Cheney's Hunting Accident - so?

[SmellyFed]

Whats is the big deal with Dick Cheney's hunting accident? Every news source is carrying this like it's the most important news since 9/11.

Over at DU, you'd think it was Dick Cheney that got shot by the way they are celebrating.

Let it go - it's a non-story.

[Incident_command]

To those of us with 1/2 a brain.

[Rink]

Because to the lefties it gives them a possible chance at ousting Cheney as VP, thats why they are salivating over this news so much so right now.

ANY excuse as a means to getting rid of the main guys in the Bush Admin and if they can kick out Cheney they'll count it as a major victory over Bush.

[2nd_Amendment]

It's all they have. The fact it has no value is unimportant to them. Like drowning men clinging to a punctured life raft it's a source of hope in an empty sea of cruel reality.

[Native American]

The Democrat Party (and its sycophant stooges in the "news" media) are stupid and ineffective (in terms of winning the hearts of us voters) jerka**es.

That pretty much sums it up.

Pardon my bluntness.

[Native American]

Because to the lefties it gives them a possible chance at ousting Cheney as VP, thats why they are salivating over this news so much so right now.

ANY excuse as a means to getting rid of the main guys in the Bush Admin and if they can kick out Cheney they'll count it as a major victory over Bush.

The beauty of this latest Hate Attack by the Dimmies (and their media propagandists) is that it continues to distract the Dim Party from doing what it desperately needs to do - come up with some sort of viable agenda to present to us American voters, as to why we should ever think about possibly voting Democrat ever again, in our lives. http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/smile.gif

[Tumblehome]

What exactly have the Democrats done or said following this incident that you would consider a hate attack? All I've seen or read about is cartoons and jokes by third parties. Then again I live in the frozen north so I'm not as exposed to Democrats as you folks so I may have missed something.

[SmellyFed]

What exactly have the Democrats done or said following this incident that you would consider a hate attack? All I've seen or read about is cartoons and jokes by third parties. Then again I live in the frozen north so I'm not as exposed to Democrats as you folks so I may have missed something.

Right now, the big news is that Dick Cheney neglected to purchase a $7 stamp for his license so he could hunt quail. So he may have to pay a fine... somehow this is making the news. As if it matters.

[Native American]

What exactly have the Democrats done or said following this incident that you would consider a hate attack? All I've seen or read about is cartoons and jokes by third parties. Then again I live in the frozen north so I'm not as exposed to Democrats as you folks so I may have missed something.

Apparently you haven't read the news yet about NBC's lil' David Gregory and the laughable temper tantrum he threw. But hey, maybe that's because you, like so many other Americans, don't pay much attention to the Antique Media and their Leftist stooges any more....

But if you are interested, you can read about it on Drudge.

[Peachy]

I don't think anyone is celebrating except the late night talk show writers. Its fodder for one-liners. I can't imagine anyone will start a campaign to oust Cheney for it, it was an accident. I was crushed that the Colbert Report was a rerun last nite...I would have loved to hear what Colbert had to say.

Besides, its a slow news week...except for the Winter Olympics.

[Trevelyan]

I was crushed that the Colbert Report was a rerun last nite...I would have loved to hear what Colbert had to say.


Hah, yeah, me too. "The Daily Show" did some pretty funny stuff with it though.

"Duck Hunt!" :grin:

[Beowulf]

What exactly have the Democrats done or said following this incident that you would consider a hate attack? All I've seen or read about is cartoons and jokes by third parties. Then again I live in the frozen north so I'm not as exposed to Democrats as you folks so I may have missed something.

Dummycrats use stuff like this to fuel it's hate drive vs. Conservatives. It was an ACCIDENT but that doesn't seem to matter to them. It gives them more reason to preach against guns, save the animals and show how incompetant the VP is.

You know, it's funny. They didn't say much when Slick Willy lied to America by saying, "I did not have sex with that woman" or the fact that he and Hitlery made a one million dollar error on their taxes for which they wrote a check. Little was said if anything. God forbid if a Conservative does it! Gotta love Liberals and their huge list of double standards!

[Rink]

Right now, the big news is that Dick Cheney neglected to purchase a $7 stamp for his license so he could hunt quail. So he may have to pay a fine... somehow this is making the news. As if it matters.

The reason why its making the news is because to the dems this makes it a Legitimate Legal reason to Finally be rid of Dick Cheney once and for all.

If they can make it stick and expand it to the point that may call for Cheney's resignation, they'll do it!

These people are desperate as hell and grasping at straws here in order to chop the Bush Administration down by whatever means they can grasp.

[DoctorDoom]

... maybe that's because you, like so many other Americans ...Stumblebum isn't an American. He's one of those America-bashing losers who live in the vast wasteland that serves only as a spacer separating the US from the arctic.

[Rhino]

Yukon's neighbor. ....... Or should I say, neighbour?

[DoctorDoom]

Re the topic, the MSM are liplocked on RAT asses. They're the house organs of the DNC. Whatever journalism might have been at one time, it has long since been abandoned. I wonder what Arthur Sulzberger Sr. would say about what passes for the news media in our time.

"A man's judgment cannot be better than the information on which he has based it...[G]ive him no news or present him only with distorted and incomplete data, with ignorant, sloppy or biased reporting, with propaganda and deliberate falsehoods, and you destroy his whole reasoning process and make him something less than a man."
-- Arthur Sulzberger - (Publisher, New York Times - 1948)

[DoctorDoom]

Yukon's neighbor. ....... Or should I say, neighbour?Or perhaps his significant other. :evilgrin:

[Peachy]

Yukon's neighbor. ....... Or should I say, neighbour?

You mean North West Territories?

[Rhino]

You haven't been around long enough to remember Yukon.

[The_Fireman]

Right now, the big news is that Dick Cheney neglected to purchase a $7 stamp for his license so he could hunt quail. So he may have to pay a fine... somehow this is making the news. As if it matters.This $7 dollar stamp is new this year and Texas game wardens are only issuing warnings this year.This applies to Dick Cheney or anyone else.So, that kinda take away their thunder and makes it a non-issue.

[Tumblehome]

Right now, the big news is that Dick Cheney neglected to purchase a $7 stamp for his license so he could hunt quail. So he may have to pay a fine... somehow this is making the news. As if it matters.

:hahaha: much to do about nothing eh?

[Tumblehome]

But hey, maybe that's because you, like so many other Americans, don't pay much attention to the Antique Media and their Leftist stooges any more....

I should have been more specific. "Frozen North" = Canadian. We don't get all your news, hence my curiousity and ignorance on this matter.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

You know, perhaps I'm a bit off-base here, but seems to me the demmies MIGHT not want to be pushing so hard to get Vice President Cheney out of office. Should they succeed in their endeavor, President Bush is most likely to replace him with someone who will become a super-strong contender for the Office when the election rolls around. With almost two years left, there's ample opportunity to dig in, establish residency with action, and win the election before it's even begun. Just a thought.

[routerider]

I don't think it's any big deal, just embarrassing. I mean besides shooting his buddy in the face, these guys were driving around shooting at birds in a covey. I mean this isn't even real hunting folks.

[Rhino]

They were on foot, RR.

[routerider]

They were on foot, RR.

Yes, after getting out of their car...right near the covey. I watched the video report of a first hand witness.

[Kathy29]

The press is going to end up on the bad end of this stick. They are struggling so hard to make a story where there is none that what few members of the public that aren't sick of them will get sick of them.

[Rhino]

Yes, after getting out of their car...right near the covey. I watched the video report of a first hand witness.Okay. Your previous report made it sound like they were shooting from the car, which is illegal, so I thought the clarification was important. I'm curious though. How is hunting after exiting a car not 'real hunting'? If you drive a car to a place to hunt, don't you have to shoot after exiting the car?

[routerider]

Okay. Your previous report made it sound like they were shooting from the car, which is illegal, so I thought the clarification was important. I'm curious though. How is hunting after exiting a car not 'real hunting'? If you drive a car to a place to hunt, don't you have to shoot after exiting the car?


Well hunting to me is where you can't even see your car. It seemed to me they were basically shooting fish in a barrel....only it was quayle in a bush. My point was that I wouldn't think it would hurt his political career but just that it's rather embarrassing.

[Rhino]

Sounds like a common ordinary everyday quail hunt to me. You get out of your truck ( I don't have a car) and walk through a field to flush the birds. Eventually you will get further and further from the truck, but you usually start out right there. I see nothing to be embarassed about. It is different from some other types of hunting though, so maybe you just aren't familiar with quail hunting?

[The_Fireman]

Okay. Your previous report made it sound like they were shooting from the car, which is illegal, so I thought the clarification was important. I'm curious though. How is hunting after exiting a car not 'real hunting'? If you drive a car to a place to hunt, don't you have to shoot after exiting the car?Shooting from a car is illegal only if it is being done from a public roadway.Hunting from a vehicle is standard procedure in some parts of Texas.

[Rhino]

I stand corrected. However, my point was that they were not shooting from the car in this case, nor did they exit the vehicle with guns blazing. They were thirty yards apart. That's kinda hard to do in a car unless you have a worlds record stretch limo to hunt from. And if Whittington was returning from retrieving a downed bird, it seems pretty obvious that this didn't happen immediately after exiting the vehicle.

[routerider]

Hey, someone made a game already:

http://dickcheneyquailhunt.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

My husband and son are avid quail & dove hunters -- they go every season. They usually join a group, but sometimes go with my Father-in-law to a friend's field. It is standard behavior to drive to the field and park near one's "spot". Usually they break up into small groups of 2 or three, stake out a spot, and set up. Most groups stay pretty close to their vehicles so they can enjoy snacks and drinks, which are in coolers in the back of the trucks next to the dog boxes (for the bird dogs).

Both my son AND husband have been sprayed. It's the nature of the sport. I don't know how close of proximity in which this occurred, but as I said, for us down here getting peppered is not a rare occurrence, although this is somewhat more serious since it required hospitalization, but it does happen.

[Rhino]

They use dogs?

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

They use dogs?

Well, if they are running birds they do (i.e. if the field's big enough to run them). Mostly the dogs just go out an pick up the birds, not much opportunity to point anymore because there aren't enough big fields left to hunt in around here. Unless you join a hunt club, and dues are from $600-$1200. We can't afford that, http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/images/icons/icon9.gif . They usually take the dogs with them though, because they still like to be a part of things. I've never seen such obedient dogs -- they only flush the coveys when told to, it's really beautiful to watch, imho.

[Rhino]

I asked because you mentioned they set up a "spot". Usually you can't flush the birds when stationary in a spot, so those not moving will usually use dogs to flush them.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I asked because you mentioned they set up a "spot". Usually you can't flush the birds when stationary in a spot, so those not moving will usually use dogs to flush them.

Perhaps I wasn't explaining it correctly (Bubba's not here to ask at the moment). I've been once with him, and been to the field several times when they were all set. I guess you'd have to see the areas I'm speaking of. They do use the dogs to flush them, but when they're flying, no need -- when there are simultaneous hunts going on in different fields, the birds are flying back and forth and through, I guess. Anyway, I'm probably not explaining this well ... the point I was trying to make is people get peppered at bird shoots, it's not an uncommon thing. THIS incident might be slightly different, as I don't know all the particulars, but I know for a fact that mine have all suffered from spray at one time or another.

[Tumblehome]

Okay. Your previous report made it sound like they were shooting from the car, which is illegal,

really? It is illegal to hunt from a car there? What on earth is the reason behind that one?

[Peachdiane]

Heard on pert near every news station about the VP accidentally shooting a fellow hunter. Heard the story, don't get the big deal, really, truly don't care. Moving on....

[Rhino]

Perhaps I wasn't explaining it correctly (Bubba's not here to ask at the moment).No big deal. I was just curious. And I have run across people who hunt differently than I, so I thought I'd ask.