Hillary Targets The Oval Office
Hillary the Huntress? Come on, all together now, one big "Oh. Please." From CNN.com:
Clinton recently touted her experience with guns as a young child."You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl," Clinton said in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Saturday.
"Some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It's part of culture. It's part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it's an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter."
Are people buying this stuff? I can just see it, Hillary tacking up the bullseye with the gunshots in the center on the front gate of the White House, kind of like it was suggested for Emmanuelle Richard and husband Matt Welch's place.
During Emmanuelle's detective training, she shot a pretty perfect score, and her instructor, knowing she lived in a borderline-dicey neighborhood, suggested she nail it on their door or garage door with the message, "Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again."
"You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl," Clinton said in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Saturday.
Ick. I'm sorry but this sounds just like the Bosnia story.
Can she shoot a long bow or wield a sword? No? Good, then I can still kick her ass.
Flynne at April 16, 2008 8:14 AM
I buy it. She grew up with a conservative family in Illinois. Doesn't strike me as terribly unlikely that a conservative guy from a Chicago suburb might teach his daughter to handle a gun while they vacation in rural Pennsylvania. She's not claiming she's been a hobby shooter as an adult or anything.
SeanH at April 16, 2008 8:26 AM
One of the most things I've done with my bf was a marksmanship class. With AR 15s. (Could it have been a 14? I am unsure as I am not that into it.)
Anyway. It was a great deal of fun.
Hillary's comment doesn't surprise me. She's currently on a U.S. Suck-Up Tour, didn't you know? She needs to appeal to EVERYONE - even gun toting "crazies."
Note: she didn't actually SAY anything (not surprisingly). She mentioned a nice childhood memory. She mentioned that not everyone who shoots guns are nuts. But did she say anything for/against gun rights? Like, thanks for the anecdote but don't think you've fooled any on-the-fence gun supporters here. The comment is just completely irrelevant to everything and is why I hate politicians.
In three months when she starts talking about how guns create violence someone will bring this up and she'll say "it was just a story"...that didn't mean anything. Puffery. Hot air. Next.
Gretchen at April 16, 2008 8:57 AM
Suck-Up Tour: http://www.slate.com/id/2189209/
Gretchen at April 16, 2008 8:59 AM
Well, who didn't have guns ...if not in their childhood, people who hunted in their neighborhoods? I still remember the duck hunts, but it doesn't give me any special cachet regarding guns. Who cares?
I'd rather a politician just be honest where they stand about gun control, the NRA, handguns etc. than waste time trying to pander. No qualifications needed for an opinion. Just state what you mean, and don't get all Charlton Heston about it.
callie at April 16, 2008 9:07 AM
A joke from the 90s:
Q: What does the president do first thing every morning?
A: Shaves her pussy and sends him off to work.
Todd Fletcher at April 16, 2008 9:14 AM
This is how I feel about this election.
America reeaaallllyy needs a change of underwear. After looking through the dresser drawer and finding none clean, we're picking through the dirty clothes basket to figure out which of these skidmarks is going to be our next president. Let's see, we have a pair of old granny panties with "Yesterday" embroided on the front. Then there's a really old pair of tighty whities that have lost all the stretch in the elastic and have a big buldge in the front even when your not wearing them. Lastly, theres a really nice newer pair of dark boxers that cover up the skidmarks well but you know they're really dirtier than the other two combined.
Time to go commando.
Bikerken at April 16, 2008 11:54 AM
P.J O'Rourke on why Republicans are better than Democrats.
"You can shoot us."
brian at April 17, 2008 6:15 AM
"Can she shoot a long bow or wield a sword? No? Good, then I can still kick her ass."
Ren-fest much Flynne? Verily, forsooth, aye?
I used to make swords. Blacksmithing: another constructive application of pyromania.
Jamie at April 17, 2008 9:45 AM
Just got in from NYC, company meeting. meh. Sucked but at least now the New Haven contingent knows for sure what we're dealing with. I don't want to talk about it.
Yes, Jamie, at one time I was quite the RenRat. Not so much anymore, restrictions are getting tight there too. No more mead slutting. It's a shame, really.
Flynne at April 17, 2008 4:43 PM
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