Re: Cheney shoots fellow hunter

Love it! They really peppered (pardon the pun) Scotty at the press
conference today. But he looked pretty po'd that he was told as late as he
was. I think it was held over to avoid the Sunday morning news programs.
They are nothing if not strategist! What jackasses!! I love all this BS
about this! They deserve every damn bit of it and more!

--
Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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That's almost as good as this number:

Vice President *** Cheney revealed today that he shot a fellow hunter
while on a quail hunting trip over the weekend because he believed the
man was the fugitive terror mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Mr. Cheney acknowledged that the man he sprayed with pellets on Saturday
was not al-Zawahiri but rather Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old
millionaire lawyer from Austin, blaming the mix-up on "faulty
intelligence."

"I believed I had credible intelligence that al-Zawahiri had infiltrated
my hunting party in disguise with the intent of spraying me with
pellets," Mr. Cheney told reporters. "Only after I shot Harry in the
face and he shouted 'Cheney, you ***' did I realize that this
intelligence was faulty."

Moments after Mr. Cheney's assault on Mr. Whittington, Mr. al-Zawahiri
appeared in a new videotape broadcast on al-Jazeera to announce that he
was uninjured in the vice president's attack because, in his words, "I
was in Pakistan."

An aide to the vice president said he believed that the American people
would believe Mr. Cheney's version of events, but added, "If he was
going to shoot any of his cronies right now it's a shame it wasn't Jack
Abramoff."

At the White House, President George W. Bush defended his vice
president's shooting of a fellow hunter, saying that the attack sent "a
strong message to terrorists everywhere."

"The message is, if *** Cheney is willing to shoot an innocent American
citizen at point-blank range, imagine what he'll do to you," Mr. Bush
said.

Elsewhere, aviator Steve Fossett completed his three-day journey around
the globe, setting a world record for wasting both time and money.

Andy Borowitz writes a daily humor column at www.borowitzreport.com and
is the author of a new book, The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers

:)

Bob Rahe wrote:

James and Sarah Brady Comment on the Vice President's Hunting Mishap

2/12/2006 5:40:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence,
202-289-5792

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- James and Sarah Brady made
comments today related to Vice President Cheney's reportedly accidental
shooting yesterday in Texas.

"Now I understand why *** Cheney keeps asking me to go hunting with
him," said Jim Brady. "I had a friend once who accidentally shot
pellets into his dog - and I thought he was an idiot."

"I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time," Sarah Brady said. "Now
I know I was right to be nervous."


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