October 21, 2004
FETCH THAT, GUNGA DIN:
Hunt Gives Voters Different Image of Kerry (NEDRA PICKLER, 10/21/04, AP)
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he bagged a goose on his swing-state hunting trip Thursday, but his real target was the voters who may harbor doubts about him.Kerry returned after a two-hour hunting trip wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, but someone else carried the bird he said he shot.
"I'm too lazy," Kerry joked.
Don't must of us have the bearers carry the kill? Posted by Orrin Judd at October 21, 2004 3:18 PM
You can be sure that:
Advisor 11256 said, "Get a picture of you holding a shotgun in camo...it'll help with the hunting and gun crowd."
Advisor 18432 said, "Don't let them get a photo of you killing anything or carrying a dead animal...it'll hurt with the PETA crowd."
Posted by: The Other Brother at October 21, 2004 3:42 PMIsn't it a little late in the campaign to be going goose hunting? Who are they trying to appeal to that this 2 hour stunt will sway without alienating an equal number of others?
Posted by: jd watson at October 21, 2004 3:47 PMI wanna know who sedated and held down the goose.
Posted by: Governor Breck at October 21, 2004 4:18 PMjd:
Who is he trying to sway with this gambit? Easy, the union guys with "Charlton Heston is MY President" bumper stickers on their trucks. No question a lot of these guys voted for Bush in 2000 over gun control (I was working in a UAW plant in 2000 and I can tell you it's true). There are a lot of these guys in PA, OH and MI.
Posted by: Jeff at October 21, 2004 4:28 PMJeff: Those guys can smell a fraud like Mr. Heinz-Kerry a mile away. They also don't like being patronized and played for fools. This is the move of a political idiot.
Posted by: brian at October 21, 2004 4:30 PMBrian:
I agree for the most part, but jd asked who the likely target audience was. It gives the local union rep the opportunity to say to a recalcitrant member, "See, he's not anti-gun, now vote the way your supposed to."
The underlying premise is that in these swing states a couple thousand votes might be all it takes and I wouldn't be surprised if it does swing a few votes, but probably not enough to matter.
Posted by: Jeff at October 21, 2004 4:44 PMBrian,
On the back side it might get a few more librarians and philosophy profs to write in for Nader. Could be a wash.
Posted by: Jeff at October 21, 2004 4:45 PMWell, I'm a combat veteran, ex-Army paratrooper, Viet Nam vet. I'd gladly go serve my country again, if I could only get an ammo bearer to follow me around.
Posted by: AllenS at October 21, 2004 5:05 PMoj,
Following up on earlier email, only a totally clueless, non-hunting putz would ever carry his weapon with the barrel pointing down.
Drudge's "pool" reports are a laff a line.
Mike
They need to do forenzics on the goose to see if it's really been dead for only 18 hours or so. I'd also check to see if the bird has any Universal Price Code marking anywhere or a U.S. Department of Agriclutre inspectiion sticker.
Posted by: John at October 21, 2004 8:54 PMSomeone with more Photoshop skill than me could do up a Kerry/goose version of the famous picture of that Vietnamese general blowing the head off a VC terrorist.
Posted by: Governor Breck at October 21, 2004 9:15 PMIs no one else going to comment on the goose's being cooked?
Posted by: bernard at October 22, 2004 12:00 AMIs no one else going to comment on the goose's being cooked?
Posted by: bernard at October 22, 2004 12:00 AMIs no one else going to comment on the goose's being cooked?
Posted by: bernard at October 22, 2004 12:01 AMAh, well. I guess I've filed one form too many in triplicate. Sorry.
Posted by: bernard at October 22, 2004 12:02 AM