Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Just when the joke gets good

Today, sadly, Harry Whittington, the man caught in Dick Cheney's birdshot fire, suffered a heart attack as a result of a piece of birdshot that lodged in his heart. Obviously, it is not appropriate to joke about this now, since the man's life is in a little more serious condition than he was yesterday.

Of course, any time anyone over the age of 70 is injured, it is graver than if a younger man suffers the same fate.

Of course everyone hopes for his recovery. I don't think anyone, even Cheney's worst critics, want to see the the veep in the position of being charged with some kind of manslaughter.

Still, though, I wouldn't want to be hunting with Cheney.

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