Cheney To Go Hunting On Election Day

Heads To South Dakota For First Hunting Trip Since Shooting Accident

(AP)  Vice President Dick Cheney will spend Election Day on his first hunting trip since he accidentally shot a companion last February while aiming at a covey of quail on a private Texas ranch.

The vice president, after working at the White House on Monday morning, will head to South Dakota to spend several days at a private hunting lodge near Pierre. Lea Anne McBride, his press secretary, said it was an annual hunting outing and said Cheney spent Election Day in 2002 at the same lodge.

He will be accompanied by his daughter, Mary, and his political director, Mel Raines, who will help him keep track of the election returns, McBride said.

On a Feb. 11 hunting trip in Texas, Cheney shot attorney Harry Whittington in the torso, neck and face when he pulled the trigger on his 28-gauge shotgun. The vice president later called it "one of the worst days of my life" and said, "The image of him falling is something I'll never ever be able to get out of my mind."

The shooting was ruled an accident. Whittington was hospitalized for six days.

[marcelde]

D I C KS CRYSTAL BALLS EQUAL RICHARD PERLE%u2019S HIND %u2026 site

Cheney, who 17 months ago said the insurgency was in its last throes, said that there's going to be probably a continued level of violence for some considerable period of time in Iraq.

SINCE D I C K IS ABLE TO READ THE FUTURE WE CAN ONLY DEDUCE THAT HE AND PERLE HAD NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIVES OF OUR TROOPS.

There is progress, Cheney said.

LET%u2019S DEFINE PROGRESS WITHOUT GOERING%u2019S PROPAGANDA:

PROGRESS IN IRAQ IS DEFINED BY THIS MISADMINISTRATION AS THE UNNECESSARY DEATHS OF OVER 2,800 U.S. TROOPS, UNCOUNTED IRAQI CIVILIANS, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF IRAQ, THE VIRTUAL EROSION OF ANY RESPECT OF THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR OUR COUNTRY AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE CURRENT CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ. %u2026.. NOW THAT%u2019S PROGRESS!

It's the kind of thing where you have to keep grinding it out day after day after day. It's tough.

TRANSLATION: STAY THE CURSE?
STILL LOOKING FOR WMD?
STILL LOOKING FOR BIN LADEN?

TRANSLATION: IT%u2019S THE KIND OF HORROR WHERE THIS MISADMINISTRATION CHOOSES TO KEEP SENDING OUR TROOPS INTO THE MEAT GRINDER DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. IT%u2019S TOUGH, BUT NOT FOR THOSE LIKE CHENEY WITH THE CRYSTAL BALLS WHO HAS NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY. ==

Propaganda, D I C K ! Propaganda GOOSE STEP!

DO NOT PROP A GANDER.

USE PROPER CANDOR!

[themooniac]

...if I were his daughter or political director I'd uparmor the Humvee.

[djermano]

My word...*** Cheney has no judgement in hunting, yet he has judgement in waging war? That means when he is hunting quails he shoots his friends, and when he wages war they forgot who the enemy was.

Is this an omen? Think of it this way ***..you killed alot of American soldiers, and wounded your partner..

How come Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi is not a democracy yet? Is that also Saddams fault? How come you don't give Iraqi Soldiers an Arlington Memorial when they died for America when they fought America's war with Iraq? And why did Ronald Reagan give arms to Iran? Wasn't he your boss then?

[djermano]

My word...*** Cheney has no judgement in hunting, yet he has judgement in waging war? That means when he is hunting quails he shoots his friends, and when he wages war they forgot who the enemy was.

Is this an omen? Think of it this way ***..you killed alot of American soldiers, and wounded your partner..

How come Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi is not a democracy yet? Is that also Saddams fault? How come you don't give Iraqi Soldiers an Arlington Memorial when they died for America when they fought America's war with Iran? And why did Ronald Reagan give arms to Iran? Wasn't he your boss then?

[adian1-2009]

How sad that innocent birds can't shoot back!!! What a shame of a Vice President!!! Getting bored of killing innocent people and he goes back to killing birds?

[rharrin1]

Cheney going hunting on election day?
I think he is trying to scare everybody so they will stay inside and won't vote. JUST REMEMBER DUCK IT'S ***

[mjv2944]

Don't give him a live around. He should be able to kill a bird by smothering it in neocon bullsh*t. Wonder if he has a valid hunting license? Hope the pheasants don't stay the course.

[oleander8]

*** Cheney is at his hunting lodge while his front man is out stumping for Repubs in safe venues.

[perception5]

Cheney should take the leaders of our liberal MSM wolfpack with him.................

[rharrin1]

I just hope they don't have red vests on those birds like they did in Texas. (he shoots when he sees red)

Texas====I thought my world came to an end when I saw him fall=If you can see him fall you can see him when you shoot.

I had a sandwich and a beer=the republican attorney that got shot said no alcohol was involved. He was
( probably half in the bag )

Police weren't notified till next day==no investigation just one of his vice presidential perks.

[bluestardad]

NO ONE CARES EXCEPT FOR THE GUYS HE IS GOING TO SHOOT.

[perception5]

rharrin1, for a minute there I thought you were talking about Ted Kennedy........... you know the country's first O J Simpson..... here's a guy that got away with murder......... yet he speaks for Democrats on civil rights, worker rights, and woman rights........ I think Mary Jo if she were alive today would dispute the "worker" and "woman" rights that DEMs regard Teddy for................ sad and shameful....

[bob_burd]

Illiterate fools.

Selah

[mjv2944]

Perception5

your right, there have been a lot of dems who screwed up, Kennedy,who I don't like, Clinton, who I thought was a good president, but liked other women, but lets look at past repubs, not including the current crop of thieves, how about Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew, now there's a couple of REAL winners! A big time liar and a bribery collecting zero. And the beat goes on.

[bluestardad]

Saddam would have been our friend now and was given arms by America in the past. Prior to the first gulf war Saddam contacted the State Department and ask permission from the U. S. before he went into Kuwait to stop their slant drilling into his Oil Fields. Kuwait was starting drilling oil on their side of the border but slanted the drills under ground to reach the reserves under Iraqi soil. Saddam was told by the U. S. that America wanted no part in a Middle East war hearing that he took that as an American Green Light and subsequently he invaded Kuwait. This set a domino effect in motion that led us to where we are today with thousands of American deaths and billions of tax dollars spent, The Middle East and Iraq in Chaos and millions of Iraqi and Middle East civilian deaths. Now this leader that was our friend in the Middle East is going to be hanged.

[huskerarmy]

"...but lets look at past repubs."

And by all means don't forget the grandfather of "trickle down," ole Herbie Hoover.

[huskerarmy]

"here's a guy that got away with murder......"

Of course that is just more silly righty hyperbole. But notice that no one is accusing Laura Bush of "murder" after getting into a deadly traffic accident that killed the passanger of the other car. The driver of the other car just so happened to be her "boyfriend." Strange but true. The fact that the left doesn't latch onto that like a pit bull and throw it out everytime they get into a debate illustrates a fundamental difference between the different ends of the political spectrum.

[houser123]

Psst.... and why is this a top news story? Who cares ?

[perception5]

mjv2944, yeah Nixon and Agnew resigned...... as do most people do..........but .... not Slick Willy he's still a hero for DEMs....... yeah he blamed his problems on Ken Starr......... and our liberal MSM wolfpack ......... backed him up all the way......

[pima6]

i'd rather hunt with cheney than ride in a car with ted kennedy.

[olebd]

The man has already shot HIMSELF in the foot several times.

[xccoach]

Am I the only one that thinks it is crazy to be putting a gun in Cheney's hand during an election? Especially this one with the way the poll numbers are going?

[getcentered]

I don't care what Chenney does as long as he stays out of my life.

I guess it's too late for that but I still wish he would just go away.

Look up the word "Cursory", Chenneys got to be in the definition some where.

[clestes-2009]

Sounds like he's getting the hell our of Dodge while he can.

[texaskos_com]

The GOP must be desperate. This is near the worst Voter Suppression technique they've used this year. Not as bad as all the Robocalling they've done (where they call people up during dinner, pretend to be Democrats & annoy them into voting for the GOP) - but still as effective. Bring a bullet-proof vest, folks!

[j-whitman]

There is a good article I read on The Nation today,,, Germans Proceeding With International War Crimes Charges Against This Administration..,,

[hunterone1]

Here a little help for folks living in S Dakota RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! Cheney got a gun in he is in your neiborhood.

[shingles1]

In the course of an argument, if you bring up chappaquiddick, that shows that you have no argument. Not only are you dating yourself - it happened almost 40 years ago - but its also irrelevant. You might as well bring up Jane Fonda.

Who cares.

[rharrin1]

perception5
You keep bringing up the same thing, same subject, same people. What did you do quit school in the 3rd grade because in the 4th grade they taught about history farther back. From your posts everyone knows you are a hard right in fact you are so far to the right you are treading water in the ocean

[olebd]

Cheney's Got a Gun - Aerosmith ROCKS!!! Oh wait, that was Janie.........Never mind.

[jn122736]

Hey, let up on perception5, Everyone knows that when you have no amunition you can only yell BANG .

[j-whitman]

How We've Forgoten America's 1st Catastropic Terrorist Attack In This Century --- The Day Bush Was Born

[j-whitman]

Have A Nice Day

[bond_4_life]

I can only hope that this time Cheney shoots himself in the face so we can be rid of him.

[hondedoos]

Any waivers "who" will be shot at this hunt?

[hhusted]

Cheney, This time shoot yourself. This way we don't have to look at your ugly face on TV anymore.

[olebd]

Maybe they'll only give him 1 bullet like Barney Fife.

[burnedupinok]

So Chaney is going hunting in South Dakota. I hope he is going to use paintballs.

[shingles1]

Is this another one of those private hunting sites where there's no actual sport involved? A "canned kill" which is kinda like wandering into a chicken coop and blasting away.

These guys can't even hunt without cheating.

[marcelde]

EIGHT HUNDRED ATE DAZE AND COUNTING!

Mr. Bush%u2019s term: 809 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes and 42 seconds.

BUT NO *SECONDS*

WHEW!

[observantx]

The latest Republican National Campaign Committee dirty trick:

ROBOCALLING

Your phone rings and you hear %u201C(Insert Democratic candidate name here) has some information for you.%u201D A spiel ensues that plays up the exaggerated ultra liberal positions of candidate X. This includes outright lies and distortions of the candidates voting record, stated platform, etc. Suppose you hang up because you are not interested, or in the middle of dinner or whatever; the phone rings again with the bogus message. This may be repeated 6, 7, 8, a dozen times or more. By now you are livid, and pretty well convinced to punish candidate X by voting for his Republican opponent or not voting at all.

The problem is the Candidate X had nothing to do with the calls. They come from the Republican election machine. That is the object of these calls: to make potential nonGOP voters angry at the Democratic candidate that has been targeted by the RNCC.

These calls are happening all over the United States. If you hang on through the call you can get to the disclaimer that names the actual source of the message. Now you can forward the source of the call to your state attorney general%u2019s office or whoever oversees election conduct in your state.

Don%u2019t fall for this sneaky underhanded desperate tactic. It just shows how low they will go to stay in power.

VOTE these cheaters out!

[kstrisha]

Cheney needs to take Bush out hunting...

[shingles1]

Elmer Fudd.

[tejasdemo]

Who's he gonna shoot this time ? Lol

[bluestardad]

WHO CARES ABOUT THIS GUY HE IS A PUDTZ

[thgdriver]

jh6379

If I go hunting with Cheney he can have a "camara" that's it.

Osama is not afraid of President Bush--- Cheney is another story.

[huskerarmy]

Do you suppose that Chaney got his oil the same way Jed Clampet did?

[thgdriver]

Well, that's good info. I'm sataying out South Dakota this week!

[thgdriver]

Sorry about that, I went to the John Kerry school of posting!

[dsgood33]

HIs arrogance is beyond belief, the man has no sensitivity at all. Why doesn't he just sneak off quietly (as he does with so much government stuff) and go hunting without publicizing it. Does he really 1) have any friends, 2)who will go hunting with him? For God's sake, give the man rubber bullets.
Better yet, send him, Bush, Rumsfeld and Rice to Irag to replace some of the poor servicemen fighting "The Unwinnable Fight" dsgood33