Caution: Ignorant, gun-hating MSM at work
Newsweek put a 2002 photo of Sarah Palin holding a shotgun on its latest magazine cover. The editors are clearly trying to freak out their liberal readership.
But their latest PDS ploy is going to backfire. She looks fabulous and it’s a reminder that she isn’t just a conservative elitist who sits in a Manhattan office or in the ivory tower bloviating about the Second Amendment. She practices what she preaches:
The wonderful thing about the Palin effect is that it’s so effectively exposing MSM hatred and ignorance. Check out LA Times blogger Elizabeth Snead’s moronic comments about the Palin cover: “Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?” (Hat tip – Ace.)
I’ll let some of the snort-worthy reactions of LA Times readers speak for themselves:
I suppose that liberals would never know the difference between a rifle and a shotgun – being that you rely solely on the bravery and honor of patriotic Americans to protect you.
Posted by: Carl | October 08, 2008 at 05:26 PM
Is that a right way to hold a rifle? No. But it is an appropriate way to hold a breech loading shotgun. Which that is. Reporters often wonder how those rural hicks always can spot them. It’s comments like that. It’s ok to wikipedia things. That doesn’t make you a stupid rural hick. In fact, having your facts right might make you seem less of an arrogant, erudite reporter who doesn’t even know what she doesn’t know.
Posted by: ASB | October 08, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Your question was “Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?”
Obviously you don’t know anything about guns….your finger has to be on the trigger for it to discharge. Also, with an over and under firearm, like that pictured, the gun has to be closed to fire. Guess you should stick to the gossip and fashions – Go get some gun training before you make stupid comments like that!
Posted by: ladyshooter | October 08, 2008 at 05:34 PM
That’s not a rifle it’s a over under shotgun, Which is broken open at the breach. That’s a common way to carry them.
Posted by: royf | October 08, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Well, actually, it’s not a rifle. It’s an over and under shotgun; but coming from Southern California, we can’t expect all of you to know that.
s/ OIFVetForMcain
and Gun Literate Citizen
Posted by: OIFVetForMcCain | October 08, 2008 at 05:40 PMThe longarm appears to be a shotgun and side by side which breaks open. It is not possible to shoot the gun with the action open. Many hunters do carry a shotgun broken open like that over their shoulder.
I suggest before you ask a question if that is the correct way to hold a gun talk to people at a gun shop or range or hunter shop.
Posted by: Tasha | October 08, 2008 at 05:42 PM
A rifle? That isn’t a rifle. But then, how can we expect anybody in the press to know that?
Posted by: Gay | October 08, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Here’s the bio of the LA Times blogger Elizabeth Snead:
Elizabeth Snead is creator and writer of The Dish Rag, a daily blog about celebrities, style and awards fashion, as well as the weekly “Red Carpet Rewind” feature.
Elizabeth previously served as fashion editor at USA Today for over a decade. She’s covered Hollywood’s hottest red carpets and the sizzling international style scene as a regular at film festivals from Sundance to Cannes.
She’s profiled A-list stars such as George Clooney, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Sharon Stone, Jane Fonda, and Drew Barrymore for USA Today and she penned the scathing E! Fashion Police for five years, calling some stars to task for unspeakable crimes of fashion and praising others for their superb style.
Stick to fashion policing and leave the gun critiques to people who know what they’re talking about, sweetie.
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Ugh.
PERFECTION! You just can’t make a comment to top this one. Kudos! to Carl.
Sigh. Liberals really are like angry little children arent they. I would love to take this women and stick her in the wilderness (with two sticks and a rubber band) for a couple of days with Sarah Palin. She might actually learn something
Ever notice how liberals always argue that – with lots and lots of sex education – sex can be “safe”, but never do they realize that with lots and lots of firearm training, guns can be safe, too.
Funny.
In more ways than one. That’s what I love about her!
This woman is the same as the city types who come to MY home in the summertime only to snicker at the “low-brow” locals behind their backs. Thats okay. I pee in their resevoir water supply once a day.
Michelle, I’m a married man. You shouldn’t be posting a photo that incredibly sexy on a political site. At least not with a sufficient warning, anyway.
I have to go take a shower.
Very funny. This is what happens to the “intelligentsia”. Rather than consider “hey I know next to nothing about firearms, maybe I should do some due diligence and find out from an expert if this is incorrect”, she skips straight ahead to “I hate Palin, so clearly she is an idiot that deserves to be mocked”.
Hey, isn’t that how a reporter shoots herself in the foot?
PIMF.
with = without.
I just bought my daughter a brand spankin’ new Ruger 10/22……. And we are off to the firing range this weekend. And just so Snead is comfy, we’ll be wearing the latest in shooting attire!
Better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
Gosh, speaking of “poop” these days…the good ‘ol MSM keeps pushing it out. Every time they open their mouths they expose themselves and prove our case against them. Now, if only the the “fence sitters” would pay attention…
BTW, fence sitting is kinda rough on the butt…
Sarah Palin took a gun safety course so she wouldn’t shoot herself in the foot.
Elizabeth Snead needs to take a word safety course so she doesn’t shoot herself in the foot.
OMG, is that a, a, a, gun?
sarc/off
what a bunch of dumbazzes.
Uh…that’s not the latest edition. The latest Newsweak has an extreme close-up on the left side of Palin’s face, showing her gold earring in the shape of Alaska.
I agree, she’s showing safe gun-handling skills. Unlike John Kerry, who had his finger on the trigger when he was trying to tell gun-owners that he’s one of us. Now he really could have shot his foot off.
30 Pieces Of Silver, did you ever get that revolver? If so, we can start educating you in proper gun terminolgy. First, a common mistake is to call the entire cartridge a “Bullet”.
Almost beyond parody.
“Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?”
Classic liberal stupidity. They mock what they do not understand.
To make up for the misfire, the next cover will feature Biden and his Beretta.
Fo shizzle.
Michelle,
I really think this needs pointing out because it looks like the LIBERAL MEDIA is actually ripping off Pro Sarah Palin websites.
That Genealogy Article mentioned today is a Rip Off. Janet Crain posted her article on Sarah Palin’s genealogy, back in Sept 21. Take a look at how similar it is to the article mentioned today.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3161998/Sarah-Palin-related-to-Princess-Diana-and-Franklin-D-Roosevelt.html
YES Meet the Real Sarah Palin Blog has high blog traffic, check the live Blog traffic map. Maybe Janet should check for this Article’s author, in her ISP blog log. I have noted many hits from England. I research with these ladies, Janet Crain, and Penny Ferguson, and I am aware of the Blog traffic because I drive traffic for this Blog.
The History Chasers, they also Blog “Historical Melungeon Blog” and “Lost Colony of Roanoke Blog”
Janet’s article below, anyone notice anything familiar? This one was posted Sept 21st.
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-in-family.html
Janet Crain, really wants to register for Michelle Malkin and Hot Air Blog, for commenting status. I explained that Michelle, opens registration periodically. Janet Crain, also a Malkin fan.
Obviously the question is posed to her liberal peers, not to someone who would actually know the answer.
No but you can kill someone when you hold your finger on the trigger of a loaded skeet gun, i.e., John Kerry.
What can you expect from a woman whose “A-List” of star profiles reads like a who’s who of the most idiotic Hollywood Left extremists … DUH !!!
She wouldn’t know the business end of a weapon of any type … even if some LA gangbanger was pointing it at her …
Depends on the fence. Crossbuck or rail fence, not so bad, barbed wire. . .
This is the first issue of snoozeweak I’ve wanted to buy for a lot of years. I want to frame that cover and hang it in my gun room next to my loading bench. She’s hot!!!
Anyone know where I can get a copy of the cover without buying the whole rag?
“Time Cover”
The pefect woman, now only if she was leaning against a jeep…. oh, la la!!!
Maybe it’s my hard core militant side of me, but I’m lovin’ that pic…. Newsweek screwed up big time.
Will this election never end? Come on November 4th. UGH
Like anything else, guns, cars, sex, etc., the danger (or lack thereof) lies in the person who handles it. Libs repeatedly fail to understand this, hence their constant need to “protect” everyone (or at least themselves) by hiding under a rock.
I can just imagine the liberal thought process is upon seeing that picture:
“Never mind that Obama hangs out with Ayers, and that Ayers blew up government buildings with U.S. Citizens in them 40 years ago. Palin kills animals with that gun!”
walterc, was thinking of some of the decorative fences around southern CO, the wrought iron type with the “spikey” tops…yeeow…gotta leave marks…lol!
I love this. Even when the MSM tries to make Sarah look bad, she looks good. Now, if she can just light a conservative fire under McCain!
Excellent point EQ.
Hey, tre!
Nope not yet. I had to become a NRA member which I have done. Now I need to obtain the NJFID form; jump through all of the hoops associated with that. Then I am off to my local shooting range for some learnin’. After that then comes the revolver.
Just remember, the leftwing intellectuals are so much smarter than we are. Don’t believe me, ask them.
Don’t worry. I plan on making you guys proud!
30 – you need to try and get in some skeet shooting. It is a blast!
Since the outcome of the election is in the air, I’d suggest you get your pistols purchased and your applications in for concealed carry.
One good thing – the libs will be unarmed and, if not, won’t know how to fire their weapon.
I like the way they subtly put the cancer article at the top of the page. Way to associate cancer and Palin in idiots’ unconscious. Good work, Newsrag.
Crud.
That’s rough, 30. Its been weeks already. I guess that’s life in the liberal NE!
If they had their way it would be impossible to acquire a weapon, rather than just impossibly difficult.
I wish! We both have pistols, but we’re not allowed to concealed carry in MD.
Just another round of the ol’ bitter and bible/gun-clinging saga. It really does suck to be them.
Tom, I noticed that you said “animals” rather than “birds”. Yea, your right they would think she kills moose and caribou with that gun. Idiots.
I have a grand daughter that is FINALLY old enough to carry a gun hunting. She’s been target shooting since she was 4, and since then she’s been looking forward to the day she get’s to carry her own gun. So far she’s shot at 15 ducks (single shot 20) but hasn’t connected yet. But she scared a couple last weekend.
She told me that Governor Sarah is her hero and has 3 or 4 pictures of the Gov on her wall. I’ll have to get her a copy of this one too. Hmm, that’s two copies I have to pay for. Hate to up their circulation that way, but this picture is too good to pass up.
Great picture! Better yet the MSM is melting down. I can only hope that once they realize their mistake they go dig up a photo of Biden or Obama awkwardly posing with a gun to show they are committed to protecting “legitmate hunting weapons”. Sort of like the Dukakis tank photo showed his commitement to Americas military.
A fashion editor making remarks about guns is exactly like a celebutard attempting to influence politics… the ignorance is both blinding and breathtaking. This twit should stick to talking about shoes.
Governor Palin looks fantastic in that photo. These MSM hacks are stepping all over themselves to make her look bad, and they miss the mark every single time. HA!
Will look into it! Whenever there is a thread about guns…it lights a fire underneath me to get moving. Skeet shooting… hmmm.
Good commentary on CNN (yes, really) from Glen Beck regarding the constant cries of racism from democrats. Check it out. It even looks at the Ayres relationship:
“If Rush qualifies as McCain’s friend, then William Ayers might as well be Barack Obama’s fiancé.”
That’s what prompted all of this. Besides the fact that I just adverse to the idea of becoming a statistic.
Funny but oh so very wrong!
Palin IS the lipstick on the pig.
CCS, you’re one of my favorite posters!
MtsEdge #40:
I know. I can travel from the east coast west to St. Louis and not worry about my concealed weapon or permit (except Illinois). It’s a different story when traveling in the NE. No safe havens.
Isn’t it interesting that the major metropolitan areas that have the toughest gun control have the highest crime rate committed with a hand gun.
b-cat,
For sure. They also need two references for the application. All of this for a right that is actaully listed in the Bill of Rights.
Yes!
cause and effect
actually.
englishqueen01 said:
heh. That’s a good one.
Got my weapon; WI doesn’t allow CCW. They’ll take it from my cold, dead, hands.
Maybe Elizabeth Snead would rather have Al Gore teach us all about gun safety. (It’s a PDF file, the photo is down a bit on the left.)
Uh…yeah. Riiight!
I can see that in the photo of Al Gore, there’s no clip in the magazine, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a round in the chamber! The dope! This is a good way to get free rhino-plasty.
So….a liberal magazine is trying to freak out its liberal readers who would never vote for Palin anyway????
This is a stretch, Michelle.
Why don’t you guys just pull a copy of the cover of that mag, send it to yourself as an e-mail, then blow it up and print it. There must be an easier way but I’ve done it that way with cartoons. Besides, it deprives Newsweek of a sale.
Floyd, you’re right, that would leave a mark. Out where we live, split rail and barbed wire is considered decorative fencing. lol
We live close to I-90, and the barbed wire comes in handy keeping lost liberals from climbing over rather than going through the gate when they need help. Lost conservatives (the few that actually get lost) just use the gate out of common sense and courtesy.
I thought they were supposed to stick with ‘never wear white after labor day’?
Ok; I’m making a list…never carry a ‘rifle’ like that, um, never, ever, wear white after labor day, even in the hottest, globally-warmed up climates; let’s see…never mention Ayers is and always will be a terrorist….
oops; nearly forgot—never use the term ‘blackhole’, it is definitely not the shiz.
Ok, all of you soldiers and marines out there sing along with me,”
“This is my rifle; this is my gun.
This one’s for fighting” ……
I assume I can expect Newsweek to put the Bill Ayers standing on the flag picture on their cover with a title “Obama’s Buddy?” YA RIGHT
Many presumed that most of Us Magazine’s readership were liberals. Boy were they wrong. The backlash can still be felt, I’m sure.
One way to insure a revolution is to try to take our weapons from us!
Excellent idea. I’ll give it a try. In fact I think I’ll go to the snoozeweak.com website so I can get a really good copy.
David Brooks came right out and called her a cancer.
The best news is that Newsweak found a picture from archives, unlike so many politicians who have to stage a photo op to get a picture of them with a gun.
I love the picture just like I like the ones of her with our troops and shooting the M4 and handling other weapons.
I wonder how many times she has asked her Secret Service detail to handle their guns and maybe shoot them?
/snotty voice…
And today, VP Palin is wearing a stunning shooting ensemble accesorized by her Over and Under shotgun..
Michelle-
Isn’t is possible that Newsweek chose the cover to appeal to conservatives? It’s not like she’s holding a SMG. Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but her position on gun ownership rights is a big part of her appeal, is it not?
Enough with the victimization.
Gov. Palin should do a calander to fund her next campaign. Sarah at the range, Sarah in a bass boat, ect. ect. She is an all American woman!
Always carry your longarm pointed down in a Helicopter…
Many presumed that Us magazine’s readership were nothing but liberals… boy were they wrong.
Sigh. I wish she was at the top of the ticket. She is my hero. Sister deserves a medal for all the “hazard duty” she’s had to endure with the MSM. Rock on, Sara.
D.I.T.T.O. TxSkirt!
madchef–excellent idea!
Many thanks. I really enjoy the comments here, and am grateful that I’m allowed to contribute in some small way.
You know, I really don’t expect much from rags like Newsweak (not a typo) or the L.A. Slimes, but it’s pretty pathetic that even the simplest research is not conducted. I mean, let’s face it… a monkey in a diaper can run a Google search. Why can’t an L.A. Slimes blogger?
How nice it must be to go through life being that stupid and not knowing it…
Here, here!!! My vote on 4th November will be for her. I have no use for the rest of them.
Ditto here…
Sarah cooking moose steak & spuds over a camp fire, Sarah serving freshly made wild goose pate’ (from geese shot by Willow and Piper that morning) to Harry & Nan in the Oval Office. The whole package.
CCStupin #75
“How nice it must be to go through life being that stupid and not knowing it.”
They revel in it, and sport it like a badge of honor.
But, I’m so going to steal your line about the monkey in a diaper running a Google search! Priceless….
Um…the question is obviously a rhetorical joke.
Yes. Liberals had zero plans on voting for Sarah Palin, whether this picture made the cover or not.
HA HA HA HA HO HO HO HE HE HE idiots!
how absurd!
BTW. If you want a picture. Right click it choose ‘Save Picture As’.
I meant McCain/Palin, but the misstatement tells you lifeless he is these days.
That’s interesting. What about the de Rothschild Hillary supporter who is now stumping for Palin? And how about the NOW chapter president calling Sarah a “true feminist”?
30, come here to Oklahoma. By now you’d have a pistol, have passed a shooting course, have a concealed carry permit, be a certified shooting expert, and be teaching other women how to shoot.
lol, nice try nyk, you’re as dumd as the questioner.
lol, dumb**
Every day I Love the Guv! Just as soon as I heard she shot and field dressed a moose I knew we had a keeper.
But I must ask: Did her shoes go with the shotgun? She didn’t wear white after Labor Day did she? Elizabeth Snead we want to know! To celebrate the Newsweek article I will go out and by another brick of 7.62 and and one of .223 ammo
Newsweek is still alive? See what we learn here. Thanks Michelle, you are a great teacher.
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God Bless America, Governor Palin and that old white haired guy running with her.
I agree with you here. The talk is about Sarah…McCain is almost an afterthought.
At least by holding it this way she won’t shoot anyone in the face like our current VP did.
And so did Us magazine!
Does anyone love the delicious irony of having Sarah Palin on the cover along with the word “cancer”.
*PAGING DAVID BROOKS*
tre – did you go to that huge shootout they had here in Oklahoma this summer? I don’t remember what they called it, but you could shoot any weapon imaginable.
Exceptions that prove the rule. And I wouldn’t exactly call Ms. Rothschild a “liberal.” You would, I’m sure, but I doubt most actual liberals would.
Guess that dooms your point, LOL.
What happened to your sig?
Not a chance. It’s designed to drive moderate soccer mom’s away from Palin.
It’ll be a few yrs (gasp) before we leave the great state of NJ (cough, wink). Rest assured the Midwest and the South are on that list.
Just a few…but my mother is a Dem, voting for the Repub ticket this year.