Huckleberry goes hunting in Iowa, kills a bird and disses Cheney

[Ghost in the Machine]

Huckabee Bags a Bird in Iowa
Published: 12/26/07, 1:25 PM EDT
By MIKE GLOVER

OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) - Presidential contender Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs braying.

Just a campaign gambit? "Maybe it will show that I certainly understand the culture of being outdoors," Huckabee said. "It's not something we had to go out and get a primer in. It's very much ordinary to me."

The former Arkansas governor said back home he would be duck hunting on the day after Christmas, but pheasant hunting in Iowa - eight days before the state's leadoff nominating caucuses - was a good substitute. He also offered a lecture declaring that hunting is good for wildlife.

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Of four birds flushed by the party, three were felled. Huckabee claimed the third with his .12-gauge shotgun. He proudly displayed the birds and said jokingly, "See that's what happens if you get in my way."

He also jested about Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident in which a fellow hunter was shot. Asked why Cheney hadn't been invited, Huckabee chuckled, "Because I want to survive all the way through this." {emphasis mine}

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[SacredCow]

1. Did you catch the pic?

While homosexuals are living an aberrant lifestyle, a little beastiality on the hunt just goes to REALLY drive home your manliness!

On edit, after reading the linked article.... :puke: Could this have been any more canned? And those "manly hunter" poses are beyond comical!

[JVS]

3. zOMG! MAN ON DOG!

[SacredCow]

4. Yeah, and I just noticed....

it's a BOY dog!!!!!!! He's a filthy, dirty Pev!

[MidwestTransplant]

5. LOL! Box turtles beware....you're next.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. What a fucking asshole. Go hunt Bin Laden with that stupid gun.

[dancingme]

8. Where is Rick Santorum when you need him?

:crazy:

[blogslut]

10. Arrgh!

So tell us Mike...If your lil' hunting pup gets sick, will you have Junior Huckabee take him out? You know, in the totally humane Huckabee style: Hang it, slit its throat and pummel it with rocks?

[bleever]

13. Gosh, if we use Huck's definition of "humane",

then the crucifixion was really a mercy killing.

[sharp_stick]

11. These canned hunts are idiotic

if you can`t "bag" a few tame pheasants that somebody just let out of a box there is something sorely lacking with your shootin' skills. Shit, why waste that poor dogs talent by forcing it to chase up some poor chicken?

[SpiralHawk]

14. Typical republicon

disses other people, makes hollow threatening statements, is into dEviAnT sex...and lies about it all.

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. He got it backwards. Most hunters mount their kills, NOT their dogs...

[NYCGirl]

2. It'd be a better story if he'd dissed the bird and...

No, Agent Mike, I won't say it...


:evilgrin:

[scarletwoman]

9. Beat me to it! That was my first thought, "Too bad he didn't just diss the bird, and..."

Naturally, I had no intention of finishing that sentence. :D

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[gratuitous]

7. So very Christian

"That what happens if you get in my way." Just what Jesus would have said, right Rev. Huckabee?

[RebelOne]

12. Seems this religious Christian doesn't believe

in the "Thou shalt not kill" commandment.

[Vinca]

15. There's nothing quite like filling God's creatures full of pellets.

Oh Huck, you manly man.

[knitter4democracy]

16. It's still pheasant season there?

In Michigan, it's been over for awhile. Odd.

[C_U_L8R]

17. You're not a real republican

until you can shoot your best friend in the face.

And Huck, get off the dog.
Good gawd.

[K Gardner]

18. Shuster had a FIELD DAY with this on MSNBC. I thought it was a bit unfair,

cuz they said he "looked fat and his cheeks looked chubby" and talked about the weird hat and him standing over the dead bird. The comments here are MUCH funnier !! Oh yeah, more than the pheasant is gonna get cooked over this outing.