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February 18, 2008 5:22 PM

Clinton's Hunting History

(CBS)
From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

WAUSAU, WIS. -- At a campaign stop this afternoon, Hillary Clinton’s focus was on the economy and health care but some in the crowd had other things on their minds. Clinton was asked to discuss gun control which prompted Clinton to talk about her days holding a rifle in the cold, shallow waters in backwoods Arkansas.

“I’ve hunted. My father taught me how to hunt. I went duck hunting in Arkansas. I remember standing in that cold water, so cold, at first light. I was with a bunch of my friends, all men. The sun’s up, the ducks are flying and they are playing a trick on me. They said, ‘we’re not going to shoot, you shoot.’ They wanted to embarrass me. The pressure was on. So I shot, and I shot a banded duck and they were surprised as I was,” Clinton said drawing laughter from the crowd.

Clinton’s story led one older gentleman to say, “As long as you know how to use a gun, would you be willing to show Vice President Cheney how to use his?” Both Clinton and the crowd erupted in laughter.

“That was good, that was really good,” Clinton said. “You know I couldn’t believe that, I really thought that I have gotten over being totally outraged by the Bush Administration.”

Clinton continued, “Once he (Cheney) is out of office, the Secret Service is not around to protect people from him. We better be careful about where he goes hunting. Safety protocol would be useful, don’t’ you think?”

Later Clinton was asked whether her daughter Chelsea would run for president in eight years following a Hillary Clinton presidency, to which an amused Clinton said, “Oh no, no, no.”
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:42 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:41 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:39 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:27 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:26 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:26 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:25 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by orkydorky1 February 21, 2008 5:22 PM EST
As usual a softball was thrown at Hillary. To bad that her or the reporter had no idea what they were talking about. This woman has told so many lies that she can''t remember the truth.
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by jerrylshaw February 21, 2008 3:20 AM EST
So is Mr Suarez not sufficiently knowledgeable to point out the rifle/shotgun inconsistency? It''s obvious that either Mrs. Clinton was either violating the law or was lying.
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by dwril February 20, 2008 7:26 PM EST
Is this system slooooow or is it SSSSSLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW?
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by dwril February 20, 2008 7:13 PM EST
Yep, she is a liar. OR the story should be in the Guiness book of records.
I sure can''t imagine a group letting her have a rifle on a duck hunting trip.
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by bjroman February 20, 2008 4:00 PM EST
I apologize for the double post. I need to be more patient when waiting for my post to display.
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by bjroman February 20, 2008 3:58 PM EST
Patrick3612, you would vote for someone because they tell a funny story? As others have mentioned, if Senator Clinton really did use a rifle while duck hunting, she was breaking the law. Did she break the law, or did she make up the story? Maybe at that time duck hunting with a rifle in Arkansas was legal, but I have been unable to find anything proving that this was the case.
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by bjroman February 20, 2008 3:54 PM EST
Patrick3612, you would vote for someone because they tell a funny story? As others have mentioned, if Senator Clinton really did use a rifle while duck hunting, she was breaking the law. Did she break the law, or did she make up the story? I, for one, will not vote for someone of such questionable character.
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by vladimiru-2009 February 19, 2008 6:13 PM EST
I wasn''t duped by her hunting story. Although funny, she just seems to be trying to ingratiate hunters and sportsmen so they''ll vote for her. She probably didn''t really hunt ducks. If she had, she would probably know the difference between a "rifle" and a "shotgun". You don''t hunt ducks with a rifle, unless you''re looking to get a hefty fine and your hunting license revoked!
I''d love to see her hunt ducks with a rifle under the watchful eye of a game warden, then see her get arrested. That''d create a nice scandal, wouldn''t it?
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by jpr9954 February 19, 2008 1:19 PM EST
If Hillary said she went duck hunting with a rifle, she probably was breaking the law. If Fernando here reported her holding a rifle and not a shotgun which is what you use for duck hunting, he needs some remedial firearms education. I suggest he goes here to start: http://www.nssf.org/media/WritersGuide/
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by patrick3612 February 19, 2008 2:04 AM EST

I liked her Hunting story it was very funny.I know she''ll be a Great
President. Go Hillary 2008-2016 .

Cya :)
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