February 17, 2006

Getting Shot Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry

From an AP story about the release from the hospital of Harry Whittington, the man Dick Cheney shot last week:

In Corpus Christi, Texas, the 78-year-old Whittington stood outside the hospital where he has been treated, telling reporters he was sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced since the accidental shooting during a quail hunting trip.
He was sorry? He's the one who got shot! Isn't it Cheney who should be apologizing to him, and not the other way around?

Posted by Stephen Silver at February 17, 2006 02:10 PM
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2 salient features:

1. The pic of Harry Whittington. He looks for all the world like the classic horror movie zombie.

2. This quote, from (naturally) a Cheney supporter:

"If you go duck hunting out here, you're bound to get shot sometime."

I guess that's right up there with "If you print a cartoon of Muhammad, you're bound to get shot sometime," or "If you try to get an abortion, you're bound to get shot sometime."

Finally this whole fiasco evokes Chris Rock's classic routine: "Bullets should cost $5000 a piece. Because if bullets cost $5000 a piece, there would be no more innocent bystanders."

Posted by: LilB at February 17, 2006 11:12 PM

Well, in the spirit of the U.S. government wishing to fine the makers of pseudoephedrine for the expenses of cleaning up meth labs...

I believe that we should fine the Sierra Club for Whittington's hosptial bill. I mean if we'd already ridded this world of quail we wouldn't have to go out and shoot them ourselves.

Posted by: Jeff S at February 17, 2006 11:42 PM

Well, in the spirit of the U.S. government wishing to fine the makers of pseudoephedrine for the expenses of cleaning up meth labs...

I believe that we should fine the Sierra Club for Whittington's hosptial bill. I mean if we'd already ridded this world of quail we wouldn't have to go out and shoot them ourselves.

Posted by: Jeff S at February 17, 2006 11:43 PM

Is Harry Whittington the anti-Brasky?

Posted by: LilB at February 18, 2006 06:31 PM

Is this a southern thing?? Why is he sorry?

Posted by: A at February 19, 2006 11:52 PM
"If you go duck hunting out here, you're bound to get shot sometime."

I guess that's right up there with "If you print a cartoon of Muhammad, you're bound to get shot sometime," or "If you try to get an abortion, you're bound to get shot sometime."

Er... well, no it isn't. Not unless you draw pictures and give abortions with a shotgun. (And if ya do, I think me and the lil' missus'll go elsewhere!)

Posted by: Jim Treacher at February 22, 2006 05:28 AM
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