How did Newsweek get Sarah Palin to pose with a rifle?

LA Times ^ | 10/8/08 | Liz Snead

[pissant]

How did Newsweek convince Gov. Sarah Palin to pose with a rifle for its cover?

Simple. It didn't.

Instead, it used an archive (fancy speak for old) stock photo of her taken back in June 2002 and used it for the cover without her knowledge.

However, to the magazine's credit, it did not try to hide the fact that it's a stock photo, even printing circa 2002 on the cover and again referencing the date in editor Jon Meacham's letter entitled "The Palin Problem."

So that makes it OK.

Right? Or maybe not? What do you think?

Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?

Just wondering.

Photo: courtesy of Newsweek

[pissant]

Good Lord, this is getting beyond funny

[marron]

Palin with a rifle?

Cheney with lipstick?

But all thats what I love about her.

[anniegetyourgun]

Next, they’ll be using the family photos the indicted kid from TN posted.

[svcw]

Its is a great photo.

[therut]

Only a liberal would insuinate something was WRONG with the picture.

[Cyber Liberty]

Where is it?

[IYellAtMyTV]

What morons. It’s a shotgun NOT a rifle.

[Yo-Yo]

Nothing wrong with holding a broken (opened) shotgun ghat way.

[04-Bravo]

Liz Snead doesn’t seem to know much about firearms.

[svcw]

The picture is in the LA Times link.

[padre35]

Heh Heh...she could have given lessons to John F Kerry in 2004 on safe firearms handling..

[Shooter 2.5]

Rifle?

[federal]

That’s doesn’t look like a rifle more like a over under shotgun.

[Ramius]

Silly LA libs:

A.) There’s nothing “wrong”. Its a great pic that will probably bring votes.

B.) That’s a shotgun. Doofus.

[frogjerk]

I love the photo and I know regular Americans will to.

[Texas Eagle]

I'm no expert on firearms but wouldn't it be tough to shoot yourself if the barrel of the gun is at a 90 degree angle to the stock?

[sausageseller]

Are you sure it is a “rifle” Lizzy?

[TADSLOS]

OMG, it’s a DEADLY ASSAULT WEAPON!! Hide the kids and pets! Run for your lives!

[jeffc]

How did Newsweek convince Gov. Sarah Palin to pose with a rifle for its cover?

These people really are morons!

[soupcon]

Ixnay on the Enychay with ipsticklay....

[NoLibZone]

Very troubling to see Sarah Palin with that shotgun.

It should have been the one we have with the AR15!

[Tublecane]

“Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?”

I’m no firearms expert, but I’m pretty sure you can’t fire a shotgun when it’s open.

This whole blog amounts to little more than, “Guns, ewww.”

[Tanniker Smith]

Thank you, Nesweek, for delivering Pennsylvania!!

[areukiddingme1]

Oh for crying out loud...”Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?”

A) If you have been shooting with an over and under you know GD good and well that when you crack it open and you are walking back in from hunting, or shooting clays, a lot folks hold it that way — and besides dufus — it isn’t a rifle, it’s a “F’n” shotgun...

B) You are an idiot...clearly you have never shot an over and under when it is cracked open it can’t be fired.

LA Times...really?!? What a moron.

[pallis]

That photo alone would make me want to vote for her.

[o2bfree]

My wife saw that photo and wants us to go get some NRA training. Way to go Sarah!

[LikeLight]

Coolest... photo... ever...

[rintense]

I read the article in the Dr.’s office. Shocker, it wasn’t favorable. It spent lots of space talking about Troopergate.

[madison10]

Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?

Not if the gun isn't loaded, dummy.

[DManA]

Guess you wouldn’t expect a city girl to know the difference between a rifle and a shot gun.

[madison10]

So buy a magazine, tear off the cover, frame the cover in a beautiful frame, and use the inside contents of the magazine to add carbon points to your life.

[NonValueAdded]

CAN'T BE WORSE THAN THESE GUYS:

[Right Wing Assault]

Liz, that’s not a rifle! It’s a Super Soaker that shoots pure Alaskan frozen glacier water. I demand a correction in the next issue. (Get the name right. It’s RWA.)

C’mon, get your facts straight. That’s why us gun huggers have lost all respect for you folks. Can’t tell a BB gun from a bow and arrow.

[Billthedrill]

Liz knows as much about politics as she does about firearms. Pity she votes.

[allmendream]

Especially when the firing plate is attached to the stock.

[editor-surveyor]

"Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can't you shoot your foot off like that?
Just wondering."

Keep on wondering moron; first, it's a shotgun, and second, it's broken open. Hard to shoot without a firing pin or shell...

[Lux-In-Domino]

Sarah could be carrying a toilet plunger and she would still look so coool!

As for Obama... I think he looks natural with a sickle or a machete.

[ansel12]

"It should have been the one we have with the AR15!"

[bk1000]

"That’s doesn’t look like a rifle more like a over under shotgun."

B. Searcy & Co. .577 Nitro Express Boxlock Double Rifle

(Her's probably is a shotgun, but I couldn't resist!)

[festus]

That is clearly one of them there double barrel breach loadin rifles.

*groan*

[Arrowhead1952]

If that’s a rifle, I am NOT pulling the trigger. I sent 45 rounds of 10 gage 3 1/2 magnum after geese and ducks in one day, but I am NOT shooting any rifle shell that big.

[ASA Vet]

Guess which one is me

[Yo-Yo]

My guess is the guy with blue Mickey Mouse ears firing the .50 from the MULE while walking.

[randita]

Thank you, Nesweek, for delivering Pennsylvania!!

And Ohio!

[randita]

“Can I get me a huntin’ license here?”

[JrsyJack]

1st, it’s a shotgun, double barrel. 2nd, it’s “broken” meaning the firing mechanism is physically separated from the shells, it cannot be fired and is perfectly safe. This is the legal and preferred way to carry this weapon in the field, especially in slippery terrain or when climbing over all those damn stone walls in North Central PA (Bradford Cnty)

[ASA Vet]

Physically he does look most like me. The guy shooting the M-14 does too.

[NoLibZone]

Even Better!

[Cuttnhorse]

Hee, hee...one of my all-time favorite videos; seen it a dozen times and it still brings a smile.

[JrsyJack]

Don’t know which one you are but there was one woman there that was having just way to much fun. If she’s your wife I would think twice from now on about making that lady angry...she really enjoyed letting loose on those twin M-60s.