Well connected lawyer and investor Harry Whittington of Texas was doing very, very well-- until he went quail hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney.
While hunting near Corpus Christi in 2006, the V.P. failed to notice Mr. Whittington as he swung around and blasted away at an escaping game bird. The shot caught Whittington in the face, neck and chest. One of the roughly 150 pellets that struck him lodged in his heart and caused a minor heart attack, although Whittington recovered.
While feeling bad for the injured lawyer, many an American could not refrain from laughing at Cheney's expense, and a truly remarkable number of spoof videos of this incident were made and put online.
Public attitudes toward the vice president were greatly polarized. Many considered him a tough, stand-up, no-nonsense guy. Others, however, found him scary--sort of a cross between Dr. Strangelove and Darth Vader.
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