what if whittington had "accidentally" shot cheney?

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my guess is that secret service would have dropped him before he could say, "oops!"

in fact, given an armed man (other than secret service) within a few yards of cheney, my guess is that at least one secret service member had a gun trained to whittington's head at all times.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. We Would Have Level 5 Here At DU!

Everyone would be celebrating, and you would not be able to access the boards unless you were a donor.

Now, I don't condone or support shooting a high ranking govt. official, but I'd still have a beer or two or three to commemorate the occasion.

[Mr_Spock]

2. It would be like New Years and July 4th combined - WOOHOO!!!

Party in the streets!!

[WI_DEM]

3. boy, that would have been a kick in the ass

but yeah, I'll bet instead of being in the intensive care unit of a local hospital that Whittington would be at the local funeral parlor getting made up.