Originally published February 26 2006
Jokes abound about Vice President Cheney's hunting accident
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
One political commentator has dubbed Vice President Cheney's accidental shooting of Harry Whittington "Quailgate."
The first shooting involving a vice president since the time of Aaron Burr has lit up the blogosphere with political jokesters lampooning Vice President Dick Cheney's weekend hunting accident as "Quailgate."
Scalia," wrote comedian Al Franken on his Web site, referring to Cheney's longtime duck-hunting friend, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The Internet sprouted with offerings of "Dick Cheney hunts people" T-shirts and comments about calling the vice president "Deadeye Dick."
Sarah and Jim Brady, founders of a leading gun-control group, blasted the vice president for his staunch support of guns.
"We don't quite understand his obsession with shooting animals, and we'd advise him to pursue a less violent form of relaxation and get on with the important business of leading the country," said Wayne Pacelli, president of the Humane Society of the United States.
On the Internet, some commentators were quick to point out the shooting incident was the first involving a vice president since Aaron Burr, vice president to Thomas Jefferson, shot Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel in Weehawken, N.J. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, updated its article on the Burr-Hamilton duel this weekend, adding the sentence: "In 2006, Richard Cheney, while on a hunting trip in Texas, became the second vice president to shoot a person while in office."
Some political pundits forecast political fallout from the injuries sustained by 78-year-old Harry Whittington, who walked into shooting range behind Cheney during the quail hunt Saturday and was hospitalized with pellets in his face.
The Dems will exploit this accident to smear Cheney as incapable of being trusted, weak of mind, etc.
Political commentators on Web sites opposed to the Bush-Cheney administration lost little time getting into the fray.
"So, what we have is an event shrouded in secrecy for almost 24 hours which, when disclosed, was accompanied by a fawning statement by a Bush apparatchik exonerating Cheney from any and all blame and/or liability.
Thus, this appears to be yet another example of the Bush administration attempting to manipulate the press and perhaps hide the truth.
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