(2006-02-13) — White House spokesman Scott McClellan, peppered with reporters’ questions about Vice President Dick Cheney’s accidental weekend shooting of a hunting buddy, said President George Bush was “not immediately informed of the incident because he was too distracted by the Iraq war.”
“If, because of the war, the president doesn’t have time to catch Usama bin Laden,” Mr. McClellan said, “when do you think he’ll find a moment to deal with a quail hunting accident in Texas? ”
In related news, Mr. McClellan said the Bush administration is sticking with its initial ’single-shooter’ theory.
“From all indications,” he said, “the vice president acted alone. Lab reports show that all of the pellets came from a single 28-gauge shotgun which had the Vice President’s fingerprints all over it.”
Despite these assurances, the White House press corps buzzed with conspiracy rumors, including suggestions that the quail, which Mr. Cheney allegedly shot at, had not flown in a completely random, natural pattern, but seemed to intentionally pass in front of 78-year-old attorney Harry Whittington.
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1 Small Town Veteran // Feb 13, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Did I ever tell you about the time my Daddy shot his big brother? (Updated and bumped)
From Michelle: CHENEY’S HUNTING ACCIDENT Fox News is reporting that VP Dick Cheney was involved in a hunting accident yesterday. Breitbart/AP:[...][Read the whole thing here.]Anyway, I remember hearing about it way back, before I was old enough to tag…
2 Musing » BIG NEWS!!! // Feb 14, 2006 at 9:49 am
[...] Darn that Iraq war, it keeps getting in the way of real important news. [...]
3 California Conservative // Feb 14, 2006 at 9:57 am
Cheney’s Got A Gun, and The Spin Has Just Begun
Sing-a-long. Thanks to Aerosmith and our reader M. Jones.
In today’s S.F. Chronicle, covering the Cheney story with a close(d) eye (of course), we find this “special” report:
If Vice President Dick Cheney had followed the protocols…
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