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In reply to: He can't be re-elected. So what difference does it really make? That sucks! Just as we get the Tories on the rise over here, we're gunna have a lefty in the white house. Gah!

I actually meant around n posting lately..........I knew what i meant LOL

Its ok, I dont get my news from Fox.

If he mistaked a 6ft tall guy for a bird , the guy is obviously too old to be hunting and handling a weapon, there should be a age limit for hunting like over 55 years old the person should not have a gun.

especially if your a blood thirsty old man :wink:

My dad is 67, still hunts deer and elk. does at least 6 miles daily in the mountains on a hunt and in the nearly 30 years that I have been on the hunts with him I cant recall more then 3 times it took more then a single shot to down the animal with no follow up shots needed to kill it quickly.Its about integrity and the person handling the gun not about an instant age where people can no longer go or own guns. This country the right to bear arms does not end at 55.Chaney is an asshole and a crook and monster but his age does not factor into if he should be hunting or not.Don't take me wrong, I hate the bastard but it has to do with him not with his age.

woops misread that there for a sec*

So...there is a press secretary...possibly a protocol...but no laws surrounding how things are reported...and there might possibly be reasons to circumvent normal avenues.

Frankly, I'm surpsrised at some of the posts here. I get that most folks here aren't of the same political persuasion as our current administration, and that's fine. I tend to be...somewhat...and that's fine. It makes for a good mix and we all learn. But some of the posts here are really out of line. Where's Oswald? C'mon, Chance, you're better than that.

The guy was hunting and had a stupid accident. As all accidents go, someone was at fault. But that doesn't make them criminal. Cheney's choices around the mishap can hardly be called a cover-up. That's absurd. Would you guys - like most of the media - have been happier if the guy would have died so you could yell "manslaughter"? This administration is not a criminal administration. You can offer no proof otherwise. It's a party line. Isn't part of maturity being able to dislike someone's views and actions without resorting to namecalling and wishing for them to be murdered.

Sorry...got my dander up. I'll shut up now.

No no Im really not better then that. I know too much, I hate the bastards and because they got into office againf there isnt much other choice. I dont think he is criminal because of the shooting, just an idiot.About an hour ago I saw my brother, he told me that Chaney came out of his hole and shot a lawyer so now we have six more weeks of winter.

LOL!Always good for a chuckle, you are.

I would love to take credit for that but I got it from my brother who got it from Al Franken. Today on the radio I did hear a song done to Aerosmith's Janie's got a gun called Chaney has a gun, that was pretty entertaining

I had more time since I got up today so I dug the sht out for you!follow this link and then scroll down to "Show Sound" and click on the clip titled dick chaney 2-16-06. First comes the song then comes a clip of someone defending Chaney. this gets into how DIck refused to talk to the ocal sherrif for 14 hours and ffits suggested that maybe it was because he was drunk. Now if you or I shot our buddy fdo you think that you can refuse to talk to the sheriff for 14 hours to get a story straight? to sober up?Its not that it happened, its the cover up that has ensued from the rotten bastard.

I don't believe he was drunk at all. And I don't believe there was an intentional cover-up.No evidence to support either of those. Maybe in the heat of crisis he forgot he was VP and maybe made a couple of wrong decisions.Why does it have to be black or white?

drinking wouldnt suprise me at all. THe fact is though he refused to speak to the local law for 14 hours.If everything was as he said then why the delay?If its an accident and happened the way ti was released why not talk to the sherif? its his job to investigate the shooting and anyone aside from fa political monster power like the VP of the US would not of had the oppertunity to refuse to see the Officers for 14 hours after it happened. Its a break down of te law that protects the citizens. Just because he is who he is he has the option to not cooperate with the the laws?Its another shiney example of the powerless people and the all powerful government and the hosting skills that Texas has when it comes to fthe political powers and friends of its past gov.I dont blame Texas for Bush, he wasnt bron there hes not the texas son, he just got hsi start in power there.

I don't believe he avoided law enforcement for 14 hours. I believe he was cooperating with local enforcement immediately. It just wasn't reported to the masses for about 14 hours.

It wasnt reported to anyone for 22 hours and the local law was indeed 14 hours.
Now it ws reported and the guy was in the hospital and he REFUSED to speak to the law for 14 hours.
Chaney admits all of that himself.

Thanks for the clarification.I will admit that it didn't all go down like it probably should have. But I still contend it doesn't constitute criminal behavior. This was kind of a unique situation for which there is no real precedent. I'd be kind of discombobulated myself.

Actually, I've done a little searching around on this and it looks like I get to do some clarifying.First of all the White House DID NOT learn of the incident from the media, as you stated earlier. The president was notified by Andy Card within an hour of the shooting of the incident. Within another 30 minutes he was told that Cheney fired the shot. So the White House knew of the incident before the local authorities were notified and way before the media was notified. Also, it is not true that Cheney refused to talk with the Sherrif for 14 hours. He talked with the local sherrif at 7:50 on the evening of the shooting and they set up a meeting for 9 am the next morning.All of this was reported by CNN and other news outlets.

All I have to say at this point is, "LOOK We're still on topic!"

When Chaney talked ot him it was to say Ill speak with you at 9 am. Since when was anyone involved ina shooting and told the cops when they would meet withthem to make the report out?
Criminal? no he has the power, hes not reallya flight risk in his position and too well known to diapear but thats a hell of alot of time to build a story.
I can not say he did anything wrong (aside from stupidity and Iv never said he was a real bright one) but it certanly lends itself to speculation.