Other Republican Takes Potshots at Mitt Romney

With the April 15 tax deadline nearing, a third part should be added to the axiom about the only sure things in life being death and taxes. With an election drawing nearer, a Presidential election at that, the third part of the trilogy should read: "politicians touting their prowess as hunters". Presidential candidates in particular, are proof of this ever growing trend.

Every 4 years, the obligatory pictures are trotted out of every candidate in hunting gear, most looking more like Elmer Fudd hunting "wabbits" than a real sportsman. As the general election gets into high gear next fall and the field is narrowed down to only two legitimate candidates, plus Ralph Nader (possibly adding a fourth part ot the aforementioned axiom), this phenoma will become even more pronounced.

How much wood could a woodchuck duck?

In 2004, John Kerry regaled the press and public with tales of his "woodchuck" hunting, as if good ol' boy voters in the South and Midwest would be impressed.

Ready, Aim, Liar?

Now come reports of another Bay State resident and Presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney waxing eloquent on the trail, hunting for votes. Romney recently told a group of voters that he was a "lifelong hunter" and gun enthusiast. That came as news to officials in the four states that Mitt Romney has called home. There is no record of Mitt Romney ever having a hunting license in Utah, Michigan, Massachusetts or New Hampshire.

Shooting From The Lip?

As you might be aware, late night comics and at least one other Presidential aspirant are taking "potshots" at the former Massachusetts Governor. In an appearance on Face The Nation, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, himself a sportsman, likened Romney's statement to himself claiming to be a lifelong golfer because he "played putt -putt when I was 9 years old and rode in a golf cart a couple of times". Huckabee went on to say that candidates should "match their record with their rhetoric". What a novel idea that would be! Who ever heard of such a thing from a candidate for the highest office in the land, or any office these days.