So, let’s get this straight. Not only did he shoot someone in a hunting accident, but he did it at a place that is a ranch in as much as any ranch hosts dignitaries for Polo. Real Salt of the Earth there. And they were driving to the sites–but not driving and then hiking–the ranch owner could watch them from the car and apparently saw the whole thing.
Cheney’s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president met with Whittington at the hospital on Sunday. Cheney “was pleased to see that he’s doing fine and in good spirits,” she said.
Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and another hunter got out of the vehicle to shoot at a covey of quail.
Whittington shot a bird and went to retrieve it in the tall grass, while Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and discovered a second covey.
Whittington “came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn’t signal them or indicate to them or announce himself,” Armstrong said.
“The vice president didn’t see him,” she continued. “The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.”
That’s not hunting, it’s a damn trap shoot. I’d say the prey didn’t have a chance, but given his stellar hunting skills, they did.
Next you know, people will be hunting watermelons