Certainly possible, if not probable, that Mr Cheney had been drinking. We do know that wine was being served, local law enforcement was turned away at the gate, and Dick went immediately into sequestration until the next day. My guess, however, is that the accident was not caused by alcohol. It's just that the vice president usually shoots animals as they are released from a cage. He wasn't used to the old-fashioned style of hunting.
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Mishap On a Texas Ranch
Published Aug 30, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 8, 2008
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Posted By: revhank @ 09/11/2008 3:39:08 PM
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Posted By: kkhan @ 09/03/2008 10:18:45 AM
Maybe he was - on the contrary, I am pretty sure that he was POWER DRUNK as he inspired the Iraq war.
Kabil Azad Khan.
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Posted By: gary goldbladt @ 09/02/2008 1:05:55 PM
Why didn't the author ask Mr Whitington if Cheney was drunk when he pulled the trigger?
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