Cheney shot a man.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

I contend that that is not a normal occurrence.

When was the last time YOU shot somebody?

[chaplainM]

1. I can't wait to hear Rush claim...

...that the shooting victim was flapping his arms and making chirping noises.

[Justitia]

2. I concur w/your contention. Lemme see.....mmmm.....NEVER? -eom

[CottonBear]

3. Never. I don't own a gun either. I have shot skeet on 3 ocassions.

That's the limit of my gun experience unless you count shooting tin pie pans with a BB gun in my PawPaw's backyard.

[NanceGreggs]

4. It was about eight months ago, actually ...

... but the owner of the ranch where it happened has been out of the country, so I haven't reported it yet - that's the law, right?

[Justitia]

6. LOL -eom

[BurtWorm]

5. "I shot a man in Texas, just to watch him lie in ICU"

"Now I'm stuck in undisclosed location,
I'll hang my head and cry "FU!"

[bunkerbuster1]

9. I'm not a "LOL" poster kinda guy

but for the record, I just about coughed up dinner after reading that...

[rkc3]

7. We're liberals - we shoot people all the time.

[happynewyear]

8. never and I do NOT own a gun

and I do not WANT a gun either.

As for Cheney, well first he flips the bird, then he shoots the "bird" or so he thinks supposedly and now we got a human being laying in a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds!

Normal occurrence? Only in the world of these gouls!

:dem:

[la la]

Dickie thought

that Whittington was GIVING him the bird!

Only Dickie is 'allowed' to do that to others!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Has Cheney carved a notch on his shotgun yet?

I'll bet deep down that he felt a thrill from the experience. I've heard that Cheney is a gun nut who goes to military shooting ranges and fires off all manner of machine guns and RPGs.

[WI_DEM]

11. Exactly which is why it is more than a "nothing story" which a few

on DU are saying. There are too many unanswered questions as well.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Fractions of one percentage point have ever shot a man.

Anyone who says "move on!" is a complete fucking idiot.

[Solly Mack]

12. Well, I have flipped someone off recently

Does that count? That I "shot" them a bird?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

14. You old fart.

"Peppered them with the bird" is more current.

[Solly Mack]

17. LOL! Silly me

I peppered them off! I sprayed them with a bird!

[Ron Mexico]

15. During paintball.

I didn't have Texans covering it up for me, either.

[malaise]

16. You'd better tell

Alan Simpson. He said it was no biggie and that they said nothing because they didn't want to damage the reputation of the ranch. Did someone say unbelievable??

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. HOW MANY COULD JUST MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIFE

IF THEY HAD JUST SHOT SOMEONE?

Unbelievable.

[patdem]

19. No sir, it is acne...I did NOT go hunting with cheney...belive me!

or 'chicken pox'..or 'cow pox'..or 'scarlet fever'...there could be a mistaken assumption there?

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[thebigidea]

33. YOUR HERO IS A BLUNDERING, RECKLESS WARMONGER!

[OzarkDem]

42. And a drunken draft dodger, to boot

The least he could have done was sober up before going hunting.

Then he has to lie about the whole thing and blame it on the guy he shot.

What character.

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

44. Why talk about today's news when talking about news that is

two generations old will do?

How fucking thick do you have to be?

[DoYouEverWonder]

52. It's really rude to hijack someone's thread

Go jack off in the lounge and get your post count up so you can start your own crap.

[FVZA_Colonel]

39. Ahh yes, "Big bad Muslims."

I'm sure you could pull up examples of crimes comitted by "Christians" in the pre-Civil Rights Era against, say, the Afican-American community in which there were no mass Christian protests (among the "good "Christians" of the south at least). Not to mention the abuses against the Native Americans carried out by "Christian" colonists from Britain.

[FVZA_Colonel]

36. What, exactly, is the point of this particular post?

It does not seem to be connected to Kerry the man, but a "supporter."

[1monster]

41. Enjoy your stay... however brief it may be.

P.S. Always remember to tell yourself BEFORE you hit the "post" button, "Spell Checker is my friend."

[Midlodemocrat]

56. Not brief enough, unfortunately.

But, now he's back under the bridge with all of his other friends.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

57. except for #29

and who the hell gave the troll hearts!!??

damnit, they always run in packs, too afraid to go out solo. wussies.

on edit: the spelling is contagious, apparently :blush:

[thebigidea]

25. yet somehow he managed to avoid shooting an old man in the face

[kurth]

30. Hey, you forgot Abe Lincoln!

Clinton had him whacked pretty good, as you know...

[FVZA_Colonel]

46. For Your Reading Pleasure:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/clinton.htm

[DoYouEverWonder]

48. Ah excuse me, but I think you got lost on the way to the forum

are you sure you aren't looking for Freak Republic?

[NYC Liberal]

43. Would YOU rather take bike ride with Dim Son, or take a car ride with

Laura "Pickles" Bush?

Not that you'll answer, because you'll be long gone very soon! SEE YA!! KMA!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

45. LOL! Actually no, we want him to resign for outing Plame and putting

the black market WMD investigations in the garbage.

enjoy your stay though!

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

53. See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.

[HeeBGBz]

55. Cheney hid for 24 hours getting his story straight

*cough* Welcome to DU. Enjoy your limited stay.

[kurth]

21. "Shoots, Hides and Leaves" - Washington Post

"Cheney spots quail, shoots hunter" - Times of India

[butchcjg]

24. I know several who have mistakenly shot others

I'm from Kansas...people hunt. Everyone hunts.

I know several folks who have mistakenly shot others when they were hunting...

My best friends brother was shot in the food (the gun kicked and he fell backwards at the same time someone else was shooting).

My grandpa mistakenly shot a friend who was in the bushes with no vest.

It happens. It's a non-story.
It's what THEY want to be talking about...poor ol' Dick Cheney out there hunting and being an all-american, just like the rest of the middle country!

[thebigidea]

27. its all-american to shoot old men in the face?

if kerry shot someone in the face, it wouldn't help him in the "heartland."

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

28. You know several idiots.

[ShortnFiery]

40. B.S. My family loves guns and we all go Pheasant and Deer

hunting from time to time. NOBODY has *ever* been shot in dozens of excursions.

No-body. That's bullshit: People get sprayed from time to time!?!

No, I submit, Morans pepper each other when drunk and/or behaving stupid.

WTF is wrong with these people!?!

[OzarkDem]

47. Glad you didn't live in our neck of the woods

No one in our family of hunters ever shot or got shot by anyone else. And my uncles and grandfather who were game wardens didn't look too kindly on hunters who were that irresponsible.

That's why we've always been very careful who we let hunt on our property - no drinking city slickers.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

51. My grandpa hunted his whole life

Elk, Moose, Geese, Ducks. No one ever got shot.

[Frank Cannon]

63. I come from a family of hunters. No one's ever shot anyone.

Ever. In generations. If your family shoots each other while hunting then you are either big drinkers or big fools.

I'm sorry, but Cheney doesn't like a "tough huntin' man" in this situation. He looks at best like a complete idiot or at worst like a sadistic SOB.

ON EDIT: SORRY. This post was meant to respond to ButchCJG--not you, Viva_La_Revolucion.

[warrens]

31. ...in Waco, just to watch him die...

Apologies to the late Johnny Cash. And Waco, since this was Corpus Christi, but it doesn't scan.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

38. Testing the spin machine.

Shoot someone without a federal inquiry? Check.

[MoonRiver]

35. Never.

But, then again, I'm not a power crazed sociopath.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

50. Don't forget to include stabbings!

:evilgrin:

[Buck Rabbit]

49. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the old attorney....n/t

[DoyBoy]

54. My dad was almost shot by a hunter once...

He worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources as a Wildlife Manager and they would go to the Ravenna Arsenal every few years to help conduct deer hunting on the base as population control. They were driving deer from one area to another and he was shot at...slugs hitting the ground on either side of him within a few feet.

The one doing the shooting was a member of the military.

[DoYouEverWonder]

58. That's a lot different

then shotting a companion on private land.

[bridgit]

59. no but it's OK cause micheal medved said he may have been dinking...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x406728

[Hobarticus]

60. So mean, he shot a man just for snorin' n/t

[bumblebee1]

61. My husband told me a good one

I asked him that if he ever received an invitation to go hunting with Dick Cheney, he should refuse it immediately. Then he said, "Maybe we should Dick Cheney to Turino to compete in the biathlon. He'd be the only biathlete to have a snowmobile complete with a defibrilator and oxygen tank." I told him to picture Dick Cheney in cross country skis. That's when he made toh comment about the snowmobile.

[Xithras]

62. 10 years, 6 months, 29 days ago.

If my math is correct anyway (July 12, 1995). I've discussed it here before in great depth and detail, but the short rundown is: Guy with mental problems broke into my house, held a knife to my wifes neck, and proceeded to try and rape her with my then-infant daughter watching. I was upstairs, heard the commotion, came down, and shot the guy in the back.

Like Cheney, I didn't kill the guy. Unlike Cheney, that afternoon will haunt me for the rest of my life. Anyone who can shoot another human being and NOT be traumatized by it isn't human in the first place.