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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 11:28 PM
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115. I think people overestimate how much hunters matter in the scheme of things anyway politically.
Edited on Wed Sep-17-08 11:28 PM by Pithlet
I know I'll get dinged for that by the hunters on DU. I'm not anti-hunting. My dad and other family members hunt. But they really are a minority, and they don't just vote on that one issue. Most people in America don't hunt, and most don't really know all that much about it or care in the scheme of things. I knew this ad was bad for the McCain camp. Bending over backwards for fear of what the hunters think would have been horrible politically.
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  - I finally went and watched the ad.....  medicswife   Sep-16-08 11:01 PM   #11 
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  - I posted some anecdotal evidence to this effect over the weekend..  Virginia Dare   Sep-17-08 08:35 AM   #39 
     - For the same reason people were disgusted with Michael Vick. nt  Quixote1818   Sep-17-08 07:48 PM   #102 
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  - Wow, lets get this out there are watch the support among White women  27inCali   Sep-16-08 11:26 PM   #19 
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  - Your opinions about hunting aside, even hutners disapprove of aerial hunting.  eshfemme   Sep-17-08 12:29 AM   #27 
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  - Backlash?  greylodge   Sep-17-08 01:01 PM   #72 
  - Yes. Some people said that hunters wouldn't like the ad, but hunters posted and disagreed.  yardwork   Sep-17-08 01:09 PM   #74 
     - I think people overestimate how much hunters matter in the scheme of things anyway politically.  Pithlet   Sep-17-08 11:28 PM   #115 
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  - sent $60, will send more when I can  zuzu98   Sep-17-08 01:11 PM   #75 
  - Just donated and passed on the link...  GreenEyedLefty   Sep-17-08 01:12 PM   #76 
  - I've been telling people since the ad was first shown here  Chulanowa   Sep-17-08 01:18 PM   #77 
  - Oh goody  George Oilwellian   Sep-17-08 01:21 PM   #78 
  - your video makes me smile and cry  sasha031   Sep-17-08 05:07 PM   #94 
  - I LIKED THE CHENEY "lawyers in a barrel" ad equally well  happygoluckytoyou   Sep-17-08 01:28 PM   #79 
  - Viewed, Donated & Spread Around! Let's make it VIRAL!!  tosh   Sep-17-08 01:42 PM   #80 
  - Not that this matters but my UK friends say it's a powerful ad  holboz   Sep-17-08 01:42 PM   #81 
  - Kick  ailsagirl   Sep-17-08 02:04 PM   #83 
  - The last word in ignorance  Mendocino   Sep-17-08 02:39 PM   #84 
  - duh  grahamhgreen   Sep-17-08 02:41 PM   #85 
  - I am proud to say I donated to Defenders of Wildlife. Down with the wolf-killer!  Elrond Hubbard   Sep-17-08 03:31 PM   #86 
  - DONATE TO GET MORE AIRTIME  stuartallenmills   Sep-17-08 03:40 PM   #87 
  - I think this discussion makes me feel better......  no1dolo   Sep-17-08 04:15 PM   #88 
  - Watching that wolf get shot and left to die a horrible suffering death in the snow  DFW   Sep-17-08 04:18 PM   #89 
  - Well, I no longer hold any of my previous reservations about the ad then  sasquatch   Sep-17-08 04:20 PM   #90 
  - It's now official...  BigDDem   Sep-17-08 04:22 PM   #91 
  - Remember on her big night at the convention I said America despises a MEAN woman  McCamy Taylor   Sep-17-08 04:37 PM   #92 
  - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  hay rick   Sep-17-08 04:56 PM   #93 
  - Donated, even though I'm broke!  Lorien   Sep-17-08 05:19 PM   #95 
  - Sounds like an effective ad. I hope it runs during the evening news  OakCliffDem   Sep-17-08 05:53 PM   #98 
  - When will these dumbfucks wake up and realize...  GoddessOfGuinness   Sep-17-08 06:09 PM   #99 
  - Been a hunter my whole life...  Jeff In Milwaukee   Sep-17-08 06:58 PM   #100 
  - GOOD ! KICK HER ASS WITH MORE MORE MORE ATTACKS !!  RBInMaine   Sep-17-08 07:43 PM   #101 
  - they need to be playing this all over TV so everyone can see it!!!  crazy_vanilla   Sep-17-08 07:52 PM   #103 
  - As I predicted......  Jade Fox   Sep-17-08 07:56 PM   #104 
  - No surprise here  nankerphelge   Sep-17-08 08:01 PM   #105 
  - Spread the link around.  Eric J in MN   Sep-17-08 08:03 PM   #106 
  - a real hunter that thinks killing from an airplane is not hunting  madrchsod   Sep-17-08 08:18 PM   #107 
  - Youtube disabled the ratings!!!! Grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-17-08 08:21 PM   #108 
  - $40 from me.  FLDem5   Sep-17-08 09:39 PM   #109 
  - Yes, excellent ad  Larkspur   Sep-17-08 09:44 PM   #110 
  - Excellent! Donated last week  chatnoir   Sep-17-08 10:06 PM   #111 
  - I just donated  DesertRat   Sep-17-08 10:15 PM   #112 
  - Donated and recommended n/t  LostinRed   Sep-17-08 10:22 PM   #113 
  - I think the wolf issue is a big reason for her declining support.  Pithlet   Sep-17-08 11:22 PM   #114 
  - We donated last week. We've been supporting them for years.  Shine   Sep-17-08 11:52 PM   #116 
  - Kick to keep getting the word out.... Money talks folks!  crazylikafox   Sep-18-08 10:15 AM   #117 
  - kicking because this thread is really worth it  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-18-08 05:56 PM   #119 
 

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