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Aristus

(66,587 posts) Tue Apr 30, 2024, 11:41 AM Apr 30

I know rural right-wingers love to portray themselves as hard-headed, practical, down-to-Earth, git-'er-done, hands-on,

shrewd, horse-tradin' folk.

And we all know they love posing for pics with the animals they have shot for fun.

But how could anyone think shooting a dog to death could somehow juice up this image for widespread public consumption?

I guess even for the reich-wingers, it was a rainbow bridge too far...

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I know rural right-wingers love to portray themselves as hard-headed, practical, down-to-Earth, git-'er-done, hands-on, (Original Post) Aristus Apr 30 OP

Their judgement just plain sucks. nt CaliforniaPeggy Apr 30 #1

A bridge too far indeed. It was an insane miscalculation... brush Apr 30 #2

Yes PatSeg Apr 30 #4

Apparently she regarded the matter as similar to the shooting of Old Yeller, Ocelot II Apr 30 #3

No, see! Everthing would have been OK if she had eaten her kill sanatanadharma Apr 30 #5

My rural right-wing neighbors might hunt during hunting season and fish during fishing season, but Raven Apr 30 #6

I live in Appalachia Ontheboundry Apr 30 #8

I worry about any new "Crickets" out there CANADIANBEAVER69 Apr 30 #7

That's a terrifying, but all too real possibility. Aristus Apr 30 #10

Maybe she's appealing to the "Jesus was too woke" crowd. nt sl8 Apr 30 #9

Noem is signaling what she would do to her human political opponents DBoon Apr 30 #11

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,924 posts)

1. Their judgement just plain sucks. nt

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 11:44 AM

Apr 30

brush

(54,021 posts)

2. A bridge too far indeed. It was an insane miscalculation...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 11:47 AM

Apr 30

and total misreading of the nation's sensibilities.

In other words, just dumb.

A puppy? No.

PatSeg

(47,833 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:05 PM

Apr 30

She is not only insensitive and cruel, she has terrible political instincts. A republican dog lover is every bit as devoted to their pet as a Democratic dog lover.

Ocelot II

(116,122 posts)

3. Apparently she regarded the matter as similar to the shooting of Old Yeller,

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 11:59 AM

Apr 30

who was rabid and had to be put down. And even so, that was a really sad story. The shooting of Cricket was also a very sad story, but if you are going to compare movie characters, Cruella DeVille comes to mind instead.

sanatanadharma

(3,769 posts)

5. No, see! Everthing would have been OK if she had eaten her kill

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:09 PM

Apr 30

Or if the dog had been a dangerous pack of Australian wild Tasmanian devils.

Raven

(13,918 posts)

6. My rural right-wing neighbors might hunt during hunting season and fish during fishing season, but

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:11 PM

Apr 30

they love their dogs and, if they had a hunting dog that wouldn't or couldn't hunt, they would re-home them. There are many decent, animal-loving people in rural America who have gotten a bad rap because of the likes of Trump and Noem.

Ontheboundry

(119 posts)

8. I live in Appalachia

Reply to Raven (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:20 PM

Apr 30

Most adore their pets like family members. They are generally ignorant people, who have good hearts. They just are so provincial l, they don't get it

CANADIANBEAVER69

(369 posts)

7. I worry about any new "Crickets" out there

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:16 PM

Apr 30

to own the libs and their lib tears......

Aristus

(66,587 posts)

10. That's a terrifying, but all too real possibility.

Reply to CANADIANBEAVER69 (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:24 PM

Apr 30

"Own the libs! Shoot yer dawg!"

sl8

(14,166 posts)

9. Maybe she's appealing to the "Jesus was too woke" crowd. nt

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:21 PM

Apr 30

DBoon

(22,451 posts)

11. Noem is signaling what she would do to her human political opponents

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 12:24 PM

Apr 30

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