Still no official comments from Whittington's family? Hmm?

[Mnemosyne]

Except for the brief mention in the ABC article at the link in this thread from leftchick, there have been NO direct statements on record from Whittington's family.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x412570

Doesn't this seen very strange? If they are all such good pals wouldn't they have made a statement by now to reassure everyone how great Whittington is/now was doing to back up the *official* story? :shrug:

Another thing that reeks coming from the administration. We need a stink smilie.

I am shocked I tell you. Not.

In peace and nascent hope,:hi:
V

[Imalittleteapot]

1. Strange indeed.

AND, no comments from Whittington himself. Is he able to speak? You would think he'd be defending his pal.
I'm concerned that Whittington is in worse condition than is being reported.

[Mnemosyne]

2. Well, didn't they say he was

flirting just a couple days ago?!:shrug:

Where is the family? I think they are so upset and angry that they cannot be controlled and this is why there has been no public statement.

Just a hunch, but it's all I got for now.:hi:

V

[NNN0LHI]

3. Why hasn't Whittington himself released a statement if he is doing so well?

Cheney's office said they spoke by phone yesterday so I assume he can communicate?

Don

[Mnemosyne]

5. Exactly Don, it just gets more and more

suspicious all the time. Why isn't the press trying to speak to the family? :shrug:

They are always such vultures in tragedies any other time? "How did it FEEL when you saw your baby drown during the flooding of Katrina?"!! Idiots!:grr:

If it had been one of us shooting up our friends you can be sure charges would be pending or filed already. We'd be hunting bond money now.

[YDogg]

4. This morning on CNN they reported Whittington's family will not provide...

...updates on his medical condition. I don't begrudge them their right to privacy, but that pretty much means he could die and it'd be a day or two before the story leaked??

[Mnemosyne]

6. So the family is going to help cover this all up? Or

they have been ordered to keep their mouths shut.

I'm betting on the second choice with these pricks.

Any takers?

[Laelth]

9. They have probably hired an attorney.

Whittington was a partner in a major law firm, after all, and they are being advised to keep quiet. Cheney will pay, big time, for their silence, I suspect.

-Laelth

[Mnemosyne]

10. He certainly doesn't deserve to

walk away with no repercussions! I am sick nearly to death of these creeps getting away with everything they do!:nuke:

I hope you are correct Laelth and his family is going to hammer his nasty careless ass to the wall!

Accident or not, it's time to pay the piper dicky boy!

[Laelth]

15. If he dies ...

... the family has a claim for wrongful death (probably worth millions). This claim will probably be settled out of court (over 90% of all claims are settled in this way), and nearly every settlement agreement I've seen contains a "confidentiality clause" that says the injured party can't talk about the incident or the injury. Most likely, that's why they're being quiet now. They're preserving the value of their confidentiality clause.

-Laelth

[Mnemosyne]

17. But the family does not need the money,

I think everyone is taking it for granted that they will sue if he dies.

What if they don't? I'm dirt poor, so I don't know how people that wealthy think. Is it even a possibility? Could/would they forgo money in exchange for some power?

Either way, I doubt we are going to be hearing from the family anytime soon.

I would just like to know the reason why.

Argh! I've remained in a continuous state of frustration since 12/12/00!:grr:

[Karenina]

21. If Harry at any time after the assault

was able to communicate to any family member his take on the event, you can be sure he did so. No, Sweetiekins, you are correct in admitting that you don't know how the Über-wealthy think.

Response to an e-mail I sent to one of my 20-something friends yesterday...

"To be honest, I don't see what the big deal is with Cheney and the shooting of the dude. I mean, sure, he's an asshole, a liar, and a thief, but hey, there is a slight chance that he didn't mean to do it. Besides, it's in the past. Like Jesus' death and the Rodney King beating. Fuggehdaboudit!"

The take from my young prole friend is NOT how the Über-wealthy are socialized. Did you read Hamden Rice's thread on the Armstrong family?

[Mnemosyne]

26. I hope they LET Whittington speak with his

family, Karenina! With all the delay taking him to the hospital I wonder. What was that about him telling his daughter they were taking him to the morgue?! I haven't found too much about it anywhere. Just a rumor apparently.

I'll check out Hamden's thread on the Armstrong family. I must have missed it somehow with all the Cheney's got a gun threads! lol

Thanks! :hi:

[mwb970]

7. No pictures, no statements, no comments.

This is very unusual. On a story like this, the cable networks usually try to cover all the "angles". An interview with Whittington or a family member would be typical. In this case I have not seen or heard one single mention of anyone related to Whittington whatsoever. Is he a homeless guy that nobody knows? There is definitely something fishy going on here.

[Mnemosyne]

12. I've been waiting and waiting and nothing!

When I got up this morning did a search and still nothing. It makes no sense at all.

You are right. There is typically at least a statement issued by the family when something like this occurs.

He most definitely isn't some homeless guy. I've seen the families of many accident victims give statements to the press over the years. Yet someone in the White House blasts another wealthy man in the face with a shotgun and nothing?!

It stinks to high heavens as my grandma used to say!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

24. It could mean they are keeping their options open, should they decide

to sue, although it sounds like they don't need money.

It could ALSO mean that they have taken money and signed an agreement for confidentiality and agreed in advance NOT to sue.

[Mnemosyne]

27. Very good point MM, I had not even

considered that it may already be a done deal.

If it is already a done deal, then his family is as cold and callous as the dick. I guess you get what you breed!

Thanks for the input!

[Zan_of_Texas]

25. There are TWO flashing zeroes here.

1. No statement at all from Whittington or his family. Far from homeless, he is a millionnaire attorney appointed to a number of boards by former Governor Bush and current Governor Perry. He has said zero, zip. If the injuries were so minor, and SO accidental, why isn't he making a joke and reassuring everyone (including his family and friends who aren't with him)? Or, at least his family could make one, thanking everyone for their prayers, bla bla bla.

"Whittington has said through hospital officials that he does not want to comment on the shooting. A young man at Whittington's Austin home who identified himself as his grandson said Tuesday he did not have time to talk to a reporter and closed the door." -- Man Shot by Cheney Has Mild Heart Attack, by Lynn Brezosky and Nedra Pickler, AP, Tuesday 14 February 2006, http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021506N.shtml

2. So, the elephant in the room? What about the Ambassador to Switzerland? She is a witness, or at least very close to the incident. We have zero, zip from her. We don't even have the obligatory, "We reached Ms. X, but she had no comment."

[Mnemosyne]

29. And the Ambassador to Switzerland was not

listed in the F&G report as a witness.

Why did his daughter state that he told her they were taking him to the morgue? Had he been threatened? Was he just in horrible pain and delusional? Why would she repeat him ranting such a thing and not say that was that that was what the circumstances were? It's weird.

My gut is just screaming on this one Zan. Your's too, huh?

Something is wrong.

[Norquist Nemesis]

32. This is the thing that has my gut screaming!

The timing is just too suspect! Yesterday morning, "the rumor" goes on-line and VOILA!!! Cheney's booked with Brit! Until that hit cyberspace, Dick was silent and Scotty was 'moving on'.

[Mnemosyne]

33. I guess we will never know a

thing. They lie, cheat and steal with impunity and it appears no one can stop them.:grr:

I'm not quite sure which gut-screamer you mean NN, there are a few with this incident!

The entire country is on the roof and no one is coming. We can't seem to save ourselves because there are holes in every boat we find that we think will take us to safety.

They have turned the entire country into a major catastrophe with no possibility of even incompetent help from FEMA or DHS. It's another mind game even with DHS, everyone I've asked still thinks it means Department of Human Services.

Where do we go from here? :shrug: Mostly a rhetorical question anymore.

:hi:

[spanone]

8. Extremely wealthy people don't talk to the 'little people'.

[Mnemosyne]

13. But repukes stick together,

especially these hunting buddy types.

It makes no sense.

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I really don't blame his family...He has become an unwitting punchline

to the idiocy of this administration's VP. I wouldn't want to talk about it publicly either. :hi:

[Mnemosyne]

14. I understand your point on this MrsGrumpy,

but as supposed friends don't you think they would want to help take some heat off the dick? He's under major pressure over this and as friends I'm sure they wouldn't want to contribute to another heart attack. :evilgrin:

I do feel badly for Whittington's family. Who knows what has been said to them by the PTB. They may be too afraid to speak.

:hi:

[Moosepoop]

16. His daughter spoke yesterday.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/13872544.htm

Sally May, Whittington's daughter, said Tuesday that she is concerned about her father's change in condition, but remains "very confident with this hospital."
May said she still regarded the shooting as an accident.
"Just because of Cheney's profile, it's getting all this attention," she said. "It does not change anything. It was just an accident."

Either she truly believes it was an accident, or she's scared and saying what they want her to say.


On edit: She probably does believe it was an accident, as opposed to intentional. But that doesn't relieve Cheney of responsibility. I think she's saying what she is in order to sound "nice" while the White House is involved in her father's medical care (wouldn't that scare the shit out of you???), but there still could be legal planning behind the scenes going on.

[hippiegranny]

18. oh hell, even I believe it was just an accident

it's the cover-up, stupid!

[Mnemosyne]

30. I have no problem with accident either hippiegranny,

and what a bunch or morans trying to cover-up an accident.

The cover-up is what can bring down powerful men! Let's hope!

[Mnemosyne]

19. I'm sure Sally May was raised to always *sound* nice

about everything. She is a Southern girl. Manners are very important.

And I know you are right, I would be scared shitless if the WH was involved in my family's medical care.

When has this ever happened in history?! Did anyone receive continued care when Agnew beaned them with a golf ball? I doubt it very much. And it seems as if one woman was injured fairly badly the one time, unless I'm confusing bad golfer politicians.

In peace and nascent hope,:hi:
V

[Bridget Burke]

20. Perhaps PR is not their main concern at this time.

Nor are they worried about supporting the "official" story.

The old guy is not in good shape. As the situation resolves--one way or another--they might break their silence.

The Whittingtons are not poor folks hoping to get a book deal out of the situation.

[Nikki Stone 1]

23. I'd bet not. And I bet the guy is in worse shape than we know

It's sad for the family.

[Mnemosyne]

28. I'm concerned as t o whether they are mainly silent from

distress (I'm sure this is much of it), but is it also allegiance or intimidation. There is more at work here than just distress. Why did his daughter state that he said they were taking him to the morgue? Was he threatened from the beginning? Delusional from pain? Why would she repeat it if so? Why would she say nothing further?

I never thought they were trying for a book deal or a movie. It never occurred to me. They are much too upper echelon for anything so crass.

I understand what you are saying Bridget I just smell something foul, besides the dick's hunting practices.

[Bridget Burke]

31. It's hard to say whether this story stinks....

Or we're just reacting to the miasma that has engulfed the country since the 2000 election--& its aftermath.

I was raised not far from the Pasadena Paper Mill, the Port City Stockyards & all the Petrochemical plants along the Houston Ship Channel. So I know my miasmas!

[threadkillaz]

22. Let's go find them..

And the THIRD hunter who is the REAL witness to this.

Kath Armstrong was in the car and she did not see it happen.