THE investigation into US vice- president Dick Cheney's accidental shooting of a hunting partner has been closed, and police last night said no charges will be filed.
The Texas sheriff's department dealing with the case issued a report that supports Mr Cheney's account of the incident that wounded Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old lawyer.
Given that the sheriff's department in question is almost a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Armstrong family and the King Ranch, it's not surprising at all. After all, how can you have an investigation, when no one actually, um, investigated the shooting?
posted by Jo Fish on 02.16.06 at 09:21 PM
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Even this group of clowns could come up with a credible story given a two day headstart and a police agency with no interests in finding out what really happened. And, even then the story keeps changing and the facts appear to be very fluid.
But, as I've said before, if Dick wants to shoot down all the Republican lawyers, go ahead. I can't quite find a downside.
Hackett downplayed speculation this week that a major factor in his decision to leave the race was a rumor circulating in Democratic circles that photos existed showing he had committed war crimes in Iraq. He said he met last fall with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid to reassure him there was no truth to the rumors, which he said disgusted him. The prospect of the rumors becoming public weighed on him less, recently, because New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, "intervened at my request."
In an interview with The Plain Dealer, Hackett said he knew the source of the rumors but didn't want to elaborate.
He referred a reporter to Clermont County Democratic chairman David Lane, who said Friday that he has "seen no proof that a Democrat" was behind the rumors.
SWIFTBOATED BY HIS OWN PARTY, HACKETT LEAVES THE RACE FOR OHIO.
