"When Johnny went a-huntin'
In Ohio this week, John Kerry tried to stage something for the press to show that he's not an anti-gun elitist who looks down his nose at the voting public. But the dog-and-pony show he put on in order to hunt geese in Ohio the other day largely served as another political opportunity for the Bush campaign and the National Rifle Association to remind gun owners that few senators have been as hostile to them as Mr. Kerry.
Mr. Kerry's Ohio hunting adventure started last Saturday, when the senator, campaign entourage in tow, went into a grocery store and asked the owner: "Can I get me a hunting license here?"
He's triangulating — trying to do whatever he can to to persuade hunters he's their buddy, without completely alienating animal-rights backers on the political left who might be inclined to support him.
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20041022-090857-8206r.htm
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