Seems now the guy Dick shot has had a heart attack. Poor bastard. If he dies will Dick have to step down? I figure he should step down anyway. Out of respect for the office, but you know he wont.

Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old lawyer shot by Cheney, suffered a mild heart attack after a shotgun pellet in his chest traveled to his heart, hospital officials said.

Whittington was moved back to the intensive care unit and will be watched for a week to make sure more of the metal pellets do not move to other vital organs. He was reported in stable condition.

Just hours earlier, the chief White House spokesman joked that the burnt orange school colors of the visiting University of Texas championship football team should not be mistaken for hunters’ safety gear.

”The orange that they’re wearing is not because they’re concerned that the vice president may be there,” said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. ”That’s why I’m wearing it.”

Scott knew about the heart attack at the time he made these jokes, he didn’t tell the press corps about the heart attack, yet still made jokes about it. You have to wonder if the pressure of all thous lies is making him go nuts.