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“I’ve been a hunter all my life, not frequently, but as a boy, when I worked on a ranch in Idaho, we used to go out shooting rabbits, because they were eating all the barley, and I got pretty good with a single shot .22 rifle, and been quail hunting more recently*.”

We've got some budding Michael Moores here!

Michael Moore-ing 101:
1. Trip, crop, selectively quote the above text to give the opposite impression as that given by the full text.
2. Works with video too.
3. Examples:
"I’ve been a hunter all my life..."
"...been a hunter all my life..."
"I...a hunter..."
etc.

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4. Preface your selective quote with and phase designed to lend even more credibility to the distortion.
Example:
‘Self described ‘life’-’long’ ‘hunter’...’
‘...confesses to being a ‘life’-’long’ ‘hunter’...’
‘...proudly proclaims himself to be a ‘life’-’long’ ‘hunter’...’

just go crazy with ‘’`’` ‘` ‘` `’`’`’`

[JohnnyZ]

QUOTE

"I purchased a gun when I was a young man. I've been a hunter pretty much all my life. I've never really shot anything terribly big. I used to hunt rabbits." link

Period.

You're referencing a different quote altogether.

Mitt is repeatedly claiming to be a lifelong hunter, sometimes giving the impression that he doesn't hunt frequently (maybe once a year?) and sometimes omitting that entirely. It's just a matter of the degree of exaggeration.

The really damning thing is that he starts talking about being a lifelong hunter (ha!) when asked about his views on the right to keep and bear arms!!

The really REALLY damning thing is that Mitt has a record of gun-grabbing.