Would you want the vice president to be your hunting buddy?

By Christina Hammett, Special to The Advocate

As many have so shockingly been informed this week, Vice President Dick Cheney shot his hunting partner, multimillionaire Texan Harry Whittington, 78, while they were on a bird-hunting trek in Texas.

As the story goes roughly transcribed, Dick had a drink or two, began looking for quail, found what he thought was maybe an extremely oversized quail apparently wearing a bright orange vest (very fashionable quail), shot and then realized that he had instead peppered a human being with shotgun pellets.

Yes, that crazy Dick actually popped a cap in an old man.
Cheney was quoted in a Tuesday interview saying, “… just seeing him fall down. It was the worst moment of my life.”
Yes. Definitely sounds like a bad day. But is it nearly as bad as the day Cheney and his puppet sent thousands of American soldiers to their untimely deaths overseas? And what of the repercussions that followed – the mass killings of innocent Iraqi men and women? Does he hold any remorse for that? Well, at least not publicly. However, this situation is quite a different story.

Cheney is personally attached to this rich Austin man. They’re old friends. Therefore, he cares. It’s certainly a shame that he hasn’t displayed much care for the young men and women who have given their lives in the last three years for a war that has nearly been proven unwarranted. But, then again, those people weren’t his hunting buddies. It’s definitely different.

Apparently, Whittington had a heart attack following the incident from a pellet that had penetrated his heart. This news raises many questions, but one in particular is dwelling on quite a few minds: What happens if Whittington dies? Any other American would likely get a manslaughter ruling in the potential case, but the shooter in question is no ordinary man — he is the man who pretty much runs this country.
Will Cheney get the star treatment despite his wrongdoings? How will the government twist this incident for their own personal gain?

As hard as it is to write, America cannot lose Cheney to this. President Bush has proven time and again that he can’t handle the pressures of the presidency, and Dick took over the reins. Regardless of what the general public thinks, Cheney is the only person in the government now who has the ability to command power. America (cringe) needs him.
So, at the moment, all is well and the tide isn’t turning too badly yet. Whittington is still alive, and Cheney is still, well, being (a) Dick, as usual.