Clinton Recalls Hunting With Her Father As A Youth - Reuters

[WillyT]

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KENOSHA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revealed something about herself on Saturday that she acknowledged might surprise many people: she knows how to hunt.

Campaigning ahead of Tuesday's Democratic nominating vote in Wisconsin, a state with a strong tradition of hunting and where many voters strongly support gun ownership rights, Clinton said she firmly backed the right to bear arms.

"You know, you may not believe it but I've actually gone hunting," Clinton, 60, said at a question-and-answer session with voters at a crammed bratwurst restaurant in Kenosha.

"My father taught me to shoot 100 years ago," she said jokingly.

The topic came up when one voter asked Clinton what she would do to prevent incidents such as the shooting spree at Northern Illinois University on Thursday in which a man entered a lecture hall and killed five students and himself.

And...

Later, a reporter who had followed her career for 2 1/2 years and was not aware of her hunting experience pressed Clinton on whether she had ever shot anything.

"Yes, Mike, I have," she told the reporter, Mike McAuliff of the New York Daily News. Clinton said she had shot a duck as well as "a lot of tin cans and a lot of targets and some skeet."

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Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSN1663122020080217

Asked about this, Mitt Romney replied: "What, no varmints???"

:shrug:

[TwilightGardener]

1. Oh Lord. Pretty soon she'll be touting her NRA membership.

[AngryAmish]

2. I think this is a steaming pantload

[rodeodance]

6. Why do you say that?

[AngryAmish]

33. As far as I know she has never mentioned this before

Then she mentioned it in a state that is mostly rural.

She grew up in Park Ridge, IL. Park Ridge is a close-in suburb to Chicago. They have small lots by suburban standards. There is no way to safely fire a rifle outside there. So her father (WWII generation and by all accounts a man of his time) took his daughter to the country (unknown where this rural area is) and taught her to shoot.

It smells. Occam's Razor says it is bullshit.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

50. Occam's Razor Is Asking That You Not Invoke It, If You Aren't Going To Do It Justice.

This is most definitely not an 'Occam's Razor' situation.

[rodeodance]

51. hey, some day we might find out what kind of toothpaste Obama uses. Get a grip!

[MyNameGoesHere]

54. So what was it like 50 years ago?

I imagine it may not have been so urban?

[rodeodance]

3. I like to hear about candidates earlier life experiences

[Botany]

4. Kinda like she was a big time Yankees fan in 2000?

Hillary Clinton Duck Hunter :rofl:






http://www.duckcallers.org/quacks.mp3

[dsc]

8. actually if you search at Daily Howler

you will see that she said that for years. The Yankees were her American League team growing up. She is a Cubs fan. On edit: here is the link http://www.dailyhowler.com/h061300_1.shtml

The words you are now looking for is sorry to have fallen for right win bs.

[madrchsod]

22. she did`t like the white sox?

i knew there was another reason not to like her....

[dsc]

24. Nope she was, and still is, a cubs fan

and the two don't mix.

[Neecy]

5. what pandering....

In Wisconsin she's a hunter, in Texas she loves chili peppers...quick, Ohio, duck! Incoming pander!

[Alexander]

7. At least Kerry staged a photo-op. Let's see her shoot, if she's a hunter.

Let's see. Hillary has:

-Moved to a state she never lived in to run for office

-Lost Iowa after she was expected to win

-Financed her campaign with her own money

-Pretended to be a hunter

Sounds like the Mitt Romney road to success right there!

[rodeodance]

11. so you obamakids could do some more MOCKING!--shame on you and the snarky comments on this thread

[Alexander]

15. If she's so good at hunting, let's see her shoot. Kerry did it, why can't she?

We'll never see a single photo of Hillary with a gun, because this is pure bullshit.

She's welcome to prove me wrong, by staging a photo-op. But she won't.

If you believe this, you're either a campaign operative or the most gullible person in the world.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[rodeodance]

19. DO YOU HAVE A READING COMPREHENSION PROBLEM/=she said in her YOUTH. GET IT.

[Alexander]

36. Nobody forgets how to shoot. "In her youth" means "I can't show you, because I made it up".

Apparently you not only have problems with guns, punctuation and reading between the lines, you also have an ALL CAPS, ALL THE TIME problem as well.

"GET IT."

Oh, I get it all right. You're both a campaign operative and the most gullible person in the world.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[AngryAmish]

49. OK, we'll stay off your lawn.

[nomorewhopper]

53. you don't seem to understand that we are a generation who will simply not be talked down to

i speak for a younger generation that has been bombarded with advertisements since our youth. we know how to smell authenticity, and we reject corporate polish.

corporations have spent huge, monsterous dollars to try to figure out how to reach generation y, because we don't respond to the traditional media. we are skeptics, and sophisticated in matters of media.

hillary's campain has failed to realize this trend, and has run a campaign very much rooted in the 1990s.

In our world, you'll hear this a lot.

"Screenshot or it didn't happen"

In other words, where's the proof? Lack of proof, of this hunting expedition, is testament to its fabrication. If you treat me with disrespect by lying to me or pandering, I will smack you back. And the internet is ripe with smacks against Hillary. Go figure.

[Botany]

16. That hunt in Ohio was dumb but Kerry ...

.... really has hunted and is a good shot.

[Alexander]

18. Yes, Kerry's a good shot, and we saw how good he was.

We'll never see a single photograph of Hillary even holding a gun, because she made this all up.

[Botany]

31. Kerry really is a hunter and good shot.

This is like in 2000 when she said she was a big Yankees fan. Even though I
(i used to really follow sports) had never heard peep one about her love for
the Yankees until she was running for the senate in N.Y..


http://www.duckcallers.org/quacks.mp3

[Alexander]

37. Yep, and if Hillary wanted mileage out of this, she'd stage a photo-op.

I imagine a lot of gun owners heads' would explode if they saw video of Hillary using a gun properly.

Those of us who have used guns can generally tell whether someone is knowledgeable about guns or just bullshitting. Kerry's the former, Clinton's the latter.

[Botany]

43. My Black Lab is @ my feet right now.

I worked for Kerry in 2004 in Ohio and met people who had hunted w/ him
in MA. Nothing phony about it.

I did not go out the last year or so but I still consider myself a hunter.
Deer mostly but a little upland game too. Remington 820 pump
20 gauge w/ a slug barrel for deer.

I really think Hillary would be great for the party as majority leader in the
senate .... her knowledge of the law and the rules would make her a real
force to get things done. But in the land of the hunters for Hillary to now
talk about her "red neck" roots ... please.

[BlackVelvet04]

9. What's the big deal?

My dad taught me how to shoot when I was 6 years old.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

21. No kidding. As a woman whose dad hunted, I'm surprised there's this big deal.

Guns and hunting were a fact of life for me. :shrug:


on edit: who's/whose, argh

[BlackVelvet04]

39. Anything to be outraged about, I guess.

What's funny is praising Kerry for the photo-op that everyone criticized him for.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

42. MmmHmm, I hear ya.

:-)

[rodeodance]

26. my aunts taught me to hunt. all the women in out family hunt--my sister got 3 bucks this season on

OPENING DAY!

me--nothing

[BlackVelvet04]

38. Aren't we terribly

unladylike? And thank God for it.

[rodeodance]

52. yah--seems to conjure up a faux outrage for these Obamafolks. te he.

[sniffa]

10. If she shoots someone in the face during a canned hunt

I may just vote for her.

[rodeodance]

28. She is too classy to do that--even for your vote.

[stevietheman]

12. Desperation. n/t

n/t

[rodeodance]

25. And here we have another Obamakid with no creativity--just repeats the same mantra over and over.

Desperation.

[stevietheman]

32. 41yo "kid" -- and you're now SUPER DESPERATE. n/t

n/t

[rodeodance]

55. emphasis is on the constant whining--or crying--take your pick

[pocoloco]

13. And now "Hillary is gonna take our guns away!"

What happened?

[tularetom]

14. It's really awkward to put her in this position

"She knows how to hunt", yeah sure.

I'd have a lot more respect for her if she just said "I tried it once when I was a kid but it was so fuckin boring I never wanted to do it again."

That's what my daughter said (well not exactly those words) when I took her out to shoot doves when she was about ten. And I never took her again. But I guess as a Dem and a woman Hillary has to prove to all the voters in Jesusland that she likes to kill things as much as any dude.

Yeah I couldn't help comparing the response with Romney myself.

[TexasObserver]

17. If Hillary has ever killed a duck, it was a baby and she strangled it.

Does she ever stop making stuff up?

[rodeodance]

23. Do you ever stop your hate-posts?? over and over and over!

Does she ever stop making stuff up?

[jackson_dem]

20. Obama Recalls Being Agent of Change - Reuters

Cites post office renaming bill.

[bluestateguy]

27. If she does a photo op in camouflage with a hunting rifle she'll make a fool of herself

It will be Dukakis in the tank all over again.

[rodeodance]

29. No fear--she is too smart to do that.

[jefferson_dem]

30. Ohio. Hunting. Hmmm...sounds strangely familiar.

Just sayin' --

[Johnny__Motown]

34. and Mitt recalled marching with his father and MLK,

[Renew Deal]

35. She better not show up in an orange coat with a shotgun.

Please!

[ErnestoG]

40. Oh here we go...the obligatory "I AM A GREAT HUNTER" presidential requirement...

Next she'll be brandishing a musket with Wayne LaPierre.

[my3boyz]

41. hahahahahaha....She will say ANYTHING to get elected! Pathetic! nt

[littlebit]

44. My Dad

use to take me and my two brothers hunting when I was little. My brothers loved it. I on the other hand didn't care for it. I haven't shot a gun in at least 20 years. So just going on my experiences Hillary's story could possibly be true.

[katandmoon]

45. How anyone can ENJOY killing an animal with a gun FOR SPORT is beyond my comprehension

There is no need for Hillary to pander to animal killers. More people in this country favor stricter gun control laws than don't favor them.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

46. Kill da wabbbbit, kill da wabbbbit.

Maybe she was dreaming at the opera.

[WillyT]

47. LOL !!!

:evilgrin:

[blogslut]

48. Oh geeze

So she can pick up a gun and shoot. BFD.

[rndmprsn]

56. more of the same bullshit...

but what do you expect from the staus quo?

[JVS]

57. Oh boy, I can't wait for her to go shoot something to win votes