Cheney sat down for dinner while Whittington was flown to ICU
According to this timeline by the AP, dinner occurred between 7:50PM and 9:15PM the Saturday of the shooting.
So, let me get this straight. You shoot a man in the face, watch him be taken away by an ambulance, and inside an hour, the whole group has a sit down dinner? Nobody went with him to the hospital? Nobody? And his condition was serious enough to warrant an emergency helicopter flight to ICU? And you had a sit down dinner?
Tell me again how you didn't notify the press because you were so concerned with Mr. Whittington's health.
7:20 p.m.: An ambulance takes Whittington to a Christus Spohn Hospital Kleburg.
7:30 p.m.: White House chief of staff Andy Card tells President Bush there was an accident, but Card is unaware Cheney was involved.
7:50 p.m.: The head of the Secret Service office in McAllen, Texas, calls the Kenedy County sheriff to report the accident. The sheriff asks to speak to Cheney, and they schedule an interview for 9 a.m. Sunday. At the White House, presidential aide Karl Rove tells Bush that Cheney was the shooter, after talking to ranch owner Katharine Armstrong.
Saturday evening: Cheney and the rest of the hunting party sit down for dinner at the ranch. At some point, sheriff's deputies who heard reports of the ambulance responding to an accident at the ranch stop at the front gate to see if anyone needs help, but are told no one needs assistance. The Secret Service earlier had said the deputies were seeking to interview Cheney, but on Tuesday they said that was not the case. Armstrong says no one at the dinner discussed announcing the accident to the public because they were all focused on Whittington's well being.
9:15 p.m.: Whittington is flown to Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial and is treated in the intensive care unit.
So, let me get this straight. You shoot a man in the face, watch him be taken away by an ambulance, and inside an hour, the whole group has a sit down dinner? Nobody went with him to the hospital? Nobody? And his condition was serious enough to warrant an emergency helicopter flight to ICU? And you had a sit down dinner?
Tell me again how you didn't notify the press because you were so concerned with Mr. Whittington's health.
posted by mikevotes at
2:42 PM
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If Whittington dies, does Cheney have to stand trial for manslaughter?
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Anonymous, at 2:59 PM
Trial would require charges to be filed, which is uncertain since we don't really know the details, but as the NYTimes reported yesterday, in the case of a death, it is pretty certain a grand jury would be convened to determine the facts regarding the death.
And, Ms. Armstrong lying to the press is one thing as it is virtually penaltyless, but lying to a grand jury, as we've seen, is a much bigger deal.
I'm in Houston, so it's a little less cowboy than Dallas, and a little less dem than austin, but most people just shake their heads at Cheney's stupidity. That was his shot and thus, his responsibility. And most people here don't believe the story, although what is suspect varies widely. In some cases it's just the question of why did they wait so long. Others, like myself have pet theories as to why.
But nobody rational really thinks it's unbelievable that the people involved are lying.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 3:19 PM
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