It’s a special 3 year anniversary.
Harry M. Whittington (born March 3, 1927) is the American lawyer and real estate investor who received international media attention on February 11, 2006. He was shot in the face by Vice President Dick Cheney while hunting quail with two women on a ranch in Corpus Christi, Texas.
On February 14, 2006, Whittington suffered a non-fatal heart attack because at least one lead-shot pellet lodged in or near his heart.
Cheney holed up in his man-size safe like a little sissy until finally being coaxed out on February 15th by Fox News. Cheney told the interviewing reporter the experience was the most horrible thing HE had ever been through.
Before Dick, a sitting Vice President has not shot a man since the Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel. That was 1804.
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Great, now I have to clean my screen again!
What an image… What a Dick.
(left you a reply @ my place)
Hi, Mike! I should probably clean mine, too.
I’m heading over.
Does the victim have to apologize every year on the anniversary?
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Do we unload a round of buckshot at our friends to commemorate this occasion? I just don’t know the protocol!!!
Very telling statement how Cheney says it’s the worst thing HE’s ever been through. It was all about him anyway, right?
Cookie, you don’t know Dick.
Ian, how did he think that would sound sympathetic????? I guess I don’t know Dick either.
[...] So keep the good stuff coming. Or… I’ll have Cheney shoot you in the face!!! [...]
Writechic I friggin love this idea. Unfortunately none of my friends want to play. And what if I can’t get a shotgun in time. Would a rusty aluminum baseball bat to my friend’s skull be acceptable?… and if I knock him unconscious, how do I revive him in time to apologize to me in front of the media and law enforcement?
this shit is hilarious to me…
This is the sorta thing you don’t believe when people tell you.
“He was such a cruel mean bastard!”
“How cruel and mean was he?”
“He shot his friend in the face… and the FRIEND apologized!”
“Bullshit!!”
“No I’m serious. This guy is that evil!!”
What a Dick.
One Love,
—Reverend Manny and the Twilight Empire
I see that pic and think to myself, if Dick Cheney had shot me in the face, I am pretty sure I would have shot him back.
Self defense.
The old man is a pussy.
Okay, B-Man knows dick.
jesus that picture is gruesome
Hey, thanks for reminding us of the anniversary. I saw somebody else refer to today as “Dead-Eye Dick Day!” Love that alliteration …
[...] I don’t think I’m alone in saying that I wish Dick Cheney would just shut up. It’s not because I have some airy-fairy liberal stance that as a former vice president, protocol dictates that he shouldn’t speak in ways that undermine a sitting president’s actions; this Slate piece does a nice roundup of other former executive branch members who couldn’t keep their mouths shut, and frankly, one of the worst in this regard was former democratic president Jimmy Carter. No, for me it’s a few other things. One is that I just get sick of seeing that hideous little face of his. Another is that I get sick of hearing about him when he makes some childish and angry remark on Sunday TV, and that’s all my liberal friends talk about for a week. But perhaps most importantly, it’s because I’m sick of a self-serving, sociopathic, sadistic prick trying to take on the mantle of dignified statesman, and getting airtime to do it. It would be a lot easier to tolerate statements like “I was a big supporter of waterboarding” if I knew he had at least tried it once. A different self-serving prick who gets on my nerves tried it, and although I’ll continue to disagree with lots of other things he says, I won’t take issue with his stance on that topic. So please Dick, do us a favor. You’ve already carved out your legacy with a Dickipedia entry and a place on Time’s Worst Vice Presidents list. Please, just shut up and get back to your other hobbies like running corporations that support rape and shooting your friends in the face. [...]