On Cheney and blaming the victim

[alarcojon]

Am I the only one who sees this as spin to blame the poor fool who Oily Dick shot?

Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong said.

"The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney.ap/

You've just gotta love that party of responsibility.

Asshat.

[SammyBlue]

1. Yes, because we all know hunters aren't supposed to look before shooting

I'm a fucking hunter! I know you don't fire until you have a clean shot!!!

[wakeme2008]

2. I am having problems with one word

behind

:grr:

[Benhurst]

3. Exactly what do they mean by the word

"behind?" How do they define it?

[alarcojon]

7. It depends on what the meaning of "behind" is

:rofl:

[targetpractice]

5. Startled, Cheny spun around and fired at the attacking quail.

Only it wasn't attacking, and it wasn't a quail.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. Lol.

[LynnTheDem]

8. Me too; comes up BEHIND the dick & gets shot???

Huh?!

[TomInTib]

15. Not that unusual in the field.

Say a covey flushes on your right and tails behind you.

You wheel and shoot in that direction.

But A competent hunter will shout his intentions and it is absolutely inexcusable to not know where your companions are if not in line of sight.

This very thing has happened to me. Fortunately, I was hit in the back.

I will guarantee you they were drinking. I know Ann Armstrong.

[targetpractice]

4. Got peppered pretty good?

Oh, how fun.

Boys will be boys, I suppose.

[jimshoes]

14. That's RW newspeak spin

for "shot him in the face" I'm pretty sure.

[TomInTib]

16. Actually, it is just hunter speak. I'm a leftie and I've been peppered

[jimshoes]

19. My condolences

My hunting experiences are nearly non existant, so I'll take your word on it.

[wildeyed]

6. I noticed that, too.

Why am I not surprised. :eyes:

[justgamma]

9. So Cheney was doing some trick shootin'?

If the guy came up behind him, was Dickie shootin' over his shoulder using a mirror or something?

[Road Scholar]

10. And this is surprising? nt

[alarcojon]

12. No, I wouldn't say that

nor will we be surprised by the media's dutiful repeating of administration bullshit.

[Deja Q]

11. Yeah. This is hunting. Most signalling frightens off the tasty animals too

[Radical Activist]

13. Typical. "Those tens of thousands of dead civilians just got in the way!"

"It was the CIA's fault."
"Clinton said Iraq was bad too!"

They always have someone else to blame.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

17. Yup. Dead Eye Dick might have a lawsuit there. n/t

[spiderbiter]

20. Nah...

It's just an explanation of what happened.