NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Would You Trust This Woman With Your Second Amendment Rights?
The Clinton campaign sent out a mailing to IN voters attacking Sen. Barack Obama’s positions (plural) on gun control, accusing him of telling different audiences what they wanted to hear. The ad unintentionally revealed the campaign’s own discomfort with firearms: the image of the Mauser 66 hunting rifle is flopped; is a double-set trigger model (favored in Europe, but uncommon in the U.S.); and at $2,200, is beyond the means of the average blue collar hunter, who no doubt bitterly wishes (s)he could afford to own one of these fine German rifles.
When The Politico’s Ben Smith first posted the mailer on his blog, several hunting enthusiasts wrote to point out the error – of which he, too, was unaware, it should be noted – so he looked into the matter further. A WV Mauser dealer informed Smith: “The gun in the photo does not exist. The bolt is facing to the left side of the receiver, making it a left-handed bolt action rifle.” He added “It’s like a picture of Babe Ruth hitting right-handed.”
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