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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2007 10:35:30 GMT -5
From the commercial appeal:
Hunting 'ordinary' for Huckabee
OSCEOLA, Iowa -- Presidential contender Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs braying.
Just a campaign gambit? "Maybe it will show that I certainly understand the culture of being outdoors," Huckabee said. "It's not something we had to go out and get a primer in. It's very much ordinary to me."
The former Arkansas governor said back home he would be duck hunting on the day after Christmas, but pheasant hunting in Iowa -- eight days before the state's leadoff nominating caucuses -- was a good substitute. He also offered a lecture declaring that hunting is good for wildlife.
"The truth is hunters are the ones who preserve the species," he said, since hunters have an interest in preserving wildlife and their license fees pay for conservation efforts.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Dec 27, 2007 10:53:55 GMT -5
A page from the Kerry playbook?
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Post by jackc99 on Dec 27, 2007 11:04:01 GMT -5
"braying dogs" while pheasant hunting? I don't think so.
Jack
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2007 11:06:56 GMT -5
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Post by chicobrownbear on Dec 27, 2007 11:08:40 GMT -5
Outdoor Life had room for that with all their recycled bric a brac articles?
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2007 11:11:38 GMT -5
Outdoor Life had room for that with all their recycled bric a brac articles? I guess... not my favorite hutning magazine either. But, I'm sure they did some investigating before declaring him a "top 25". |
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2007 11:13:38 GMT -5
"braying dogs" while pheasant hunting? I don't think so. Jack That's the newspapers for you. You would think since pheasant hunting is so big up there that even a newspaper reporter would know that bird dogs don't "bray". |
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Post by Russ Koon on Dec 27, 2007 11:59:36 GMT -5
Maybe the reporter heard the background noise of all those braying donkeys trying to get attention in that state, and just misunderstood the source.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2007 12:06:40 GMT -5
Maybe the reporter heard the background noise of all those braying donkeys trying to get attention in that state, and just misunderstood the source. Now THAT is funny.... |
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Post by jackc99 on Dec 27, 2007 12:46:20 GMT -5
...and more likely!!!!
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Post by Old Ironsights on Dec 27, 2007 16:29:23 GMT -5
Ann Coulter sure doesn't like him.
IMO the only thing he's "conservative" about is his religion... and maybe hunting. Otherwise hes a HUGE Tax & Spend/redistribution of wealth Pol.
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Post by mbogo on Dec 29, 2007 8:28:15 GMT -5
Ann Coulter sure doesn't like him. IMO the only thing he's "conservative" about is his religion... and maybe hunting. Otherwise hes a HUGE Tax & Spend/redistribution of wealth Pol. It is very difficult if not impossible to find a true conservative in the whole lot of them. So far it is looking like Thompson and then Huckabee are the closest but Thompson doesn't appear to have a real shot at the nomination at this point. |
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Post by Old Ironsights on Dec 29, 2007 9:25:54 GMT -5
A couple of observations:
#1 The Huckabee/Edwards GAG rule: If you discount Gays, Abortion & Guns, their politics are almot indistinguishable.
#2 The Costal RINOS, The Chicago Machine Pol, and the Hilmonster will NEVER be pro-Constitution.
#3 As Congressmen, McCain hs been Constitutionally wrong on everything except the War, and Paul has been Constitutionally Correct on everthing but the war. Since it is Congresse's job to declare war - who would you rather have in the WHitehouse protecting the Constitution?
#4 Thompson is a mixed Bag who keeps squandering his Vaporware Lead.
I think I'll go with the 100% Pro Freedom/Constitution Cadidate, even with his anti-war warts.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 29, 2007 9:33:52 GMT -5
This coming election will be like so many in the past. It will not be a vote for the best candidate, but the lesser of the two evils.
I do know one thing, I see no one on the Democrat side that I could ever vote for.
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Post by drgreyhound on Jan 7, 2008 6:43:03 GMT -5
Ann Coulter sure doesn't like him. IMO the only thing he's "conservative" about is his religion... and maybe hunting. Otherwise hes a HUGE Tax & Spend/redistribution of wealth Pol. It is very difficult if not impossible to find a true conservative in the whole lot of them. So far it is looking like Thompson and then Huckabee are the closest but Thompson doesn't appear to have a real shot at the nomination at this point. Yes, I agree. I still like Thompson better than Huckabee but I unfortunately don't know if he has a real shot the way things are going. The whole Huckabee hunting incident seemed like a page out of the Kerry playbook to me too at first glance...let's hope it's not! And Woody--I agree. Too bad it's seeming that way. |
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