Whittington on CNN now n/t

[malaise]

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Is there a glorious portrait of Bush over his right shoulder?

Doing a TV blackout since it's Friday.

[malaise]

6. He's deeply sorry

for Cheney. Ah well -the wagons circle.

[bluedog]

36. jeez.did he thank cheney for shooting him?

I'm sure I would be pissed as hell at that asshole...and I certainly wouldn't have worried about what cheney was going through.....its his body that was shot...anad cheneys ego that was bruised.........what a guy..to totally forgive cheney

[Uncle Joe]

47. Cube rat here, is he suggesting Cheney for the Medal Of Freedom? n/t

[malaise]

22. No but there was a split screen with

the Cheney's leaving the aircraft.

[FreedomAngel82]

29. Lynne is with him??

[txindy]

37. Oh, to be a fly on the wall near Darth and the Mrs.

Way high up the wall, though. Just to be safe.

:rofl:

[jsamuel]

2. how does he look?

[rodeodance]

5. He looks good. clears his throat a lot.

[janx]

7. Awful. The poor guy.

Half his face is yellow/black/blue.

But at least he's alive.

[skids]

17. Which half?

Just out of interest? :-)

[janx]

21. Right half. n/t

[napi21]

20. He lookks good. Much better than I expected!

You could see pretty heavy bruseing on his neck on the RT side which works up to his jaw, and a very few facial marks from BB's. I looked very close at my TV and I think I only saw 3.

[rodeodance]

3. Accidents do happen and that is what happened last weekend.

[chelsea0011]

8. Of course. But was the Sheriff sent away because Cheney would

be shown to be drunk?

[shance]

48. So Cheney says. Do you remember what Cheney has said about Iraq?

About those WMD?

About 9-11?

About Katrina?

About illegal spying?

Now he is being honest with Americans?

[bigtree]

4. he's luck to be alive

and he's worried about cheney.

[PA Democrat]

45. Guess he didn't get that contract or special legislation

he wants yet from Cheney.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Did I hear him say that this is what happened last Friday?

Maybe is was just a slip of the tongue, but the gentleman behind him and to the left sure shot his eyes over to someone.

[rodeodance]

15. he did say Friday but I had thought I misheard. oops

[Arkansas Granny]

63. I went over to CNN website and watched the video twice.

He said Friday. I don't know if that is something significant or if he just got confused, but it does raise more questions.

[pecwae]

19. He did say last Friday.

Reading from a statement.

[FearofFutility]

24. Definitely said Friday n/t

[dancingme]

31. Faux News will change that to Sat

[FearofFutility]

35. You can bet on that n/t

[daleo]

26. Maybe he went off message on purpose

Maybe he made an obvious mistake to send a message. Or maybe being blasted by a shotgun in the head just affects the brain.

[DianeG5385]

10. Who's the guy behind Whittington? One of Cheney's minders?

Did they vet the statement? He's seems a little hoarse...

[malaise]

14. very hoarse

and they allowed no questions.

[Algorem]

11. "Pockmark Harry"?

[rodeodance]

12. took no questions. joked about his age.

[spanone]

13. He's got on more make-up than Tammy Faye Baker

a real Hollywood job.

[whatelseisnew]

16. which side was he shot on?

?

[janx]

18. His right side. n/t

[FlaGranny]

41. That's interesting - the right side?

Cheney said the right side, but the police drawing of the injuries showed it to be on the left side. Someone doesn't know his right from his left, either the police or the person reporting to the police.

[daleo]

42. Shoddy police report, it looks like

It makes you think they weren't really that concerned.

[FlaGranny]

49. Or it makes you glad

they weren't investigating a true crime rather than a hunting accident.

[daleo]

57. Well, a proper investigation is how you tell one from the other

Police should never make assumptions about accidents.

[txindy]

44. Yet Darth claimed that he had swung in a counterclockwise motion

And shot Harry by accident. Which made more sense if it was the left side because that is the first side the gun would reach with a counterclockwise spin, yet now it's the right side that was shot. Was Harry facing Dickie or did Dickie pass over Harry's left side and then finally shoot the right? :shrug:

[FearofFutility]

51. Pretty sure he must of been facing him

From the reports given, H.W. was coming up behind Cheney, therefore he must have been facing him unless, of course, he was walking backwards.:+

[PRETZEL]

59. that doesn't seem to make sense

If Cheney turned to shoot a bird and if Whittington was behind Cheney, is Dick's reflexes that good for him to turn and fire before this bird gets more than 6-7 foot off the ground? If they are, hell I want him to collect that $25 million that's on Osama's head,.

[berni_mccoy]

50. THE POLICE NEVER GOT A LOOK AT HIM!

The report had the wrong side. An officer would not make a mistake like that... someone TOLD HIM where the injury was.

[FatDave]

66. That's a pretty big point.

The official report clearly marked the wrong side of Whittington's body as having taken the shot. That seems like a pretty big deal. Proves that no investigation was done. They filed a report based on hearsay? Can you do that?

[Silverhair]

23. So much for the "He's already dead" conspiracy theorists.

Some conspiracy theorists here were insisting that Whittintion was already dead and Cheney was keeping it secret for some nefarious reason.

Do you think any of them will now post and admit the tinfoil was on too tight?

[Stephanie]

25. did you actually take them seriously?

get a grip

[zanne]

28. Actually, it wasn't a bad theory....

With so much secrecy in the White House and so many lies told, you'd have to be devoid of imagination if you didn't have one or two conspiracy theories.

[Silverhair]

38. I didn't take them seriously. But I love to dis conspiracy theorists. NT

[Stephanie]

43. well I see you've adopted the republican talking points

I'm a coincidence theorist myself. Gee, what a coincidence that Dick shot James Baker's brother in law on a lobbyist's ranch in a county where the sheriff doesn't investigate shootings until days later.

[txindy]

46. And what a coincidence that James Bakers bro-in-law was shot on right side

When Dick claims he spun in a counterclockwise motion. The first side he would've come across on anyone approaching him from the rear would be the left side. Did he keep spinning across Harry's body to hit the right side?

Truly a coincidence, that.

[FearofFutility]

54. I'm not following you

Wouldn't it depend upon whether the person was behind me to the left side or the right side or directly behind me?

[txindy]

56. No, why would that matter?

If I'm turning counterclockwise and you're behind me and walking towards me (or even standing still), it will always be your left side that my counterclockwise spin will encounter first. I'd have to keep that turn going to get to your right side, all the way across your body. The only way it would make a difference is if you weren't facing me. Or if I'm lying.

[FearofFutility]

58. Think about that again

I just "re-enacted" it with my family. If I spin counterclockwise, to my left, and the person is coming up behind me on my left side, I will encounter their right side first. If the person is behind me to the right, and I spin counterclockwise, I will encounter their left side first.

[txindy]

60. I see what you're saying, now. Harry was supposedly directly behind.

Not off to either side. Right behind him. Peripheral vision wouldn't have helped, according to Dick's description. Harry was behind him, not just further back alongside of him.

Tough to get images across in a message, isn't it?! Sorry for the confusion. :hi:

[FearofFutility]

61. It can be frustrating

I see what you're saying now. His injuries don't make sense then. Left side would be encountered first.:hi:

[malaise]

64. The bottom line is that

Harry was hit on both sides of his neck. Clearly the voice box took a hit which explains the raspy voice. The video shows the marks clearly.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185238,00.html

[txindy]

68. I'm looking at the pic here and the right side took a lot of damage.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x453691



Darth had to move his gun across Harry's body to hit that side. That should've given him plenty of time to realize he was not targetting a six inch bird.

[malaise]

70. Yep

but look at the voicebox and just to your right of the voice box - there is a huge mark there. It's clearer on the video. Harry was well and truly shot up.

sp

[txindy]

71. Oh, agreed. I'm just slapping around Darth's nonsensical alibi a bit.

He had plenty of time to pull back. As you said, Harry was well and truly shot up. He's lucky to be alive.

[malaise]

55. OK we clearly saw injuries on our left

his right but would someone who knows please tell me if the camera doesn't reverse sides?

[papau]

30. It was on too tight - a simple drunk cover-up and a lie about distance

I admit it!

:-)

:toast:

but what about the affair and the police seeing a shooting scene by appointment.

[whatelseisnew]

34. I thought he might be dead but was hardly 'insisting'

I saw speculation but not insisting.

Bald faced, lying media leads to all kinds of speculation.

[txindy]

40. I know a repub locally who insisted poor Harry was already dead.

He'll be surprised! He thought Darth and pals were spreading out the news about his complications to soften the blow for the final revelation. Luckily for ol' Harry, it didn't turn out that way.

[leftofthedial]

39. yeah, like we believe that was really him

:tinfoilhat:

[AndyTiedye]

62. Can We Be Sure It's Really Him?

with all that makeup?

[LeftNYC]

72. Come on that was a Wittington double...LOL! nt

[meisje]

27. He's obviously an Anthropomorphic Hybrid Robot

:hide:

[warrior1]

32. looks like a man

covering up a story, like he's done before.

[Sydnie]

33. so much for his voice being too "raspy" to let them tape

his statement yesterday, huh?

[zippy890]

52. now he knows how the quail feel

sorry, but I don't have much sympathy for the guy.

[Moosepoop]

53. Harry & family "send their love" to Dick & family.

Kind of flowery, for "acquaintances".

[laruemtt]

65. so he's gotta live the rest of his life with

that "pellet" in his heart? that should be fun for him..........

[onenote]

67. but didn't some Dr. Frists on DU say he was dead, or dying?

When Frist did his long distance diagnosis of Schiavo we rightly called him an idiot for doing so. I guess its too much to ask that some DUers, based on nothing more than what they read in the paper or on some blogsite, offer up their own diagnoses as was the case with those who were certain Whittington was dead or dying, that he was suffering from a terminal heart condition, that he was so pockmarked with pellets that he would be unrecognizable.

Looking like fools doesn't help us when there are serious questions surrounding this incident.

onenote

[laruemtt]

69. i'm stepping up as one of those "fools"

but i'm cutting myself and other fools like me some slack because history has proven the cabal is not to be trusted, and their secrecy only makes speculation that much harder to not do. he's still living with a "pellet" in his heart so i'd say he's not now and never will be out of the woods from this "accident." i am glad, however, he is doing as well as he is now. very glad.

[merci_me]

73. Obviously the guy is senile and

this is proof. Actually, he wandered into the line of fire, while searching for the Easter Bunny.

They'll start hinting and if necessary, get documented proof that Whittington's senility was a fault and it wasn't mentioned earlier, cause Sweet Dick was trying to be kind.

Of course, from my point of view, senility would be the kindest thing you could accuse anyone who is hunting buds with the Dick, of being.