Vice President Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of a fellow quail hunter in Texas gave new ammunition to television comedians who have long made the powerful, gruff-spoken conservative a target. Fellow politicians, newspaper headline writers, and even the White House - on the defensive over delays in reporting the incident - also got in on the act. Cheney's victim, attorney Harry Whittington, 78, was hit in the face, neck and chest by shotgun pellets in the accident on Saturday. Whittington was in stable condition on Monday, the first day the accident was a subject of widespread media humor, but he suffered a minor heart attack on Tuesday when birdshot migrated close to his heart. Here are some examples of the jokes from Monday night's late shows, compiled from the Web sites of CBS www.
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A: Poured a shot of Wild Turkey and threw it in his face! Shoots Penis Off Dick Cheney was out hunting one day; he had all the gear, the jacket the boots and the double-barreled shotgun. As he was climbing over a fence, he dropped the gun and it went off, right on his penis.
On February 11, , United States vice president Dick Cheney accidentally shot Harry Whittington , a thenyear-old Texas attorney , with a shotgun while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas. Local authorities released a report on the shooting on February 16, , and witness statements on February On February 14, , Whittington suffered a non-fatal heart attack and atrial fibrillation due to at least one lead-shot pellet lodged in or near his heart. Cheney did not speak publicly about the incident until February 15 in an interview with Fox News. Early reports indicated that Cheney and Whittington were friends and that the injuries were minor.