"Vice President Dick
Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt making 78-year-old Harry
Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor,
integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird."
--Jon Stewart
"Now, this story
certainly has its humorous aspects. But it also raises a serious issue, one
which I feel very strongly about. Moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I
can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the
vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to
land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted -- it's just not worth
it." --Jon Stewart
"The Vice President
is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington. Now, according to the
best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone
believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned
out to be a 78- year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he
still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a
better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of Mr.
Wittington's face." --Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry
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