Quote of the Week: Arianna Huffington on Hidden Aspects of Cheney Shooting Incident

"The first thing I'm hearing from everyone I speak to is that the hunting community in Texas is near unanimous in its feeling that the story being put out by the White House and Katherine Armstrong just doesn't hold water -- that Whittington's injuries are not consistent with the 'official story.' Cheney had to be much closer to Whittington when he 'peppered' him than the 30 yards being claimed....

The hunters in Texas I've spoken to are also up in arms over the shadow this incident has cast upon their sport -- even aside from the recklessness exhibited by the VP in swinging around into a setting sun and aiming low enough to shoot Whittington in the face.

'This isn't real hunting,' one longtime sportsman told me. 'This is a Six Flags amusement park version. It's playtime with loaded weapons. Driving around blasting clip-winged birds raised in pens that have been flushed out by ranch employees isn't exactly the stuff of Hemingway is it?'

Actually, given the latest indications of pre-shoot drinks and the hints of extra-marital hijinx, it feels more and more like the stuff of Updike."

--- Political pundit, bestselling author and leading blogger Arianna Huffington, on February 15, 2006

Runners-up for Quotes of the Week:
-- New York Times columnist Bob Hebert in his op-ed today, Mr. Vice President, It's Time to Go; and
-- Republican opinion-maker/author Peggy Noonan in her Wall Street Journal op-ed today, Hit Refresh? Why Bush May Be Thinking About Replacing Cheney.
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