.


but think about it. if cheney shot wittington ON PURPOSE, that means that cheney was, at least for a moment, angry at wittington, which implies that wittington did SOMETHING to anger cheney. what was that something? who knows, maybe he asked cheney to resign, asked him for too much of a favor, refused to make yet another big contribution, insulted his wife, tried to blackmail him, who knows. my tin foil hat theory doesn't require any particular action or any particular nature. all it requires is that wittington did SOMETHING that got cheney angry.

THAT would be something that would make you apologize.

think tony soprano. if tony soprano shot me accidentally, i'd still say, "dude, what'd i do?" but if he shot me ON PURPOSE, i'd say ANYTHING, i'm sorry for WHATEVER I DID, PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME AGAIN!"

doesn't that make a whole lot more sense than wittington "and my family" apologized to cheney simply out of continued loyalty to someone who accidentally shot him in the face, caused a heart attack, and nearly killed him???

[StephanieMarie]

1. do you have the text of his apology?

I haven't seen it.

[MadMaddie]

4. Here is Whittington's apology...

<snip>
Whittington's voice was a bit raspy, but strong, as he gave his brief statement, and he had what appeared to be a line of cuts on his upper right eyelid and scrapes on his neck.

The Austin attorney said the past weekend involved "a cloud of misfortune and sadness that is not easy to explain, especially with those who are not familiar with the great sport of quail hunting."

He said he sent his love and respect to Cheney and his family.

"My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with," he said. "We hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_whittington;_ylt=AgtpVfR6SlB_uyW9txFvf5es0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

[Marie26]

7. Note he says he was shot FRIDAY.

This story has disappered since the ports deal broke, but we need to emphasize that every time we can. He was shot Friday, but received no medical care until Sat. night.

[MadMaddie]

13. You are absolutely correct...

Did Cheney's medical staff treat him on Friday and then decided that he had to be in a hospital for advanced treatment?

[Marie26]

20. I suspect that that's

what happened. Whittington also notes how IMPORTANT prompt medical care is for a man his age (a subtle dig?) But nobody seems to really care about this story anymore, so there probably won't be more investigation. We'll probably never know what really went down there.

[Sequoia]

2. I wondered something along those lines.

Harry is considered a progessive "republican"...something the Repubs used to be before Strom made it into the hateful party it is today. Come on Repubs, you know it's true. Yes, ole Harry probably told him to go F himself and Cheney went Bang, 'cause no one, not even Chimpy, tells him what to do.

[patcox2]

16. Strom was just an old Dixiecrat, old fashioned racist democrat.

The vicious, virulent republicans are another strain. It started when the religious nutjobs, who used to keep out of politics, jumped in, and then Gingrich and Atwater and the personal atttack dog republican thing became the norm.

[Sequoia]

19. You're right. Jerry, Pat and their ilk.

Back around 1990 I read a book by a former fundie who warned that the right fundie wing wanted to run things.

[Stanchetalarooni]

3. Makes me wonder about the pretzel story.

Did Bush really choke on a pretzel and fall off the sofa or did he start to get cold feet about all the lying and Cheney cold-cocked him.
I think those thugs like to beat up on each other in order to keep each other in line, on the same page.

[Virginia Dare]

8. I've always believed that someone beat him into unconsiousness...

someone within the inner circle who could get to him without s.s. protection--and they purposefully made up such a story so ridiculous to explain it that it would have to be believed.

[donsu]

5. when it first happened I asked if snake cheney was punishing a gang

member for some offence

more went down on that 'ranch' then killing birds

Wittington seems like a man grateful not to be dead

[Mabus]

6. His real target was Armstrong

Remember, Whittington took his quail back to the car and Armstrong was supposed to take her turn to join the hunting party but she sent Harry back out. It was when Harry was returning to join the hunting party that he was shot. Maybe Cheney was gunning for Armstrong and was surprised that Whittington got it instead.

[Virginia Dare]

9. Normally I'm the first one to buy into tinfoil theories with this bunch...

but I honestly think that they were all drunk off their asses, and it was a stupid accident. Whittington publicly apologized because Cheney is an asshole and demanded it.

[slaveplanet]

10. How about

What was that something? who knows, maybe he asked cheney to resign, asked him for too much of a favor, refused to make yet another big contribution, insulted his wife, tried to blackmail him, who knows

Sleeping with Cheney's wife without offering his wife in return?

[sandnsea]

11. How to screw up a perfectly good scandal

Turn it into an idiotic conspiracy theory.

Don't mix guns and alcohol, why can't we just go with that.

[unblock]

14. do you even know what the word "conspiracy" means?

i already mentioned the tin foil hat thing several times, and you're welcome to think it idiotic.

but 'conspiracy' has nothing to do with what i'm talking about.

[sandnsea]

15. Intentional shootings??

Where the person intentionally shot doesn't say so? That's a conspiracy. And it's idiotic.

On edit, I'll tell you why it's idiotic. Whittington is married to James Baker's sister. If anybody was going to be intentionally shot that day, it would have been Cheney.

[bloom]

12. It's occurred to me

but mostly because Cheney is such an asshole anyway.

[Beelzebud]

17. I think he apologized because he's afraid next time Cheny won't miss.

[pitohui]

18. no to me that makes no sense, no way this was on purpose

i have to say i understand perfectly well why whittington apologized and suspect i would have done the same in his shoes

they are friends, they were drinking (one beer at lunch, my ass, ossifer!), and whittington could have just as well been the one who screwed up and shot cheney, there's a little bit of the "it could have been me" in the situation, and you just know that the other guy feels terrible and is thinking over and over in his mind if only there was a way to take it back

accidents are like that, you think of ways to blame yourself if only to give back to yourself the illusion of control

[Swamp Rat]

21. Oh man, do I agree! He shot him ON PURPOSE!

It was a rash decision, but he was kinda drunk and had a ME KILL ALL ANIMALS adrenaline going. After all, not only did Whittington tell him "no," he also made a crack about his lezbo wife and daughter.... "GO FUCK YOURSELF HARRY!" – CRACKPOW!!! ... "OH, I'm sorry Harry! I thought you were a quail! Now GO APOLOGIZE for being a quail! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"