I hear he's inviting Hillary next weekend.
Which begs the question: Where does one find shells loaded with bitchshot?
http://corner.nationalreview.com/06_02_12_corner-archive.asp#089847
Since the 78-year-old lawyer is in ok shape: Three jokes to be on the look out for, off the top of my head:
" Since wholesale Social Security reform failed, Cheney is taking a retail approach.
" Afterwards, Cheney said two words: "tort reform."
" Clearly, this is further proof that the administration needs to work harder providing adequate body armor.
And, Three of the Top Ten Things He Said Afterwards:
" "I thought it was Pat Leahy."
" "Let's have no more talk about independent counsels."
" "Pull!...Oh, that was the last lawyer?"
i wonder if Jim Bradys idiot friend is Mark Shriver/Kennedy
Lefty's Last Hunt: Dog Felled in 'Tragic Accident'
By Richard Leiby
Thursday, May 6, 2004; Page C03
Kennedy cousin and onetime Maryland legislator Mark Shriver has learned an expensive lesson about pheasant hunting. Rule No. 1: Shoot the pheasant, not the hunting dog.
Shriver's errant shotgun blast killed Lefty, a champion English springer spaniel, during a December trip to a hunting preserve near Gettysburg, Pa. After months of negotiations, the dog's owner, Kris Pederson, last week accepted $9,500 in compensation for the dog, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Pederson, a businessman from Freeland, Md., would not comment, but the sources told us he originally valued Lefty (official name: Mason Dixon's Left Wing) at $15,000 and Shriver initially offered $3,500.
"It was a tragic accident," says Shriver, who lives in Bethesda and heads literacy programs for Save the Children. He would not comment on the amount of the settlement, but told us, "I provided full monetary compensation. And it was a sad incident for me as well. I've known dogs my entire life and it was very, very sad."
The incident that felled Lefty, 7, occurred at a preserve called Hill Country, where Shriver hunted as a guest of a member. The hunting guide that day, David Roesler, a police officer in Baltimore County, told us he grew wary after Shriver "had a misfire" early in the hunt. Not long afterward, Lefty was flushing a bird when Shriver shot the dog with his 12-gauge, leaving a fist-size wound, Roesler said. "It just missed me," he recalled, but Shriver said, "That is not true at all."
Roesler, brother-in-law of Lefty's owner, rushed to the dog's aid. "I knew there was nothing I could do," he said. "It hit him in the rib cage . . . exactly where his heart is." Shriver immediately told him, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," Roesler said.
But the guide was furious: "There was nothing I could say. I was bawling my eyes out, I was so mad."
Asked whether he's an experienced hunter, Shriver, 40, told us: "I've hunted my entire life with my father and my family. We'll leave it at that."
Hill Country's manager, George Werner, called Shriver a "very sloppy" hunter who "did unsafe things." He said Shriver is barred from ever hunting there again.
Hopefully, it'll end up being a learning experience for lots of folks
I agree. I hunted quail a lot when I was younger and we still had quail around here. I never liked quail hunting with other people because it brings out the worst in gun handling. I let plenty of birds go because I wasn't sure that another hunter or dog wasn't in my shot path. When a covey flushes at your feet and birds go in all directions, you have to expect that a few of them are going to go between yourself and another hunter or one of dogs. Throw in heavy brush, tall weeds, mesquites and other visual hindrances and it requires even more care. Some people are too excitable or competitive to hunt quail with.
Unless he jumped up from behind a bush right when Cheney was firing, I can't find much blame to place on Mr. Whittington and I'm glad to hear he wasn't more seriously injured.