Posted on 07/10/2004 3:38:53 PM PDT by RWR8189
"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach. I track and move and decoy and play games and try to outsmart them. You know, you kind of play the wind. That's hunting," said Kerry. (Craig Gilbert, "Bringing candidate to life," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/5/04)
The Truth about John Kerry’s Record for Hunters
§ John Kerry has the highest rating on the Humane Scorecard sponsored jointly by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Fund for Animals. Both groups are firmly committed to ending hunting in this country. o HSUS’ website says “sport hunting – the killing of wild animals as recreation – is fundamentally at odds with the values of a humane, just and caring society” (emphasis added). (www.hsus.org/ace/12035; viewed 7/5/04). o Heidi Prescott, the National Director of the Fund for Animals, said in a 1995 speech that the Fund for Animals is “unalterably opposed to the killing of animals for sport” (emphasis added). (Speech by Heidi Prescott to the 4th Annual Governors Symposium on North America’s Hunting Heritage, August 1995) § John Kerry was endorsed by and received an “A” rating from the League of Conservation Voters. This environmental extremist group supports anti-hunters in Congress. § Kerry also has a 100% voting record with the anti-gun Brady Campaign. § John Kerry received an “F” rating from the NRA and a “0%” rating from Gun Owners of America in their most recent rankings of legislators. o Kerry’s campaign says he agrees with the view that there is “no personal constitutional right, under the Second Amendment, to own or use a gun”. o Kerry made his feelings about hunters known when he said “I don’t want to be the candidate of the NRA in this country”. § Unlike 60% of the U.S. Congress, John Kerry is not, and has never been, a member of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus. The Caucus describes its membership as “open to Congressmen and Senators who are sportsmen or who support the concept of sustained use and wildlife management, even if they do not themselves take to the fields and waters to fish, hunt or trap.” § Kerry, who has missed more than 2/3 of his Senate votes this year, came back to the Senate to help kill the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. During the debate, he voted for Senator Kennedy’s amendment to the bill which would have outlawed many center-fire rifle cartridges that hunters regularly use. § John Kerry cosponsored the Roadless Area Conservation Act in the Senate with other enemies of hunters like Barbara Boxer, Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton. The bill, if passed, would have greatly restricted access to our National Forest system by hunters, fishermen, and other recreational users.
I see a lot of questioning in this thread about crawling on your belly and hunting.
I do not think that kerry has ever hunted like that, but I have done a lot of belly crawling while hunting waterfowl.
It is a fairly common way of going after geese and ducks.
Have you ever noticed that the only men who ever roll up their sleeves halfway up their forearms are homosexual?
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The Massachusetts Chipmunk (Chipmunk Massachusetts Tamias striatus, Family Sciuridae) is a very dangerous animal. In North America it is only surpassed in ferociousness by the Kodiak Brown Bear. It has been known to attack humans without cause.
krinton told the hunting public that we could all keep our duck hunting "rifles." That was after his much publicized photo of his hunting outfit with the orange vest and red nose.
I always will remember, 'Twas a year ago November, I went out to hunt some deer On a morning bright and clear. I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow: Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow. I was in no mood to trifle, I took down my trusty rifle And went out to stalk my prey. What a haul I made that day! I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow: Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow. The law was very firm, it Took away my permit, The worst punishment I ever endured. It turned out there was a reason, Cows were out of season, And one of the hunters wasn't insured. People ask me how I do it, And I say "There's nothin' to it, You just stand there lookin' cute, And when something moves, you shoot!" And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now: Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guernsey cow.
Tom Lehrer, "The Hunting Song", Tom Lehrer Revisited, 1959.
Just reading the article made me want to go puke.
He was hunting snakes, no doubt.
I heard he almost bagged Bill C. , but Bill cleverly concealed himself inside Monica.
;-)
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