“The vice president didn’t see him. The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.”
–Katharine Armstrong, the owner of a Texas ranch where Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot fellow hunter Harry Whittington.
“The orange that they’re wearing is not because they’re concerned that the vice president may be there.”
–White House press secretary Scott McClellan, during a news conference explaining the burnt orange color that the University of Texas championship football team wore during their visit to the White House.
“Cheney’s was clearly an accident. Burr’s was a matter of Hamilton drawing him into the duel and Hamilton bringing hair-trigger pistols for a slight advantage.”
–Peter Tavino comparing Vice President Dick Cheney’s shooting of a hunter with former Vice President Aaron Burr’s shooting of Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
