Why did vice-president Cheney wait so long to inform the press about his accident with the shotgun?
81049
How would you feel if you accidentally shot your good friend while hunting? I'm sure alerting the media was not high on his list of priorities.
1092074
yes! If any of these stories would have came up on Clinton's watch, he would have been impeached before the next news cycle. After all, he was nearly ousted over a stained dress. Yet this prez has a gay male prostitute visiting him for 2 yrs and was it never even mentioned in the main stream media. A new, more damaging story is put out nearly everyday, and before it gets much discussion, its topped by a next new one and is never heard of again. The media was all over Clinton for a host of trivial things like Travel-gate, Whitewater, White House sleepovers and the like. Yet important things done by this administration, that effect EVERY ONE OF US are routinely forgotten. Torture, Katrina, Dubai Ports deal, Airport Insecurity, Haliburton, 9/11, Leaking of CIA agents identities, secret wiretapping programs, OSAMA BIN LADEN, and list goes on & on & on. Where is the media's outrage? Wheres the in-depth reporting? How can the Corperate Media accept the White House's canned answers as a replacement for facts? Get off your BUTTS and dig for the truth. Its not gonna be pretty but it is ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY!!!
1140624
I think it is just a political stunt.They would have been splashing images of his body on CNN and BBC
356450
1) Both acted irresponsibly.  \n2) Kennedy left a dead Mary Jo Kopechne, Cheney administered care to Harry Whittington immediately.   \n3) Kennedy was charged with a crime (leaving the scene), Cheney wasn't charged because both parties held some responsibility in the matter.  \n4) The machine Kennedy used in his accident was an automobile... for which he was unlicensed to operate.  The machine Cheney used in his accident was a shotgun... which he was licenced for (although he didn't have a quail stamp).\n5) Mary Jo Kopechne is dead, Harry Whittington is alive.\n\nGame goes to Cheney. But I'd choose neither if that was an option!  Peace
110490
As far as I know, it was Dick Cheney who shot his hunting partner (it WAS an accident) and they were in Texas. He has since had a heart attack because one of the pellets moved into his heart, but the doctors have said he will be ok and they are not going to operate.
327160
We all need a little more information as to the actual facts . Was it intentional or a accident? On a highway or private property? Was it the driver's fault or the person who was hit?
555601
Yes. If you read the 9-11 reports, Cheney gave the order to shoot down the plane twice. First he gave it to the National Security Council while it was still in the air and then he gave it to the joint chiefs, ten minutes after it had crashed. He should have called the joint chiefs first, but since they report to several different branches it would have taken longer to scramble fighters and the press would hear about it. The NSC could scramble fighters on their own, be silent about it, and cover it up much better than the JCs. Crash investigators have commented to USN&WR, NY Times, and Newsweek that the crash resembles a plane that has been brought down by an outside force, burn marks on the fuselage that are not consistent with an accidental crash, and a spreading of debris that does not stay consistent with an accidental crash but rather with an air to air missle that has attacked from behind. Chances are that the passengers of 93 put up a fight. The telephones calls prove this. But the crash happened to suddenly after the last known calls that it is more likely that flight was knocked out by the USAF before any assualt inside the plane had any time to take effect.
126242
Because there is no law that people have to call the media the moment something happens, even though the media wants you to think they are the most important institution.  Police and medical crews were called immediately.  The owner of the range was given the call on telling the media, and she did that - the next day.
361192
because other guys like vice president misuse him.\nHe is nothing more than a toy.
116476
Sounds very negligent to me, despite attempts to whitewash the incident among friends.  Still and all, even were the friends not the VP, probably no charges would be filed, and no lawsuit. (Esp. since Cheney provided immediate medical help.)
214231
cherriest14 - A few points for you:\n\nFIRST: Just who in the hell did Cheney shoot and kill??? Harry Whittington was accidentally shot by Cheney on a hunting trip. Whittington not only survived the accident but has already been released from the hospital. A far cry from being killed in my book.\n\nAnd you think no one blinked an eye over the incident? The media went after Cheney as if he had driven the last nail on the cross over it. Did you not pay attention to the news the entire two weeks after the incident??\n\nSECONDLY: Clinton's bl0wj0b did not almost get him impeached. Here are the fact:\n\n* Clinton received oral from Monica Lewinsky.\n* Clinton lied under oath about said services\n* Clinton got caught lying and was impeached (impeachment is the process of being charged ... NOT the processed of being removed from office)\n* Clinton WAS impeached, tried and not convicted\n\nI said not convicted intentionally, because he was guilty of the charges - he admitted it and received a censure from Congress and had to withdraw from the bar for five years.\n\nWe conservative are not angry over the bl0wj0b. Hell, if I was President, I'd be hiring new interns on a daily basis. As the chief law enforcement officer of the land, it was unacceptable for Clinton to impede the investigation as much as he did and lie under oath about what happened. You don't think that if someone is questioning the President under oath, they pretty much have him nailed already??\n\nTHIRD: Why don't you do some basic research before you spout off your parroted idealogical bullsh!t. It just makes you look really, really stupid.
32466
because the bush family like war for stupid reasons (oil) thy thing they have the power of god, so they declare war. i belive they should of got their facts right first. it was supposed to be wepons of mass destruction, what did they find, people hiding i holes in the ground that speak a different language. if thats a weapon i would hate to see what bush would of thought if they found a gun (prolly woulda nuked the hell outa them)
125915
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Dick Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming. In 1989, he left to become President Bush's Secretary of Defense. During his time in the House, his record was not only pro-gun, it was extremely pro-gun. He was one of only four members to vote against the ban on plastic guns, and one of only 21 members to vote against the ban on cop-killer bullets. Here is a quick look at his record: \n\n"On December 17, 1985, the House voted to ban cop killer bullets, HR 3132, 'The Law Officers Protection Act.' It passed 400-21. Cheney was one of the 21 to oppose the legislation. \n\n"In 1986, Cheney cast a series of votes on the McClure/Volkmer Firearms Owners Protection Act and its amendments. McClure/Volkmer was an effort to gut the Gun Control Act of 1968, and to prevent the ATF from effectively investigating rogue gun dealers and traffickers. Cheney voted against all HCI positions on McClure/Volkmer and its amendments, and voted for final passage of McClure/Volkmer on April 10, 1986. The measure passed by a margin of 292-130. He voted against an amendment (Transportation amendment, 4/9/86) that would have allowed localities to regulate the transportation of handguns within their jurisdiction; and he voted against an amendment (Sales, 4/9/86) that would maintain current law prohibiting the interstate sale of handguns. \n\n"On May 10, 1988, the House voted on HR 4445, 'The Terrorist Firearms Detection Act.' It passed 413-4. This legislation banned the production, importation, sale or delivery of non-detectable firearms made mostly of plastic. Cheney was one of the four votes against this measure. President Reagan signed this bill into law on November 10, 1988. \n\n"On September 15, 1988, the House voted on an amendment by Rep. McCollum to strip the national seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases from the Omnibus Drug Initiative Act of 1988 (HR 5210). Cheney voted for the amendment, which was essentially a vote against an early version of the Brady Bill. It would take five more years, and hundreds of lives lost needlessly, for Congress and a new president to pass the Brady Bill. \n\n"Clearly, the NRA had signoff on Governor Bush's choice of a running mate; there is no other way to account for the choice of one of the most extreme pro-gun legislators of the last twenty years. The NRA has already promised its members that, if Governor Bush is elected, they will be able to 'work right out of [his] office.' Certainly, if they get there, they'll find Vice-President Cheney welcoming them with open arms."
116298
Concluded it was accidental, although the 14-hour delay between when the sheriff was allowed to talk with Cheney will leave doubts about whether or not they were all drunk at the time. May not be true, but we'll never know now.\n\nBasically though, unless the guy dies Cheney is in the clear legally.
851077
I watched and I assume reporters must be paid by how dumb their questions are.  One asked if he would fire the V.P. (I think it's a great idea but) one would think that a reporter in the national press core would have the smarts to know you can't fire the V.P., impeach yes but fire no.  I'm sure the Pres was not in the best of moods and, as is the way most people would react, he didn't act the best.
135790
No one is saying Cheney shot his hunting buddy on purpose, I've heard no talk of criminal charges,it was an accident,but not an accident I feel is easily excusable.\nA man who has been hunting as long as Cheney has no excuse for not knowing what is in his field of fire before pulling the trigger... He discredited himself, the public is merely talking about it....and the fact that he did not have the proper hunting license for shooting upland birds....lots of hunters in that area have made the same mistake because that tag is a new requirement, not a huge deal, but very entertaining.
716325
The whole thing is very tragic. It's way to early to tell what happened. I do know that when Officers have made the desicion to use deadly force, they are trained to fire until the threat is neutralized, no matter if it takes one bullet or several hundred. A vehicle attempting to run down an Officer would be justification for the use of deadly force. Like I have said though, this is too early to tell and no one should make any "Knee Jerk" judgements until all the evidence is in and the investigation is complete.