Posted on 03/28/2010 7:48:52 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
This could do down as one of the more glaring MSM double-standards in recent times . . .
Today's Good Morning America continued the MSM hand-wringing over Sarah Palin tweeting that conservatives should "reload." But Harry Reid chose the day Palin was in his hometown to stage a photo-op of himself going shooting. And how did GMA characterize that? As Reid "being in the cross-hairs" and "doing his best not to seem threatened."
Imagine if the tables were turned and on a day Reid visited Wasilla, Palin had publicly chosen to go shooting. Oh, the MSM wailing and gnashing of teeth about the implied threat!
View video here.
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I stand corrected, it was a shotgun.
Well, it looks like a shotgun all right, but why would anyone use a bolt action shotgun to shoot skeet with? He would have to eject and chamber a new round after each shot with the Bolt lever. Not very efficient for shooting multiple targets!
“And how did GMA characterize that? As Reid “being in the cross-hairs”
GMA inciting violence? Yes, by the standards of the MSM!
Yeah, that looks really dopey. Shooting clays with a bolt action shotgun? I’m sure that went way over the heads of all his media people.
As do I. But if Reid’s shotgun is an old Marlin, it might have collector value inasmuch as Marlin just announced it’s closing down, mainly due to the same type of government policies that Reid promotes.
He looks like he is enjoying himself. So I hope Nevadans will retire him from D.C. so that he can spend more time enjoying his passion for shooting.
Reid recovers from recoil black eye and bruised shoulder... news at 11
Nope, not a Marlin, has that JC Higgins look to it.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=162284761#PIC
Could very well be a Higgins, but Sears didn’t make any firearms themselves. Main contractors were Stevens, H&R, Marlin, and High Standard.
Quite true
LOL
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