-------------- Original message from Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 


> Joe wrote: 
> "What was the real story behind the shooting "wisky bottle shooting" 
> after a good day of drinking? 
> 
> Does the VP take part in the bottle? 
> 
> Why else would you leave a gap in reporting a shooting or not let the 
> police investigate until12 to 18 hrs later. Sort of like when Kennedy 
> drove his car off a bridge and went home so he could sober up." 
> 
> To which I write: 
> 
> People seem to be forgetting the fact the VP is surrounded by a bunch 
> of people wherever he goes. His own medical team is the one that took 
> care of the victim at the scene and then transported him to the 
> hospital. 

Perrfect time to lay low while no one wants to confront the VP.

> 
> Joe, you're a smart man; do you honestly think the Secret Service 
> detail accompanying the VP would have let him or anyone else around 
> him drink alcohol and then fire guns? Get real. 

Hmmmm Secret Service - people who are not supposed to say anything anyway. Seems to me that this would have been perfect as well. No one can make the SS talk about anything.


> 
> And what's with the gap in reporting a shooting and the Kennedy 
> incident? Kennedy crashed his car, and then left the scene of the 
> accident with a woman drowning in the back seat. He went home and 
> sobbered up as she died. 

VP has the SS tell the police that he will address them in the AM after sleeping it off. I am sure he did not follow the ambulance to the hospital. Are you telling me that this could not happen?

> 
> In this case, it was a silly accident but the first concern was for 
> the victim and there were a lot of people around, including law 
> enforcement, ie the Secret Service. 

SS is not LAW ENFORCEMENT. Law Enforcement would have taken blood test or made him walk a line to ensure he was sober. This was a gun accident not a traffic voilation. Someone may die due to his action. This is the sad part.


> 
> I do not remember that it was necessary to immediately inform the 
> newspapers of an accident. That's a new one on me. 

A national figure shoots someone by accident and it's left to a local person who just happens to own the land the VP shoots someone on and she is the one to tell the "local paper" about how it really happened. I smell cover up. This whole issue smells like bad judgement and that only happens when you have a cover up.

> 
> It is clear that Cheney is at fault here, but stuff happens. 

Stuff happens, I can't wait to hear the VP explain his way out of this one.
> 
> What is sad is that because of this stupid accident, the president and 
> the VP will probably not be able to go hunting anymore. 

And that's a bad thing?  Why do you think they tale drivers licenses away from the elderly when they can no longer drive safely. It's the same with guns don't you think?

>Whether you  approve of humting or not is not the issue, it's just another thing in 
> which the occupant of the White House and the VP will be forbidden to 
> partake in the future. 
> 
> It reminds me of the incident in the late 1970s when the newly-elected 
> prime minister of Quebec was driving himself with his lady friend at 
> 3:00AM and he hit a man on the street. When the police showed up, 
> they gave a blood test to... the dead guy on the ground. But from 
> that point forward, the PM was not allowed to drive by himself or even 
> be alone. 

Serves him right don't you think? Just because he is a PM does not mean he cag get away with murder.

> 
> So go ahead and look for a sinister side to this hunting accident, as 
> for me, I just feel sadness for the victim and for the VP who must be 
> beside himself with grief. 

I feel sadness for the victm here Denys, that's why I do not find this funny at all. The poor guy is going to have health issues the rest of his life because of this. What I do not find funny is the fact that all americans cannot get the facts t since NO ONE IS TALKING.

I would like to hear it from the guy who got shot if he is willing to, but that will never happen because STUFF HAPPENS.


Your Friend,
Joe


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