Just a flesh wound indeed

If Harry Whittington dies, will Cheney have him stuffed and prop him up in the corner to cover up his role in the death?

ABC News is reporting that Whittington has suffered a "minor heart attack" after "a pellet" became lodged in his heart:

Peter Banko, the hospital administrator at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, said Harry Whittington had the heart attack early Tuesday while being evaluated.

He said there was an irregularity in the heartbeat caused by a birdshot pellet, and doctors performed a cardiac catheterization. Whittington expressed a desire to leave the hospital, but Banko said he would probably stay for another week.

Notice how the gun used has been changed from a shotgun to a pellet gun over the last few days. By tomorrow, it'll be a paintball gun and by the next day, a pop-gun.

Isn't it interesting how this guy, who was "doing fine" when the story broke, was in ICU for the better part of four days and is going to be in the hospital another week?

In a 78-year-old man, suffering a "minor heart attack" is nothing to trivialize.

UPDATE: Needlenose tracks the ever-evolving spin about Whittington's condition.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Was this before or after the White House was informed that Whittington has had a heart attack?

The White House has decided that the best way to deal with Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting accident is to joke about it.

President Bush's spokesman quipped Tuesday that the burnt orange school colors of the University of Texas championship football team that was visiting the White House shouldn't be confused for hunter's safety wear.

"The orange that they're wearing is not because they're concerned that the vice president may be there," joked White House press secretary Scott McClellan, following the lead of late-night television comedians. "That's why I'm wearing it."

The president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, took a similar jab after slapping an orange sticker on his chest from the Florida Farm Bureau that read, "No Farmers, No Food."

"I'm a little concerned that Dick Cheney is going to walk in," the governor cracked during an appearance in Tampa Monday.

Nice fucking people, these Republicans. A 78-year-old man is going to be in the hospital for the better part of two weeks (assuming he survives, which apparently is not a sure thing), and it's a big joke to these people.

Buh....buh....but CLINTON got a blowjob!