Material on a simulation of the amount of shot that Whittington must have gotten from Cheney. The number of other pieces of birdshot in Whittington’s body is not known, but could range anywhere from “more than five” to “less than 150 to 200.” FWIW. In the only eyewitness account of Saturday’s shooting to emerge so far, Katharine Armstrong, the owner of the ranch where it took place, described Whittington’s injuries as minor.
As for Rush Limbaugh: “Would you rather go hunting with Dick Cheney or riding in a car over a bridge with Ted Kennedy?” Limbaugh asked. “At least Cheney takes you to the hospital.” Har-har-har, jerk.
Spotsylvania County Sheriff Howard Smith said he stands by the practice of allowing detectives to receive sexual services in the course of their investigations so they can catch suspects in the act. Court documents show that four times last month, county detectives allowed women at a massage parlor to perform sex acts on them. In one case, a lawman left a $350 tip.
NYT Editorial: The vice president appears to have behaved like a teenager who thinks that if he keeps quiet about the wreck, no one will notice that the family car is missing its right door. The administration’s communications department has proved that its skills at actually communicating are so rusty it can’t get a minor police-blotter story straight. And the White House, in trying to cover up the cover-up, has once again demonstrated that it would rather look inept than open.
