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It seems that Bush wasn't told of the Cheney incident because the White House didn't know.   Reporters chop McClellan into kindling.    http://rawstory.com/news/2005/White_Hou … _0213.html

Y'all act like ya ain't never shot a buddy whens you was out hunting.
City people, psh.

CBS reports that the local sheriff was barred from talking to Cheney.  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/ … 9344.shtml

CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer reports Texas authorities are complaining that the Secret Service barred them from speaking to Cheney after the incident. Kenedy County Texas Sheriffs Lt. Juan Guzman said deputies first learned of the shooting when an ambulance was called.

Obstruction of justice ?

So Cheney shoot someone and the ranch owner is the one to make the public announcement.   White House stooge McClellan says that Cheney and the ranch owner agreed that the ranch owner would make the announcement.

I contend this is a legal move so that Cheney or his goons didn't have to have their words thrown back at them.

You know, I'm gonna go with

JakeTheTall wrote:

Eh, unless the guy dies or is paralyzed or something, this is nothing more than great source for the late night comedians.

I mean, Cheney's an evil robot and everything but some of y'all are going way too far with this. Accidents happen. Nobody got killed. No huge conspiracies here or impeachable offenses. Really, some people here are going as nuts as Newt and Co. did with Clinton.

kb5zhh wrote:

Tallgeese wrote:

You know, I'm gonna go with

JakeTheTall wrote:

Eh, unless the guy dies or is paralyzed or something, this is nothing more than great source for the late night comedians.

I mean, Cheney's an evil robot and everything but some of y'all are going way too far with this. Accidents happen. Nobody got killed. No huge conspiracies here or impeachable offenses. Really, some people here are going as nuts as Newt and Co. did with Clinton.

Is reckless discharge of a weapon a crime?

All depends on the situation.
Something some here aren't considering is it may in fact be the other guys "fault" for not maintaining his proper position and wandering into Cheneys agreed upon field of fire.
Accidents just plain happen.

Again, how are other hunting "accidents" treated in texass?

Tetrachloride wrote:

So Cheney shoot someone and the ranch owner is the one to make the public announcement.   White House stooge McClellan says that Cheney and the ranch owner agreed that the ranch owner would make the announcement.

I contend this is a legal move so that Cheney or his goons didn't have to have their words thrown back at them.

Whole Scotty Video:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/13.html#a7142

Tetrachloride wrote:

So Cheney shoot someone and the ranch owner is the one to make the public announcement.   White House stooge McClellan says that Cheney and the ranch owner agreed that the ranch owner would make the announcement.

I contend this is a legal move so that Cheney or his goons didn't have to have their words thrown back at them.

ENTER KARL ROVE.  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/polit … heney.html 

The White House said today that President Bush was informed Saturday evening that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a fellow hunter in South Texas earlier in the day, although the news was not disclosed publicly until Sunday afternoon.

The shooting, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, left a prominent Austin lawyer and Republican campaign supporter, Harry Whittington, wounded by shotgun pellets in the neck, shoulder and chest.

"Chief of Staff Andy Card called the president around 7:30 p.m. to inform him that there was a hunting accident," a statement released today by the White House said. "He did not know the vice president was involved at that time. Subsequent to the call, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke with Mrs. Armstrong. He then called the president shortly before 8 p.m. to update him and let him know the vice president had accidentally shot Mr. Whittington."

In a contentious news briefing with White House reporters earlier about a subject that captivated the capital today, Scott McClellan, the president's spokesman, said he himself did not learn until about 6 a.m. on Sunday that it was Mr. Cheney who had shot Mr. Whittington, 78, when the two were on a weekend quail hunting trip along with several others at the Armstrong Ranch.

So, Andy Card didn't know either when the White House was informed.  Then Karl Rove spoke with Mrs. Armstrong and together they kept the information quiet until Sunday.

Tallgeese wrote:

I mean, Cheney's an evil robot and everything but some of y'all are going way too far with this. Accidents happen. Nobody got killed. No huge conspiracies here or impeachable offenses. Really, some people here are going as nuts as Newt and Co. did with Clinton.

I don't believe you. I'm pretty sure this is part of a large conspiracy. Something to do with Halliburton and Rove and the War Oil Machine.

Farmerkev wrote:

Freakout Jackson wrote:

Again, how are other hunting "accidents" treated in texass?

If it's like around here, depends on the severity of the wound.
Well that and if you intended to shoot him

heh
same here
been shot.. shot others...
shot happens

White House blames Whittington for  being in the wrong place.  Sounds like whining and another broken rule of FHunt Club.