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Comments (20)
Thankfully, we do have a class act running this county. However, as the saying goes, Blue Staters like you don't know a class act when you see one.
Friends don't let friends vote liberal.
Posted by mmmarvel | February 18, 2006 2:38 PM
Low class.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 18, 2006 2:41 PM
I don't have a single friend that would be that understanding if I shot him/her by mistake. I don't believe party affiliation has much to do with it.
Maybe if I were the VP it would enhance their willingness to endure the pain in relative silence. If it happened on the West Coast, I would bet the lawyer would sue the shooter even if it were his best friend. I think this may be a "Texas thang": my buddy shot me, but I ain't mad...he was aiming at the bird, and I didn't have time to duck.
Posted by Alice | February 18, 2006 3:14 PM
Harry's a rare breed.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 18, 2006 3:16 PM
MMMarvel- Just wondering, what classifies as 'class act'? I'm not even sure most republicans would bestow that designation on Bush right now...
Posted by TK | February 18, 2006 4:27 PM
Class dunce.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 18, 2006 5:39 PM
I think MMMarvel is probably talking about Laura Bush.
People, it's nice week!
Posted by libertas | February 18, 2006 6:02 PM
Definitely a class act. And who wouldn't be thankful to be as fit and trim as he is at that age.
Posted by Ronald M | February 18, 2006 6:29 PM
jack-
he apologized to cheney for the rough week he had and cheney didn't even go to the hospital with him after he shot him, rather he went to dinner. i'm thinking there are perks to letting cheney have a pass on this one as far as whittington is concerned.
and this 'classy guy' was shot on a private game reserve 'hunting' quail that had been raised in captivity, had their wings clipped so they couldn't fly and released in a confined area so whittington could get out of his car walk over and fill one of these birds with buckshot at close range.
some class act. raise the bar, jack.
Posted by doug | February 18, 2006 7:47 PM
"My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with," he said. "We hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves."
Harry Whittington
Harry Whittington is THE MAN!
MMM, let's go hunting! You'll understand if, after we have a few beers at lunch (I know Cheney says he had just 1 -- I'd stick to that story, too), I turn 180 degrees, fire at shoulder level and blow you away.
I'll then go back to the ranch and have a pitcher of martinis,(Katharine Armstrong said Cheney had "a" martini; I'm going to up it to a pitcher, so when I stagger into a few walls that evening nobody will think it was the beer) and won't bother to go to the hospital with you.
And I'm going to blow off the cops. Blood alcohol tests after shooting someone are for little people. Besides, what's the point of testing me? I'm going to have a pitcher of martinis after I "pepper" you. But I'll be stone-cold sober when I squeeze the trigger. Hope you won't mind if my buddies say it was your fault and my spokespeople spend the next 4 days parroting that.
See ya, Mmmarvel!
Posted by Svejk | February 18, 2006 8:14 PM
Harry is truly a class act. I am not a hunter, so I can't speak to all the protocols, but he has to have been the most gracious shotgun victim of all time. All Harrys should be like Harry.
Harry
Posted by Harry | February 18, 2006 8:23 PM
He's an old guy. Cheney is his friend. What do any of us expect him to say???
You know, hellooo. My friend Lori would doubtless be as classy. Should I ever pepper her with birdshot... Well, maybe peanut shells at Salvador Molly's???
We were at college together. She'll forgive me.
Posted by Anne Dufay | February 18, 2006 9:59 PM
Cheney didn't want to go to Vietnam (where the prey shot back), but says hunting defenseless animals is "part of his life."
Now, he's shot a human being and says it has caused him remorse.
The person he shot feels sorry for him.
So, VP Cheney doesn't want to be "shot at" but wants to continue killing animals (at no risk to himself).
Well, Bush didn't want to go to Vietnam either. I guess it's a "Texas thang."
Posted by patrick b | February 18, 2006 10:04 PM
I'm still surprised that any aspect of the shooting was made public.
Posted by ellie | February 18, 2006 10:43 PM
Umm, Jack, someone like Harry IS running the country. He's a wealthy, Republican donor and fundraiser. It's the "Harries" that are the policy makers in a federal government dominated by Republicans. Why do you think he gets to go hunting with the VP? Hunting quailtards is the new golf...
Posted by pdx native | February 19, 2006 10:33 AM
Has Chaney ever thought of asking the president to go hunting with him? For some reason, the phrase, "Killing two birds with one stone" comes to mind!
Posted by Jim K | February 19, 2006 1:55 PM
Has Chaney ever thought of asking the president to go hunting with him? For some reason, the phrase, "Killing two birds with one stone" comes to mind!
Posted by Jim K | February 19, 2006 1:56 PM
Sorry folks! It was all my computer's fault...I only "Posted" once! It coulda been that one beer though, but I'm not really sure...give me a day or so to get my story straight!
Posted by Jim K | February 19, 2006 2:01 PM
Now, now -- keep it nice!
Posted by Jack Bog | February 19, 2006 2:42 PM
I wish we had someone like that running the county.
Posted by rickynoragg | February 20, 2006 3:23 PM