NRA ad campaign portrays Kerry as poodle ("That dog don't hunt.")

Seatle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 9/29/04

[harrycarey]

NRA ad campaign portrays Kerry as poodle

By LIZ SIDOTI ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry is portrayed as a sweater-wearing poodle with a pink bow in an upcoming advertising campaign by the National Rifle Association, mocking his attempts to portray himself as friendly to gun sports and saying, "That dog don't hunt."

"John Kerry says he supports sportsmen's rights. But his record says something else," the ads say.

Billboards and newspaper ads will run this week, followed by TV commercials, Chris W. Cox, the group's chief lobbyist, said Wednesday. The NRA also plans to emblazon the slogan and the poodle on mailings, hats and T-shirts.

The ad campaign, which the group says will cost several million dollars, is a play on the old saying that means something is so outrageous that it can't be true.

"We need to capture the attention of every gun owner and hunter in the country so they're not fooled by a photo op," Cox said.

Kerry, in appearances in states considered battlegrounds in the presidential race, portrays himself as friendly to hunters and other sportsmen and has gone skeet shooting and trap shooting in front of the media. He says he's been a hunter since age 12 and a gun owner who supports the Second Amendment.

However, the Massachusetts senator has voted in favor of gun control. Kerry supports requiring background checks at gun shows and supported extending the recently expired ban on assault-style weapons. He opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits.

"It's amazing that the leadership of the NRA would attack a lifelong hunter," said Kerry spokesman Chad Clanton. "John Kerry has been hunting since he was a young boy. Anyone who tells you otherwise just isn't telling you the truth."

[Dan from Michigan]

armored piercing bullet......

That was Ted Kennedy's excuse anyway. He wrote the bill(actually amendment) S Amdt 2619.

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL!

THAT one's a keeper!

[normy]

Rossie O'Donnell is for concealed carry laws, just not for us, the peasants. Her body guards can carry them to protect her family but we must rely on the police.

Same thing with Kerry or any other liberal, they close off hunting to the rest of us so there is more room for them and their donors. They complain about the environment, but buy huge chunks of land and turn it into their own ski resort for themselves and their hollywood weirdo pals (Robert Redford).

[neverdem]

Don't miss this thread. LOL!

[Joe Brower]

This ad ran in our local paper here in Venice, FL -- the "Gondolier". It was great! I cut it out and taped it to the door of our GOP HQ here in town!

Good on yer, NRA!

[Redcloak]

Heh, heh, heh... I stuck that ad front and center on our local NRA Members' Council website.

(Though, in retrospect, the poodle should have been dyed orange!)

[Grampa Dave]

Great ad and Great reply. Thanks!

[blackie]

Go NRA ~ Bump!

[Blue Collar Christian]

Come on DfM, you know we won't be needing our .30-30 WINs to crawl around hunting deer on our bellies with our trusty double barrels. Don't you know anything about hunting?

Sarcasm, for those who don't recognize it.

[AFPhys]

Here's the gun lobby October Surprise I was expecting ...

Pink Poodle won't hunt !!! ROTFLMPO !!!
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[Blue Collar Christian]

I can see how poodles would be usefull to hunters as they mostly are small enough to launch from a trap for target practice.

[freedumb2003]

Standard Kerry Response: "How DARE you personally attack me by pointing out my voting record. I'll have you know I USED ammunition in VietNam!"

[N. Theknow]

Kerry has already reached the bag limit on rich widows.

[Travis McGee]

OMG, I'm ROTFLMAO! "THAT DOG DON'T HUNT!" is an instant classic!

[meyer]

Thanks for the ping, Joe.

Good campaign by the NRA! I like it.

[Dan from Michigan]

Both barrels fire at the same time, right? That's what happened in the video game Doom II.....

[Blue Collar Christian]

"...video game Doom II..."

That's as far as the libs want us to go outdoors with our sport; video games. Same with self defense.

[aruanan]

I can see how poodles would be usefull to hunters as they mostly are small enough to launch from a trap for target practice.

Standard poodles are big dogs.

[jdege]

Standard Poodles still are.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I know that, had a neighbor when a child that owned a standard that took the human for a walk, or should I say drag!

I'm joking about toy poodles, which I really don't have anything against. A large number of people who own tiny dogs seem to have a problem disciplining their pets, thus the spelling changes to pest.