I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he was very mindful of his role as a guest. He said something along the lines of, 'You all do whatever you are comfortable with. |
It was not the vice president's fault. |
The cardinal rule is you stay on line. |
The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem. |
The priorities would have remained the same ? first medical care, then law enforcement alert. |
The vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. By God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good. |
This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming up.' He didn't do what he was supposed to do. So when a bird flushed and the vice president swung in to shoot it, Harry was where the bird was. |
This happens, and my God, I've never seen a case of hard feelings. I bet this would deepen their friendship. |
We had dinner and went to bed. We were all very worried about Harry. That was the main thing on our mind. |
We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship. These are completely wild birds. |