Posted on 06/02/2002 8:25:53 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
In a surprise revelation during a Memorial Day campaign swing through upstate New York, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that she used to be a duck hunter.
The bizarre claim went unreported till Sunday, when Long Island's Newsday detailed a Clinton reception in the tiny village of Fort Ann, N.Y.
Resident Holden Clous, a National Rifle Association member, asked what the paper described as "a rather hostile question" about why Mrs. Clinton favored tightening laws governing gun show sales.
"He wasn't satisfied when she said it was a logical safety measure to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, but he seemed surprised when she said she had once hunted," the paper said.
Newsday then added, "It was ducks and a long time ago, she amplified later."
Clinton apparently declined to give further details on her days as a game fowl hunter, including who she hunted with, what kind of rifle she used and how many ducks she killed.
The New York senator's long-secret hunting days conjured up memories of other unlikely assertions she's offered over the years, such as:
The claim that she once tried to enlist in the Army but was turned down because she was too old.
Her 2000 senatorial campaign metamorphosis into a Jewish New York Yankees fan.
Her 1996 announcement that at age 49, she and President Clinton were thinking of having another baby (together).
The assertion that her parents named her after famed British mountain climber Sir Edmund Hillary, even though he was a complete unknown at the time who wouldn't scale Mt. Everest until five years after she was born.
During a series of small-town gatherings, Clinton told the rural crowds that she much preferred meeting with them to television appearances on shows like "Meet the Press."
"It's the nuts-and-bolts stuff of being a senator, as opposed to being on TV, talking about stuff, which I could do every night if I wanted to," the superstar senator explained.
Her newfound affinity for rural constituents stands in marked contrast to her days in Arkansas, where she used to dismiss such encounters with four-letter epithets.
The New York senator's former business partner, Susan McDougal, described one such encounter in 1996 for "Blood Sport" author James Stewart.
As McDougal looked on during a political reception, an Arkansas woman approached Mrs. Clinton with the gift of a pair of "razorback earrings" in the shape of hogs. She asked Hillary to put them on, but the then-Arkansas first lady icily demurred.
After the gift giver moved away, Clinton blurted out to McDougal, "See, this is the kind of s--t I have to put up with here."
a poor, black-Jewish duck. She might as well cover all the bases.
Find the misspelled word in the above sentence. (Hint:another Hillary sentence: I dorgot to dix your finner, fear.) 
HILLARY! was, indeed, a "Goldwater Girl" in '64!
It was most likely one of those 50 caliber tank-destroying rifles,and she murdered thousands of innocent baby ducks with it each time she shot it.
The claim that she once tried to enlist in the Army but was turned down because she was too old.
It was the USMC,and according to Bubbette!,the recruiter talked her into not enlisting because "I could do more for the country as a lawyer." Everybody knows USMC recruiters were talking people out of enlisting during the VN war.
Her 1996 announcement that at age 49, she and President Clinton were thinking of having another baby (together).
This one was MY personal favorite. It caused me to send the only e-mail to the White House that I have ever sent. It was addressed to Bubba-1,and stated,"In reference to you and Bubbette! having another baby,Ah feel yore pain!".
Are the Swede women and children that hard to kill?
Yup,and as usual,the NRA gave him cover by lending him a shotgun,and having NRA officials be the ones who took him hunting.
Actually,from that photo it looks like he had different plans for that chicken. I'm thinking he ended up telling it "better put some ice on that".
Classic! Madam - I stand in awe.
Of course she is. She'll even get away with it because nobody in the media will ever be allowed to ask her any "non-approved ahead of time" questions.
Hopefully that will give Bush the cajones to move back right,
Not a chance.Bubba-2 is no more at home on the right than she is. He will try to "out-Moderate"" her.
Not me. I liked Groucho. One of the worlds funniest men. She should put on a Stalin mask. It would be more appropiate for someone with her lack of personality and humor.
I SUSPECT she was a "50 Caliber Duck Murderer," Who NEVER tasted "Game Duck,"--except at an EXCLUSIVE "Game Restaurant!"
In a Less indulgent Society, "Hillary" would be "Locked Up!"
Doc
The next logical question is (in both cases) "why aren't you anymore?"
LOL I hoped someone would pick up on that one!!
I bet it was one of them there shotguns with the laser scopes so them ducks didn't stand a chance!
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