On 2/16/06, John Adams <jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Thomas Seay wrote:
>
> > Would someone explain to me why this is a big deal?
> > People get excited when hunting and, if they are not
> > careful, they do something stupid like Cheney did
> > here.
> > Yes, he has apparently been trying to avoid coverage
> > of it, but I dont see that this has any real political
> > ramifications. Am I wrong?
>
> He's getting a chance to look both foolish and craven in front of an
> audience that's a small but important part of the Republican base, and
> doing it on their terms. While the gun nuts of the world are out
> suggesting ways he could've gotten a cleaner kill, the hunters are
> shaking their heads and wondering whether they'd be willing to go out
> in the woods with him.
>
> It's a magnificent tactical error, which the Democratic Party is
> congenitally unable to exploit.
>
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