I Knew Kerry Hunted, But I Didn't Think He Was Actually Good At It!

[DrFunkenstein]

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He looks (shockingly) natural doing this!

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Don't you have to aim and stuff?

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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry, left, inspects a pheasant with Ryan McKiney, right, after Kerry shot the bird near Colo, Iowa.

You mean he actually hit the thing!?! I'm not even sure how I feel about that!

[Rowdyboy]

1. I would hope he has some experience with guns....

Considering his experience in Vietnam...

He's a class act. If he isn't the nominee, I hope he stays in the senate for a LONG time.

[XanaDUer]

2. Thanks!

:)

[w4rma]

17. That's exactly how I feel, Rowdyboy.

Despite the Kerry supporters on DU who, with IMHO seemingly few exceptions, spend most of their time here bashing Dean.

[flpoljunkie]

18. Kerry is a crack shot according to article from today's NY Times...

http://nytimes.com/2003/11/01/politics/campaigns/01KERR.html

Shotgun in Hand, Kerry Defines His Gun-Control Stance

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

Published: November 1, 2003

COLO, Iowa, Oct. 31 — Senator John Kerry blasted away at Howard Dean on Friday, accusing him of currying favor with the National Rifle Association and opposing an assault-weapons ban that Mr. Kerry and other supporters of gun control fought for in the 1990's.

Then Mr. Kerry took his 12-gauge shotgun and blew two pheasants out of the sky in two shots.

Mr. Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat running for president, has been an off-again-on-again hunter since the age of 12. He arrived at lunchtime for a long-planned pheasant shoot here on the cold plains of central Iowa.

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[cindyw]

3. You better eat that bird there John

Happy Halloween!:evilgrin:

[Egnever]

4. Picture two shows hes posing

As usual.

He clearly has no clue what hes doing looking that that second picture.

Suprised you posted that actually.

He dooes look manly in the top one and bottom one. You should get rid of that second one it ruins the whole effect.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Uhhhh...

Don't you have to put the shotgun to your shoulder?

I know I did when I hunted. Perhaps you know a different way?

[Bread and Circus]

10. Kerry probably has a bruise on his shoulder..

because he didn't seat the shotgun firmly...

He is still a good guy...

I like Kerry.

[DrFunkenstein]

11. That Was My (Unsuccessful) Joke

Obviously, they caught him in the middle of raising his gun. Only bootleg moonshine runners shoot in that position.

"Get off my land, varmints!"

[jody]

12. He's not posing. He's turning and mounting the shotgun at the same time.

Surely you people can find something more substantive than this childish triva.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

19. Speaking of posing on the gun issue

you gotta wonder if Dean could even hit the side of a barn let alone get two pheasants with two shots.

[lastliberalintexas]

25. I like Kerry

but surely your criteria is not which candidate can kill the most defenseless animals for sport?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

30. Just responding

to the charge that Kerry is a 'poser'.

But gee maybe in addition to the 'Crossroads' style guitar jam-off suggested on DU awhile back, Kerry and Dean can have a shootout for the nomination lol

[lastliberalintexas]

31. As long as

a picture of Shrub is the actual target, I'd be ok with that. Joking. Sort of...

[blm]

22. No...he's turning with the bird....DUH!

You don't exactly "pose" when you're birdhunting.

But, I guess you have to push that meme whenever you can. It's much better than relying on the truth, eh?

[lastliberalintexas]

26. That

was not a very fair comment, considering these are still photos and not moving pictures to show his actions. Kerry's not a poser.

[DJcairo]

5. Dean better watch out

Sweet, does that dude in the bottom picture have a grenade launcher on his gun? Damn!

[DrFunkenstein]

9. Like That Aliens Movie!

Bitchin'!

[loyalsister]

40. Yeah

that macho stud soldier fetishist vote is really going to put Kerry over the top.

[DJcairo]

6. Maybe Tom Delay was in the next field over

[cindyw]

13. LOL and then I go to confession

Happy Halloween!

[blm]

33. Your naughty thoughts

and mine, too. DeLay. Ech!

[LuminousX]

7. Charlie Didn't Sit Still Long Enough to Be Aimed At

[DemBones DemBones]

14. Neither do pheasants!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. Fresh killed pheasant is pretty damned tasty

I know, having enjoyed a meal within hours of the kill. Good shooting John!

[DrFunkenstein]

16. I Know That's True Of Fish

But how long does it take before chicken becomes KFC?

[Pez]

20. funny you would refer to it as "chicken"

it's officially called "C".

:evilgrin:

[Padraig18]

21. Pheasant is delicious!

YUM! :)

[killbotfactory]

23. Kerry's an Elmer Fudd copycat

He looks (shockingly) natural doing this!


Don't you have to aim and stuff?

Shameless

[blm]

27. If you're a crack shot you don't have to aim. You follow the bird

and shoot on a turn if you have to. Something only crack shots can do.

So, what's so shameless about being a crack shot?

[killbotfactory]

32. Nothing

It was a joke.

[lastliberalintexas]

29. That's

not a very fair comment either. While a hunting montage would not be my way of putting Kerry in the best light, I think it's good for supporters to get to see their candidate as a human, rather than merely as a campaigner.

[Renew Deal]

24. He looks like he is fighting off the Vietcong in a running gun battle.

"Running Gun Battle" term used for a shootout in Brooklyn the other night.

[DJcairo]

28. I think he actually saw Tom Delay in a nearby field

[Romulus]

34. from the article:

"I believe in the Second Amendment in this country," Mr. Kerry continued. "But I don't believe that assault weapons ought to be sold in the streets of America. Never believed it, don't believe it now."

Maybe Kerry ought to read the *od damn Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

A Well Regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

The 2d Amend has jack shit to do with pheasant hunting with a $1000 shot gun. All real assault weapons (like bona-fide full-auto AK-47's - not the rifles that merely look like AK-47's), and the owners of those weapons, are registered with BATFE. The only criminal act committed with one of those BATFE-registered weapons was when a NJ SWAT officer flipped out and used his HK-MP5 duty submachine gun to kill his next door neighbor. What more regulation of those assault weapons (of which Kerry must be speaking, or else he is showing is ignorance) is therefore needed to keep them from being misused in "gun violence?"

Edited to add:

As I said in that other thread: I like Kerry, and after listening to him on NPR a few months back I think I agree with more of his positions than any other candidate. But this gun this is killing me -and who knows how many others.

[polpilot]

35. President Dean will protect Kerry's right to keep that gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dean '04...'John, keep your gun.'

[curse10]

36. Only thing about Kerry I don't like and I have reservations about

I'm adamantly against hunting

[Blue Gardener]

37. Iowa Causus Attendee

I plan on attending and will not be talked into going to the Kerry team if my candidate does not do well. These pictures are disgusting. Is he trying to prove his manhood by shooting a little bird with a big gun???

[DrFunkenstein]

38. He Bagged Two of Them

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[Padraig18]

39. Lucky!

I'd love some pheasant for supper! Oh, Senator...? :P

[polpilot]

41. The pitiful part is he wanted it photographed. Why?? I won't say it.

Dean '04...

[DrFunkenstein]

42. To Prove That You Don't Need To Hooker For The NRA

To be a good hunter.

[genius]

43. ANd 16 year olds can hunt other students in Vermont

This is a repeat of an earlier thread but 16 year olds can carry concealed weapons in Vermont.