? Legal Consequences of Cheney's Shooting

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<p>Dick Cheney is the Vice President of the United States. There will be no legal or political consequence, even if the person he shot dies. </p>

<p>Wake up to the real world of life in America people !!! Given what other executives and politicians are out there doing, this is a pretty tame incident, unless of course, you are the one who was shot. Neither the state of Texas nor the U.S. government will do anything to VP Cheney.</p>

<p>The media will have a field day with this unfortunate situation, but other than than, it will be business as usual in DC and Texas.</p>

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<p>The law is the law and I guess if you are VP you don’t have to answer questions like the rest of us would have.</p>

<p>Ah well, big surprise</p>

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<p>itstoomuch - should the poor man die, which we all hope does not happen, his estate has legal standing to sue.</p>

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<p>standing to sue a federal official - wasn’t that an issue with Clinton, that the president (and I would assume v.p.) cannot be sued in civil actions? </p>

<p>Had Cheney shot and killed a person at a post office or on a Native American reservation, the case could end up in federal court (but not necessarily?). Some lawyer help me out here - I know I read that chapter but it was 30 years ago.</p>

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<p>Time for a poll:</p>

<p>If you are a friend of Cheney and he asks you to go hunting with him, do you:</p>

<p>(a) find a reason - any reason - to honorably decline?
or
(b) say “Sure, ol’ buddy” because from now on he’ll be the most careful hunter there ever was?</p>

<p>Please cast your votes.</p>

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<p>I can’t get past the “If you are a friend of Cheney” part:).</p>

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<p>wouldn’t that fall under the wisdom of Keep your friends close and your enemies closer???</p>

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<p>What if the other man had accidentaly shot Cheney? Would the investigation have gone differently?</p>

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<p>you mean would the secret service guys have made a quick phone call to the press??? hehehe I couldn’t help myself on that one. Cheney is always announcing his presence no?</p>

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<p>It is not a bad thing to have a cocktail in the evening, but having one could also be a cover if Cheney was drinking while hunting, because he was drinking at lunch…while the victim said no one was drinking</p>

<p>hmmmm</p>

<p>okay, go ahead, come and get me</p>

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<p>CGM, there’s also the issue that the sun was in Cheney’s eyes, the other gentleman zigged when he was supposed to have zagged, etc. Accidents of any kind are typically always the result of several factors happening or being caused to happen simultaneously, and no one intends for them to happen, they just happen. </p>

<p>It was an ACCIDENT. Why cannot you simply accept that, instead of looking for evidence that simply does not exist?</p>

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<p>Confluence of factors: Big Ego meets flight bird[ I mean lawyer] while pouring Turkey from a flask…that is a meeting of factors all right. Lets meet in the bush with our boomsticks and bump one off.</p>