If Whittington had shot Cheney under the same circumstances.

[NativeTexan]

If the lawyer Whittington had accidently shot Cheney under the same circumstances, I wonder if HE would have gone to jail?

[liberal N proud]

1. The SS would have gunned him down on the spot

Not Jail needed.

[patricia92243]

7. I would never have thought of this in a million years, but you are

absolutely right.

I don't believe the SS could have jumped in front of CHeney fast enought to take the bullet for him, so the next best thing would be to kill the shooter.

[nickinSTL]

2. no, because Cheney's Secret Service agents

would have shot him.

[JeffR]

3. Nope

Secret Service would have taken him down.
:smoke:

[JeffR]

4. D'oh!

I type too slow.

[NYCGirl]

5. I doubt it. Whittington was a big Repub backer. NT

[napi21]

6. Actually, the SS agents probably would have pushed Cheney out of the way

and taken the shot in his place. Sad, but that's what they're trained to do.

I happen to know one of the SS agents who is on the Cheney detail. I'm going to email him to ask if he was there in TX. I doubt, even if he was there on Sat, he will tell me much. Those guys are very tight lipped. So far, all he's ever ttold me about Cheney is that he likes him. He's fun to be around and treats his staff & SS detal very well. And NO, he doesn't know how I feel about Unka Dick!

[savemefromdumbya]

8. apparently Cheney shot someone else 2 years ago in MD

I read somewhere that old Cheney due to his dementia shot someone else a couple of years ago in MD is this true?

[damntexdem]

9. Yeah, but consider how stupid Cheney was:

after all, he SHOT A LAWYER.

Hey, what if Dan Quail had been in the party?