April 15, 2008
Deadeye Stéphane (or Stephen)?
Or, lord love a duck. Can you imagine a Liberal leader--even a Conservative one--saying something like this?
[...]“You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” she said.
“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.”
[...]
"As I told you, my dad taught me how to shoot behind our cottage,” she said. “I have gone hunting. I am not a hunter. But I have gone hunting."
Clinton said she has hunted ducks.
Video here. There sure are differences between American and Canadian political culture...
Mark C.
Damian adds: Hillary Clinton, firearms enthusiast. This woman would say she's a robot time-traveler sent to kill John Connor if it would help her get elected.
She has family in Scranton? Maybe she knows Dwight Schrute, though I always pictured him as a Ron Paul supporter.
Update: George Will reflects on the Democrats' obsession with the "false conciousness" of the broad (white) masses.
Posted by markc at April 15, 2008 08:47 AM