Empty suit...
Yeah, he supports the Second Amendment, but only enough to get him elected...
My support of the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban are not going to make me the hero of the NRA....I don’t line up with the NRA.”
— Mitt Romney, 1994
“I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I’m a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms.”
— Mitt Romney, 2007
I’m guessing that’s one more time hunting than John Kerry—
and Kerry’s was that GOTV-in-Ohio trip (can I get me a huntin’ license here?)
This is troubling. Also his long time friendship with the socialist mayor of Salt Lake City is more than troubling.
He’s a fake; probably worse that Rudy on self-defense.
Fred Thompson for President!
I really don’t dislike Romney.
However I once shot a bird with a BB gun (felt terrible). I also sat against a tree waiting to shoot a squirrel or rabbit with a .22 long rifle only to find all creatures had moved out of the woods that day.
Neither event makes me a hunter.
1 I keep seeing this story they are just trying to ruin Romney.
2 The difference between a guy who has gone on two hunting outings and supports gun and hunting rights, versus a gun grabbing liberal, is as wide as Hilary's thighs.
The guy has hunted and strongly supports the Second Amendment. Hunted as a boy, hunted as a man. Which part of this should offend hunters? In what way is he not a hunter?
Not everyone is a Jeremiah Johnson hunting and skinning griz every day.
My husband is an NRA member, a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment, owns and uses guns and has never hunted in his life. Big deal. We’re electing a president not a big game hunter.
I’ve pretty much written off Giuliani after his recent, really stupid abortion comment. Sure CNN fished for it, and the media has run with it, but Rudy said it.
Still, I think Mitt Romney is hopeless. He’s a shifty liar, frankly. He twists and turns with the political winds. This isn’t the first time.
You don’t have to be a hunter to support the Second Amendment. This kind of tall story, gratuitously told, is really pretty disgusting. He simply cannot be trusted to tell the truth or keep a promise.
While I am not a Romney supporter, shall we compare this, shall I say, discrepancy, with Hillary’s faux cluelessness about the billing records of the Rose Law firm?
I am sure that Freepers have quite a list of Hillaryisms to post.
... he was merely hoping they'd assume he hunted often and not look into it.
I’m afraid two hunting experiences separated by decades does not qualify one as a “lifelong hunter.” In my opinion, that’s more than a “stretch,” it’s basically a lie. Not good for Romney.
Why lie? What does this accomplish? I’ve never hunted in my life, but I support gun rights. Why didn’t he just tell the truth and say he supports gun rights. Now he looks like a fool.
Yeah, Mitt, because semi-autos are much more deadly than single-shots, eh? He sure knows a lot about guns and hunting!
Mitt supports banning “assault weapons” at the Federal level, and actually banned “assault weapons” while governor, claiming that civilians have no use for the deadly guns whose only purpose is hunting down and shooting people.
He supported Brady, and claims now that that support is somehow moot because we have the Instant Background Check system.
Go RKBA Mitt! He owned a gun before he didn't own one, and is now claiming he bought one.
He supports the Second Amendment as long as it does not cover “assault weapons”, whatever he thinks they are.
Great line! Too bad he voted for the assault weapons ban. Such an action cannot be undone. EVER!
“I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life,”
Sounds like an Al Gore type fib. A shame that we haven’t been able to come up with better frontrunners than the three empty suits we have.
“Can I git me one of them thar’ huntin’ licenses here?”