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Post by cambygsp on Feb 15, 2006 22:30:25 GMT -5
You fellas can tear me up on this one if you want....
But I think folks should lay off Cheney.
From all indications it was an ACCIDENT and from what I am reading BOTH hunters are at fault.
We all know that hunting can be a very dangerous activity, it's stressfull on the body and mind and sometimes, even as hard as we try, accidents happen.
V.P. Cheney, I'm sure works hard and very long hours, to even find time to get out for a hunt is prolly not the easiest thing for a fella in his shoes to do.
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Post by solohunter on Feb 15, 2006 23:21:43 GMT -5
V.P. Cheney, I'm sure works hard and very long hours, to even find time to get out for a hunt is prolly not the easiest thing for a fella in his shoes to do.
He is a busy man, that is probably why he drinks AND hunts at the same time...
Solohunter
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Post by hoosier on Feb 15, 2006 23:28:51 GMT -5
Solohunter, what source do you use to find he drinks/hunts at the same time? I am very interested to know.
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Post by cambygsp on Feb 16, 2006 4:46:22 GMT -5
Maybe we should join in with PETA and ask the state of Texas to rovoke his hunting privilages.
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Post by kevin1 on Feb 16, 2006 6:30:13 GMT -5
From all indications it was an ACCIDENT and from what I am reading BOTH hunters are at fault. We all know that hunting can be a very dangerous activity, it's stressfull on the body and mind and sometimes, even as hard as we try, accidents happen. That has been my take on it too . Accidents happen to the best of us sometimes . |
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Post by mbogo on Feb 16, 2006 6:30:55 GMT -5
I think the amount of attention this story is getting is ridiculous, considering the more important stories that are being ignored. Frankly, if it had been any other famous person the story would be over by now, if it had been a Democrat the story wouldn't have lasted more than a day or two at the most.
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Post by cambygsp on Feb 16, 2006 6:46:11 GMT -5
if it had been a Democrat the story wouldn't have lasted more than a day or two at the most. The incident would have NEVER happened if it were Democrats........Democrats don't own guns! And I'm sorry.....the President of the United States of America and the Vice President should be allowed to hunt in any state they want....without having to purchase a hunting license or stamp. I would think that any respectable Govenor would be HONORED to have the Pres or V.P hunt in their state. We (sporting folks) have a President and Vice President that are AVID soprtsmen....it could be ALOT different if Hillary or some other undesireable were in those positions. |
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Post by cambygsp on Feb 16, 2006 6:50:39 GMT -5
He is a busy man, that is probably why he drinks AND hunts at the same time... Solohunter I thought we were discussing the incident with the V.P......NOT the incident that occured in southern Indiana. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 16, 2006 7:42:58 GMT -5
Cheney says he had a beer with lunch before going back out to hunt. Big deal..
The liberal media has been trying for 6 years to get something on Cheney and this was the best they could do.
The big time news people were POed that they didn't get the story right away.
I loved it when Cheney said that the small town Texas newspaper (that first published the story) was ever bit a legitimate news source as the NY Times.
Much ado about nothing - except the liberal media is so slanted it is becoming more and more obvious.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Feb 16, 2006 8:11:18 GMT -5
You fellas can tear me up on this one if you want.... But I think folks should lay off Cheney. From all indications it was an ACCIDENT and from what I am reading BOTH hunters are at fault. We all know that hunting can be a very dangerous activity, it's stressfull on the body and mind and sometimes, even as hard as we try, accidents happen. V.P. Cheney, I'm sure works hard and very long hours, to even find time to get out for a hunt is prolly not the easiest thing for a fella in his shoes to do. I agree, but it's the uniqueness of sportsmen that allows us to "caringly" poke fun at one another. We have all been there one time or another. |
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Post by solohunter on Feb 16, 2006 8:39:36 GMT -5
What WW said AND my comment was intended as a joke, I vaguely heard some report he had been drinking and that is why they waited the 36 hours....man you guys need to lighten up.....busy man multi tasking? Geesh.....everyone thinks everything is a conspiracy.......Solohunter
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Post by solohunter on Feb 16, 2006 8:42:02 GMT -5
What incident in Southern In,never heard anything about that..must be a rumor?
Solohunter
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Post by hunter7x on Feb 16, 2006 9:01:11 GMT -5
I'm tired of hearing about it. Above all said most of my feelings already.
I say we don't give it any more "air time"
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Post by raporter1 on Feb 16, 2006 9:08:40 GMT -5
I'm tired of hearing about it. Above all said most of my feelings already. I say we don't give it any more "air time" My feelings exactly. We cannot watch the stupid tube without being bombarded by more idiotic reports. Lets call it a dead issue on this site.... |
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Post by duff on Feb 16, 2006 11:12:43 GMT -5
I agree, but find it interesting that Fox News was probably the worst with running this into the ground. I am a new subscriber to cable TV but understood this was clearly the non-liberal biased news station. They sure have pounded it into the ground. I ended up changing to MSNBC to get some other news.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Feb 16, 2006 11:33:58 GMT -5
I heard something on Rush yesterday and he asked the question"Would you rather go hunting with Cheney,or drive over a bridge with Ted Kennedy driving?"I know what I would do,atleast you could count on getting some help if a accident happened while hunting with Cheney,and we all know (or most of us)know what Teddy did.
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Post by solohunter on Feb 16, 2006 11:41:00 GMT -5
Bored? See the official wood stove thread...  Solohunter |
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Post by bsutravis on Feb 16, 2006 14:19:42 GMT -5
I was surprised that he was using a 28-gauge..... not too many people hunt with them from everyone I've been around. Just a good thing that they were quail hunting and not goose, a load of "T" would have killed the guy........
I'm on the "it was an accident, let's move on" train...... Libs are just trying to find a conspiracy in ANYTHING that happens to the White House.
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Post by jkd on Feb 16, 2006 16:05:11 GMT -5
Having lived in the northern VA area from 1980-94, and worked two years on the Hill, let me explain DC media coverage...
It's not the act that gets you in trouble... it's how you handle the spin...
Clinton didn't get impeached for having sex with an intern... he got impeached for lieing about it under oath...
Teddy didn't get in trouble for having a horrible auto accident in which a woman was killed... he created a scandal by leaving the scene and not reporting the incident until the next morning (after he sobered up, of course)...
If Cheney had come on the local news on Saturday night from the hospital, acknowledged how serious the injuries to Whittington were, and been contrite about it being an accident, the press would have moved on...
Instead, they had the ranch owner acting like it was a strike from incidental shot, that Whittington was at fault, and that Whittington didn't act like it was a big deal, "That sort of thing happens all the time"... then you find out 3 days later the guy took 50-60% of a 28ga load to the neck and face and went down immediately...
It was a serious gunshot wound and a serious accident, and the VP's staff and the White House tried to blow it off as no big deal.... THAT is why the DC press is on'em hot and heavy...
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Post by jaybob on Feb 16, 2006 18:03:10 GMT -5
Good point jkd. Hopefully everyone will be as understanding when the first stories of people getting shot this turkey season start showing up.
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