Whittington is concerned that Texas is getting a BAD IMAGE

[Bluebear]

Yes, from intensive care old Harry backed up Cheney's story, assured us all that no booze was involved and is troubled about hunting's reputation in Texas. Oh, and he would not agree to be recorded because of his raspy voice. :crazy:

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...The investigator, accompanied by another officer, briefly interviewed Whittington at his hospital room on Monday.

"I asked Mr. Whittington if we could record our conversation and Mr. Whittington requested not to be recorded due to his voice being raspy," San Miguel wrote.

The investigator asked for an affidavit, and Whittington said he would provide one when he returned home to his office in Austin. Doctors have said Whittington will probably remain hospitalized until next week.

Before a nurse asked the officers to "hurry up so Mr. Whittington could rest," Whittington "explained foremost there was no alcohol during the hunt and everyone was wearing the proper hunting attire of blaze orange," San Miguel reported.

Whittington said the shooting "was just an accident," and he was concerned all the media attention would give hunting in Texas a bad image, the report said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cheney_legal

[LSparkle]

1. GETTING a bad image? Wake up, Harry -- it's ALREADY GOT ONE

thanks to your Dim Son Preznit.

[txindy]

5. I'm still waiting for proof that Harry actually DID wake up.

No pictures. No affadavit. Not even a voice recording of this 'interview'. This is nothin'. They've got absolutely nothing.

[gWbush is Mabus]

10. Sounds like Harry is already dead.

[txindy]

15. It makes me wonder even more.

Why must everything they do look so suspicious?! No affadavit? What, he couldn't sign his name to something someone else typed up? A verbal interview was easier than a mere signature?!

Something stinks and it's not the bedpans.

[lonestarnot]

26. Holy cow! This is getting interesting afterall!

:popcorn:

[txindy]

29. Yep, and I forgot all about those pellets in his larynx

Yet a verbal interview was easier than signing a paper?!

[lonestarnot]

31. supposedly two pellets... doesn't that end a litigation attny's

career? See dick run. Is he gona sue dick or are they still "good friends?" Now the citation says they are "aquaintances" or was that a lie too?

[jimshoes]

27. Mr. Whittington's new

hobby is daisy gardening. As in pushing them up from below.

[movonne]

34. It has been bad for a long time...every since the bush family has

had thier finger in the pot...

[Ksec]

2. They already do

Just like where I live; Ohio.

Its up to me to change that. Im trying.

[txindy]

3. So there's not even a voice recording of this, eh?

We're to take their word for it? I feel muuuuuuuuuuch better about it, now.

[Bluebear]

4. No, no. 78 year olds are extremely vain about their voices.

If a tape leaked out it might ruin his singing career.

[txindy]

8. Oh, my bad. I didn't know about the potential singing career.

Bad me! :spank: Bad me! :spank:

:rofl:

[niyad]

12. What a GREAT icon!!

[txindy]

16. I have occasion to use it far too often, I'm afraid. I wish I didn't.

[Avalux]

13. He can't talk - pellets lodged in his larnyx.

I'd think by now, if he's doing as well as they say, Rove would be eager to get a photo out there of him. :eyes:

[niyad]

18. that's what I was about to say--kind of hard to talk with HOW many

rounds of birdshot in your neck?

[txindy]

20. He couldn't even sign an affadavit they'd've 'thoughtfully' provided him

But everything's on the up and up, no doubt. :eyes:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. Check Whittington's bank accounts for a Halliburton direct deposit...

...if the stories from the last 24 hours are true (Cheney's "response" and the Fox interview were all orchestrated by Rove), you'd better believe that one of the things on the "to do" list was pay off Whittington.

[napi21]

7. Sorry Harry, your friends already gave TX a bad name! n/t

[cynatnite]

9. No record of the interview at all...

Nothing wrong with that :sarcasm: Don't want the public think they're hiding something :eyes:

[formerrepuke]

11. Dealey Plaza '63, Branch Davidians '93, UT Tower shootings '66

Luby's restaurant massacre, '91 (?) ....No offense to individual Texans, but there are already a few violent, historically significant events associated with Texas- all involving Texas 'gunmen'.

[txindy]

19. Oh, my, yes. We're the lucky ones who brought about SWAT teams

All thanks to a nut in the UT Tower in the 60s.

[niyad]

14. and for all of you who believe this BS--I have some GREAT oceanfront

property in New Mexico to sell to you.

[MadisonProgressive]

17. I need proof he's still alive before I believe these stories

[Solly Mack]

21. lol - Typical crony. Not worried Cheney played his usual pompous

ass self - above the law and can't be bothered with the little details like us common folk - Oh, no - he's worried hunting in Texas will get a bad rap.

lol

It doesn't even register with Whittington that Cheney should have remained at the scene of the shooting to be interviewed by the police - cause Whittington, like Cheney, feels entitled to be treated differently than John Q Public. Entitled to get preferential treatment.
Entitled to hunt without the proper license - that's for the proles. How dare we demand the law apply to these fine upstanding citizens as it does for us? Who do we think we are?

Hell, Whittington doesn't even care that Cheney blamed him for getting shot.

Whittington doesn't see anything wrong with Cheney's behavior - because Whittington applies the same rules Cheney lives by to himself. Same as everyone else in the good ol' boy network.

[txindy]

24. You really believe that Whittington's awake and interviewing?

With birdshot in his larynx? No picture. No voice recording. No signature on a previously-provided accounting of the incident? Nothing but Darth's flunky's word? I'm not buying it. Not yet. Harry W. may turn out to believe all you say he does (and it wouldn't shock me), but I'll wait for proof, first. Right now, though, I think Darth is still playing "Look over there!"

[Solly Mack]

32. It really depends

on the amount of damage to the larynx - but it is very possible the man is rasping out words. Though with a larynx injury, the less you talk, the better.


I've always maintained that Whittington was injured worse than we were being told - but even that doesn't mean he can't speak.

So is it possible it's all a big lie? Most certainly - it is Cheney we're talking about after all.
But it's also possible the man is rasping out words. I can even believe Cheney/Matalin badgered him into rasping out those words, larynx injury and all - in the hopes of reducing all the bad press and speculation.

As for pictures of Whittington - pellets to the face and neck look horrible. Would you want a picture of the man you shot shown to the public if you were Cheney? I'm certain there's a blackout on any and all pictures.

[thebigidea]

22. and when we mean no alcohol involved, we mean there was a certain amount.

[MrBenchley]

23. "give hunting in Texas a bad image"

This story just gets funnier and funnier and FUNNIER, doesn't it?

[Bluebear]

28. Surrrr-rrreal. nt

[seabeyond]

25. must be those pellets in his larynx n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

30. Why is he worried about Texas's image?

As if Texas had a peachy image up until now.

[Junkdrawer]

33. LOL. Why does the movie "Weekend at Bernie's" come to mind...

:think: