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Did Cheney Ever Apologize in Shooting Accident?
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Oct. 14) -- The man who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney refuses to say if he ever got an apology. "I'm not going to go into that," the usually courtly Texas attorney Harry Whittington told The Washington Post in a lengthy interview published today. More than four years on, the 82-year-old conservative lawyer and Cheney hunting companion also provided new details that appear to contradict previous reports about the birdshot heard 'round the world. Paul Iverson, AP Harry Whittington speaks with reporters after being discharged from the hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, following his ...
Bill Clinton: Dick Cheney Could Use 'Target Practice'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyOn Wednesday, former president Bill Clinton was musing aloud on the topic of why Dick Cheney has decided to try and become the face of the Republican party, when he made the following quip:"I do hope he gets some target practice before he goes out again."The dig was, of course, a reference to Cheney's 2006 quail hunting mishap, when he accidentally shot 78-year-old attorney Harry Whittington in the face. To string out this metaphor a bit further, The Washington Post leads today's edition asking why Cheney just doesn't stop shooting altogether, given the PR damage he seems to be inflicting on ...
Dead-Eye Dick Hunts for Trouble in N.Y.
By David Knowles - Politics DailyOn Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney was back out on the trail. Not the campaign trail, mind you, where no sane Republican candidate wants him seen, rather on the trail of unsuspecting pheasant. For approximately six hours, Cheney--the man who spawned a cottage industry of hunting jokes after shooting Harry M. Whittington in the face while going after quail--stalked the wooded grounds of Dutchess County, New York's The Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club, a private hideaway for sportsmen and their famous guests. Dwight Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf have each taken aim at the local fowl at Clove ...
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