Kerry - Anti-gun, anti-sportsmen ?

[Holla9]

Every day in this presidential election, we`re treated to a new display of acting skills--some good and some just plain awful--beamed back to Washington from the traveling road show that is the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

For well over a year, John Kerry has done his best to act like a hunter. Now, sidekick John Edwards is adding comic relief, mangling his own efforts to don the mantle of outdoorsman.

Kerry has set a new low in pandering to hunters, with his incredible response to a reporter`s query about his favorite kind of hunting. "Deer, "he replied and then expounded as follows:

"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That`s hunting, "said Kerry. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/5/04).

So "that`s hunting, " according to Kerry. That description is so utterly bizarre it makes me wonder whether Kerry has ever hunted a deer in his life. He could have answered "pheasant hunting" and at least he would be able to describe it in rough terms--we`ve all seen the photo-op of Kerry grinning in an Iowa field.

:ugh:
http://www.nraila.org/issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=145


http://www.lafayettejc.com/columns/200409131local_sports1095052270.shtm

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040915-090156-4833r.htm

[cyberhound]

Every day in this presidential election, we`re treated to a new display of acting skills--some good and some just plain awful--beamed back to Washington from the traveling road show that is the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

For well over a year, John Kerry has done his best to act like a hunter. Now, sidekick John Edwards is adding comic relief, mangling his own efforts to don the mantle of outdoorsman.

Kerry has set a new low in pandering to hunters, with his incredible response to a reporter`s query about his favorite kind of hunting. "Deer, "he replied and then expounded as follows:

"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That`s hunting, "said Kerry. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/5/04).

So "that`s hunting, " according to Kerry. That description is so utterly bizarre it makes me wonder whether Kerry has ever hunted a deer in his life. He could have answered "pheasant hunting" and at least he would be able to describe it in rough terms--we`ve all seen the photo-op of Kerry grinning in an Iowa field.

:ugh:
http://www.nraila.org/issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=145


http://www.lafayettejc.com/columns/200409131local_sports1095052270.shtm

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040915-090156-4833r.htm
You know, it's great that he enjoys hunting. However, if he thinks that is supposed to show he somehow supports the second amendment, then he obviously misses the point. Of course, truth be told, I doubt he really misses the point, he's just banking on people being stupid enough to miss it themselves.

[Holla9]

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[SatelliteEyes]

does anyone really feel kerry will eliminate the 2nd Amendment? Take away your hand guns and hunting rifles??? Because he won't.

[nubby]

Stupid people think so because their political party tells them so.

[Holla9]

Stupid people think so because their political party tells them so.

To me, it seems like its just an act hes putting on to try and win the vote of hunters.

[2SteppingInVA]

Yea. When he said, "I'm a hunter," in the 3rd debate, my dad and I just laughed our asses off.

[Obsessor Of 41]

You know, it's great that he enjoys hunting. However, if he thinks that is supposed to show he somehow supports the second amendment, then he obviously misses the point. Of course, truth be told, I doubt he really misses the point, he's just banking on people being stupid enough to miss it themselves.

See: politics.

[greenpick41]

I was confused today when I saw a car with the following two bumper stickers:
"If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donell fat"
then
"Kerry Edwards 04"
Were these stickers contradictory or do I have my issues mixed up?

[Evans]

though I'm a republican, i've never supported the seemingly republican idea about guns. I think we are too lenient on gun law, we need to be more strict, far more strict. Honestly though, i don't even know if being more strict would help, it seems like the problem is out of control.

[RJ2kWJ]

I was confused today when I saw a car with the following two bumper stickers:
"If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donell fat"
then
"Kerry Edwards 04"
Were these stickers contradictory or do I have my issues mixed up?

They contradict themselves. Ida made it a point to pull up next to the guy and just ask what the heck was up haha.

[DANCNANCY]

Yea. When he said, "I'm a hunter," in the 3rd debate, my dad and I just laughed our asses off.Hunter, maybe. A successful hunter, obviously not if he crawls around with a double barrrel 12-gauge "playing the wind" He should stick to politics instead of appeal.

[Evans]

I find it hysterical how Kerry has just gone and purchased a hunting license in the state of Ohio and he plans on using it within the next few weeks...i'm guessing, before the elections...politicians are such scum! Do anything for a vote. That poser...

[saygoodbye12]

I find it hysterical how Kerry has just gone and purchased a hunting license in the state of Ohio and he plans on using it within the next few weeks...i'm guessing, before the elections...politicians are such scum! Do anything for a vote. That poser...
The sad thing is, he wouldn't be doing it unless he knew it would get him some votes. And it's unfortunate in this country that a presidential nominee getting a hunting license could possibly sway a voter.

[crosscg]

I was confused today when I saw a car with the following two bumper stickers:
"If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donell fat"
then
"Kerry Edwards 04"
Were these stickers contradictory or do I have my issues mixed up?
Yeah they must, because who could possibly be a moderate and not follow all the BS one party has to say

[EatSleepJeep]

They contradict themselves. Ida made it a point to pull up next to the guy and just ask what the heck was up haha.

What the first is saying is that the spoon had nothing to do with it, it was the person behind the spoon that caused it to be used improperly.

I am a supporter of the Kerry Edwards ticket. I am a card-carrying member of the ACLU. I am an outdoorsman. I hunt, fish, shoot, off-road, ski, ice fish, etc. I am also a card-carrying lifetime member of the NRA. These things are not contradictory. Where does it say that one has to be a Republican to be a hunter? Responsible resource management and land usage along with sensible wildlife management are key issues that tend to get blown out of proportion by certain reactionaries on the far right. Kerry's views on the enviroment and wildlife issues tend to be utilitarian and sound, if they were not, I wouldn't be voting for him.

I disagree with most of the extreme views taken by the Sierra Club & Greenpeace. However, these organizations do understand that the environment is important to the future productivity of this country. Sometimes they'll put together a reasonable plan for land usage, but it gets buried just like their more radical proposals. Usually, they spout off like a bunch of tree-huggin' hippies.

[mdude85]

does anyone really feel kerry will eliminate the 2nd Amendment? Take away your hand guns and hunting rifles??? Because he won't.

Kerry cannot "eliminate the 2nd amendment."

[clemson357]

"If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donell fat"


that just made my fucking day!!! that has to be the funniest thing i have read in a long, long time

my favorite bumper sticker though is: Tedd Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun

[2SteppingInVA]

Hunter, maybe. A successful hunter, obviously not if he crawls around with a double barrrel 12-gauge "playing the wind" He should stick to politics instead of appeal.
Unfortunately, I don't think he's too much better with politics.