To: calgal who wrote (8357 ) 10/23/2004 3:56:04 PM From: calgal Respond to of 12762 Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004 Note to PETA: Kerry's Gone a-Hunting Forget the right to self-defense: Sen. John Kerry apparently thinks the Second Amendment is all about killing birds. Story Continues Below Despite his long Senate record of voting against gun rights, the Massachusetts Democrat has planned a goose-hunting photo opportunity today in Ohio. His handler Mike McCurry described the stunt as a chance for people to get "a better sense of John Kerry, the guy." Sorry. What's important is that people who pay attention to officeholders' voting records already have a sense of John Kerry, the politician. "As Kerry goes hunting, readers of the Youngstown newspaper will see a full-page ad bought by the National Rifle Association. It says Kerry is posing as a sportsman while opposing gun-owners' rights," the Associated Press reported today. NRA noted last week in endorsing the president that unlike Kerry, "President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights." Question: Will those animal "rights" fanatics who delight in throwing red paint on elderly women's fur coats put in an appearance when Kerry dons his Elmer Fudd cap for the cameras? Late-morning update: In Boardman, a suburb of Youngstown, "Kerry returned after a two-hour hunting trip wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, but someone else carried the bird he said he shot," the Associated Press reported. "I'm too lazy," Kerry said. "I'm still giddy over the Red Sox. It was hard to focus." Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004 Note to PETA: Kerry's Gone a-Hunting Forget the right to self-defense: Sen. John Kerry apparently thinks the Second Amendment is all about killing birds. Story Continues Below Despite his long Senate record of voting against gun rights, the Massachusetts Democrat has planned a goose-hunting photo opportunity today in Ohio. His handler Mike McCurry described the stunt as a chance for people to get "a better sense of John Kerry, the guy." Sorry. What's important is that people who pay attention to officeholders' voting records already have a sense of John Kerry, the politician. "As Kerry goes hunting, readers of the Youngstown newspaper will see a full-page ad bought by the National Rifle Association. It says Kerry is posing as a sportsman while opposing gun-owners' rights," the Associated Press reported today. NRA noted last week in endorsing the president that unlike Kerry, "President Bush will appoint justices that respect the Bill of Rights." Question: Will those animal "rights" fanatics who delight in throwing red paint on elderly women's fur coats put in an appearance when Kerry dons his Elmer Fudd cap for the cameras? Late-morning update: In Boardman, a suburb of Youngstown, "Kerry returned after a two-hour hunting trip wearing a camouflage jacket and carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, but someone else carried the bird he said he shot," the Associated Press reported. "I'm too lazy," Kerry said. "I'm still giddy over the Red Sox. It was hard to focus." URL:http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/10/21/85712.shtml