Quotes of the Morning: Dick Shoots Man in Face

“I killed a man In Reno, just to watch him die."
-Johnny Cash, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’

“Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.”
-Associated Press, February 13, 2005

“Sometimes there is such a thing as having it too good.. This story is case in point… So many, many options on how to take this one. I’ll just do a few favorites.”
-Skippy
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“Now, in terms of legal authorities, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provides -- requires a court order before engaging in this kind of surveillance that I've just discussed and the President announced on Saturday, unless there is somehow -- there is -- unless otherwise authorized by statute or by Congress. That's what the law requires. Our position is, is that the authorization to use force, which was passed by the Congress in the days following September 11th, constitutes that other authorization, that other statute by Congress, to engage in this kind of signals intelligence.”
-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, December 19, 2005

“Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.”
-Associated Press, February 13, 2005

“Mr. Cheney claimed that he was permitted to shoot the Most Dangerous Game due to the authorization to use force passed by the Congress in the days following September 11. Mr. Cheney then had the man labeled an ‘Enemy Combatant’ and locked in Guantanamo.”
-Skippy
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“The White House has been twisting arms to ensure that no Republican member votes against President Bush in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the administration's unauthorized wiretapping.
Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has threatened to blacklist any Republican who votes against the president. The sources said the blacklist would mean a halt in any White House political or financial support of senators running for re-election in November.
‘It's hardball all the way,’ a senior GOP congressional aide said.”
-Washington Times, February 6, 2006 Issue

“Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.”
-Associated Press, February 13, 2005

“He then stopped, turned, growled, and said ‘Anyone else feel like bucking the President?’”
-Skippy
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“Shortly before the State of the Union address by President George W. Bush, U.S. Capitol Police arrested well-known anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan in the House Gallery. California Rep. Lynn Woolsey invited Sheehan to hear the speech.
[…]
Sheehan wore a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat, Schneider said. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.”
-WRC-TV, February 5, 2006

“Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.”
-Associated Press, February 13, 2005

“The Vice President’s office stated that Mr. Wittington, the injured man, had stated that Mr. Cheney could not shoot straight. Mr. Chaney apparently took this as a critique of Iraq policy and felt threatened, leading him to shoot Mr. Wittington in the face.”
-Skippy
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“Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.”
-Associated Press, February 13, 2005

“Mr. Cheney stated that though the 78 year old victim was tough, he still felt that the meat was better than baby, which he felt was too fatty and probably bad for his heart. He promised as a good hunter to eat everything he killed. The NRA wrote a letter of support to him later in the afternoon.”
-Skippy
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“Now for an interesting point without any needed snark. 18-hours before this story made the news.”
-Skippy

“The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday. E&P has learned that the official confirmation of the shooting came about only after a local reporter in Corpus Christi, Texas, received a tip from the owner of the property where the shooting occurred and called Vice President Cheney's office for confirmation.
The confirmation was made but there was no indication whether the Vice President's office, the White House, or anyone else intended to announce the shooting if the reporter, Jaime Powell of the Corpus Christ Caller-Times, had not received word from the ranch owner.”
-Editor and Publisher, February 12, 2006