SO WHAT! We're in a war, with life and death issues that desperately cry out for understanding by the American people and the press boo-hoos about a hunting accident?Reuters.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush knew hours after Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow quail hunter but the White House came under fire on Monday for not making the information public until the next day.
The victim, Harry Whittington, 78, took pellets in his cheek, neck and chest when Cheney fired his shotgun while aiming for a bird during a hunt in southern Texas on Saturday, and was in stable condition at a Corpus Christi hospital.
Whittington was in intensive care as a precautionary measure because he was 'peppered by shotgun spray,' said Peter Banko, administrator of Christus Spohn Hospital. His condition is 'not critical, not serious. It's just stable at this time.'
The accident happened around 5:30 p.m. on a private ranch about 200 miles south of San Antonio, where the vice president has hunted previously. Whittington was treated on the scene by Cheney's traveling medical detail before being taken by helicopter to the hospital.The accident was not reported publicly by the vice president's office until Sunday afternoon and then only after an account provided by the ranch's owner appeared on the Web site of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times -- the local newspaper.
Come on! What's next? BREAKING NEWS: Laura Bush breaks a nail?
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