Mon Oct 28, 2013, 10:59 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

Sarah Palin poses for pic, with her gun pointing at her own head.

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/why-you-shouldnt-listen-to-sarah-palin-reason-five-gazillion-and-two/

Jesus Christ on a nuclear pogo stick.

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86 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sarah Palin poses for pic, with her gun pointing at her own head. (Original post)	riqster	Oct 2013	OP
Fortunately for the Quitter no vital organs are involved.	lpbk2713	Oct 2013	#1
DUzy!	truebluegreen	Oct 2013	#23
Darn.	Turbineguy	Oct 2013	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	closeupready	Oct 2013	#34
That's the other classic Palin photo-op.	caseymoz	Oct 2013	#43
all of her 'hunting' trips and events are staged. all of them.	roguevalley	Oct 2013	#57
Damned, that was good. nt	bluestate10	Oct 2013	#86
"I didn't know the gun was loaded!!"	DonViejo	Oct 2013	#2
Thanks!	riqster	Oct 2013	#5
The sad part is, someone shot a bear just so that she could pose with it.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#9
... and flash her dopey smile.	lpbk2713	Oct 2013	#22
LMAO!!	Control-Z	Oct 2013	#75
Something left over from my Navy days.	lpbk2713	Oct 2013	#76
What makes you think she didn't?	Fumesucker	Oct 2013	#78
Point.	riqster	Oct 2013	#83
Fucking stupid bitch, I hope a pissed off bear follows her home ....	Myrina	Oct 2013	#13
god how I hate these kind of pics.	BlancheSplanchnik	Oct 2013	#26
Totally agree..	yuiyoshida	Oct 2013	#46
We'll the pink in the cammy is precious	nadinbrzezinski	Oct 2013	#33
What's with all the weird-ass digital fuzz under the bear's chin? Where it says "PieRS"?	Brickbat	Oct 2013	#38
Here's the background.	riqster	Oct 2013	#42
I really hate this woman	warrior1	Oct 2013	#3
Blunt & Cranky rec...	SidDithers	Oct 2013	#4
A casual hunter who the image-makers tried to pawn off as an expert huntsman.	blm	Oct 2013	#6
What it tells me is she jumped in for a photo op	woodsprite	Oct 2013	#7
She's a fraud. Nothing about her is genuine.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#8
It wouldn't hit anything passing from one ear to the other, anyway ...	Myrina	Oct 2013	#10
Hope it's empty.	Octafish	Oct 2013	#11
At least the bolt is open so you know there's no round in the chamber... oh, wait.	Scuba	Oct 2013	#12
Too bad Sgt. Major Eby didn't teach her gun safety.	riqster	Oct 2013	#17
surely I can't be the only person to notice that the gun is not pointed at her head	cali	Oct 2013	#14
Oh foo, don't spoil the fun ......	oldhippie	Oct 2013	#16
well, you know me. I'm not partial to made up stuff	cali	Oct 2013	#19
Even if that is the case you treat a weapon as though it was loaded all the time...	truebrit71	Oct 2013	#28
I hate to apply logic to perfectly good disparagement of La Palinette	cali	Oct 2013	#53
cali, I did a riflery option as a phys. ed. class when I was back in school,	bullwinkle428	Oct 2013	#58
Gun Safety Rule Number One. Always treat EVERY gun as though it is loaded.	truebrit71	Oct 2013	#59
As our instructor told us, "I can't tell you how many times people have	bullwinkle428	Oct 2013	#79
That's how accidents happen, "the rifle is unloaded and safe."....	madmom	Oct 2013	#30
There's no such thing as an "unloaded and safe" rifle.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#80
You know, you're right. On the other hand if she isn't left handed.........	wandy	Oct 2013	#20
I'm not convinced that it's pointed at her elbow either	cali	Oct 2013	#21
The gun is not pointed at her at all.	Jenoch	Oct 2013	#85
I was thinking the same thing.	ZomBoy	Oct 2013	#32
Really, that is what you got from this? Well....	Logical	Oct 2013	#39
You never point a gun at anyone, even in their general direction.	DefenseLawyer	Oct 2013	#48
My guess is that it is the power of wishful thinking at play here.	L0oniX	Oct 2013	#50
You're wrong, it's pointing to the right rear of her head.	greyl	Oct 2013	#64
a gun barrel should never point anywhere close to the direction of a person ever.	IronLionZion	Oct 2013	#74
It's a gun. It's plenty close enough to be considered pointing at her head.	gulliver	Oct 2013	#77
Doesn't matter - it's in an unsafe, careless position.	Dash87	Oct 2013	#81
It's like she doesn't even know it's bad form to pose with something you haven't killed.	Brickbat	Oct 2013	#15
How can anyone not spot what a phony she is?	Mikeystyle	Oct 2013	#18
Poor bear...	calimary	Oct 2013	#24
OH NOES!!11! The half-governor shot Pooh Bear??	lpbk2713	Oct 2013	#35
A gun pointing at her foot would be a more apt metaphor. n/t	Orsino	Oct 2013	#25
Don't see a helicopter in the shot, therefore not her kill.	NuclearDem	Oct 2013	#27
No brain, no pain. n/t	HillWilliam	Oct 2013	#31
This is performance art. She is depicting today's GOP	BlueStreak	Oct 2013	#36
If only one of those bears or wolves her handlers shoot for her to pose with would wake up during	Erose999	Oct 2013	#37
she really is stupid	heaven05	Oct 2013	#40
She and Cheney should go on a hunting trip together. nt	adirondacker	Oct 2013	#41
'She' and Cheney should go on a hunting trip together.	srican69	Oct 2013	#54
OK you gone to far their too make you're point.	adirondacker	Oct 2013	#63
+1000	noiretextatique	Oct 2013	#73
One of these things is firing blanks	Blue Owl	Oct 2013	#44
Lets all give John Mcain a big thank you for this nimrod,,,,,	benld74	Oct 2013	#45
The perfect GOP candidate for POTUS.	L0oniX	Oct 2013	#47
Actually, if it where to discharge by accident it would blow off her right arm.	Rex	Oct 2013	#49
OK---so it may miss her head by just a bit...	trumad	Oct 2013	#52
Might rip off the right side of her face too, depends on how the rifle jumps	Rex	Oct 2013	#55
Assuming the gun doesn't move when it's discharged...	berni_mccoy	Oct 2013	#61
True it could well jump to the right and erase her head.	Rex	Oct 2013	#62
I seriously doubt she has ever even held a gun for anything	Mr.Bill	Oct 2013	#51
+1	Rex	Oct 2013	#56
I can only imagine	tomm2thumbs	Oct 2013	#60
...derp...	progressoid	Oct 2013	#70
Brain bleach, Stat!!!!	riqster	Oct 2013	#71
talk about half-cocked...	tomm2thumbs	Oct 2013	#72
I'm not gonna say what I am thinking	gopiscrap	Oct 2013	#65
Maybe at her elbow, not pointed at her head	madville	Oct 2013	#66
Not according to my firearms training.	riqster	Oct 2013	#67
Ever been to a gun show or store?	madville	Oct 2013	#68
At a gun show or store, it is rare to see a just-fired weapon laying casually aimed at a shooter	riqster	Oct 2013	#69
Boink	Scurrilous	Oct 2013	#82
And a very happy Boinkday to you, too.	riqster	Oct 2013	#84

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:06 AM

lpbk2713 (42,320 posts)

1. Fortunately for the Quitter no vital organs are involved.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:13 PM

truebluegreen (9,033 posts)

23. DUzy!

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:22 PM

Turbineguy (36,368 posts)

29. Darn.

Beat me to it.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:55 PM

caseymoz (5,763 posts)

43. That's the other classic Palin photo-op.

I swear, that one was some Monty Python bit that should have been made, the minister being interviewed while fowl are slaughtered in the background. Somehow, it's the perfect metaphor for our government now.

I remember the RWers trying to spin that one, too. Like, "What? Nothing wrong with that scene. Slaughtering turkey's isn't wrong. Interviews aren't wrong. So what's wrong?"

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:42 PM

roguevalley (40,656 posts)

57. all of her 'hunting' trips and events are staged. all of them.

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Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:25 AM

bluestate10 (10,942 posts)

86. Damned, that was good. nt

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Response to riqster (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:06 AM

DonViejo (60,536 posts)

2. "I didn't know the gun was loaded!!"

<img src="

?w=460" alt="20131028-103153.jpg" class="alignnone size-full">

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:18 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

5. Thanks!

Poor connection on my mobile, couldn't get the pic to post.

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:38 AM

Dash87 (3,220 posts)

9. The sad part is, someone shot a bear just so that she could pose with it.

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Response to Dash87 (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:10 PM

lpbk2713 (42,320 posts)

22. ... and flash her dopey smile.

I swear, if she had a brain she'd take it out and play with it.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #22)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 03:32 AM

Control-Z (15,681 posts)

75. LMAO!!

I don't know if you just made that up or if it's been around, but it's hysterical. I can just visualize her doing that with drool running off her idiotic smile.

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Response to Control-Z (Reply #75)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 07:09 AM

lpbk2713 (42,320 posts)

76. Something left over from my Navy days.

1965 - 69. Some things you just can't shake.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #22)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:04 AM

Fumesucker (45,851 posts)

78. What makes you think she didn't?

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Response to Fumesucker (Reply #78)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:02 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

83. Point.

Definite point.

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:42 AM

Myrina (12,296 posts)

13. Fucking stupid bitch, I hope a pissed off bear follows her home ....

n/t

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:19 PM

BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)

26. god how I hate these kind of pics.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:02 PM

yuiyoshida (41,187 posts)

46. Totally agree..

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:25 PM

nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)

33. We'll the pink in the cammy is precious

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Response to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:33 PM

Brickbat (19,339 posts)

38. What's with all the weird-ass digital fuzz under the bear's chin? Where it says "PieRS"?

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #38)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:53 PM

riqster (13,986 posts)

42. Here's the background.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3935483

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:08 AM

warrior1 (12,325 posts)

3. I really hate this woman

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:13 AM

SidDithers (44,228 posts)

4. Blunt & Cranky rec...

thanks for posting.

Sid

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:19 AM

blm (112,058 posts)

6. A casual hunter who the image-makers tried to pawn off as an expert huntsman.

Imagery. The corporate media swallowed it whole.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:20 AM

woodsprite (11,656 posts)

7. What it tells me is she jumped in for a photo op

After someone else shot it.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:36 AM

Dash87 (3,220 posts)

8. She's a fraud. Nothing about her is genuine.

Her image is corporate bull crap designed to appeal to the American people, but they even failed at that.

No real hunter would make a mistake like that. That's not her gun, and this is such an obvious canned photo-op.

It's time to stop pretending that she's anything other than an entitled tool that knows as much about nature as I know about building a spaceship.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:39 AM

Myrina (12,296 posts)

10. It wouldn't hit anything passing from one ear to the other, anyway ...

.... as evidenced by taking part in a ridiculously stupid PR stunt that could (and has) gotten kids killed.

"Here, hold my beer and watch this!"

OMFG.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:39 AM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

11. Hope it's empty.

The gun, that is.

Her head, who knows what's in there? What comes out is sure scary.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:40 AM

Scuba (53,475 posts)

12. At least the bolt is open so you know there's no round in the chamber... oh, wait.

A lesson on unsafe gun handling.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:52 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

17. Too bad Sgt. Major Eby didn't teach her gun safety.

He taught our JROTC class, on M-14's. That man tolerated NO errors, and my triceps still ache when I remember the one time I fucked up. 250 push-ups, I believe it was. For not polishing the shells before loading a magazine.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:42 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

14. surely I can't be the only person to notice that the gun is not pointed at her head

though I appear to be the only person in this thread pointing it out.

Palin is an idiot. the picture is repulsive. The gun is not pointed at her head.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:51 AM

oldhippie (3,249 posts)

16. Oh foo, don't spoil the fun ......

Let the folks enjoy their rants.

I also notice the scope covers are back on the scope. This photo was probably some time after the "shoot" and the rifle is unloaded and safe.

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Response to oldhippie (Reply #16)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:55 AM

cali (114,904 posts)

19. well, you know me. I'm not partial to made up stuff

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Response to oldhippie (Reply #16)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:20 PM

truebrit71 (20,805 posts)

28. Even if that is the case you treat a weapon as though it was loaded all the time...

...and what this vacuous moron is doing is incredibly stupid...even for her...

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Response to truebrit71 (Reply #28)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:23 PM

cali (114,904 posts)

53. I hate to apply logic to perfectly good disparagement of La Palinette

I adore bashing her, but how do you know that the rifle is loaded? someone downthread noted the scope cover is on. It's possible that the gun is also unloaded.

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Response to cali (Reply #53)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:47 PM

bullwinkle428 (20,598 posts)

58. cali, I did a riflery option as a phys. ed. class when I was back in school,

and literally the very first thing that the instructor taught us was to ASSUME EVERY GUN IS LOADED when it came to handling them - anywhere, anytime.

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Response to cali (Reply #53)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:47 PM

truebrit71 (20,805 posts)

59. Gun Safety Rule Number One. Always treat EVERY gun as though it is loaded.

Even when scope covers are on. You never EVER point it at someone, always have it facing down range, that way, loaded or not, there is no chance of an accident.

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Response to truebrit71 (Reply #59)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:05 AM

bullwinkle428 (20,598 posts)

79. As our instructor told us, "I can't tell you how many times people have

been shot by 'unloaded' guns!"

This was literally 30 years ago when I took this class, and those words remain with me to this day.

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Response to oldhippie (Reply #16)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:23 PM

madmom (9,681 posts)

30. That's how accidents happen, "the rifle is unloaded and safe."....

the gun is NEVER safe to point at (or even in the vicinity of)something you don't want to shoot!

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Response to oldhippie (Reply #16)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:24 AM

Dash87 (3,220 posts)

80. There's no such thing as an "unloaded and safe" rifle.

"Safe" rifles are the most dangerous.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:57 AM

wandy (3,539 posts)

20. You know, you're right. On the other hand if she isn't left handed.........

she's looking to be. And that would be a pity as her right elbow is probably smarter than her head.

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Response to wandy (Reply #20)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:01 PM

cali (114,904 posts)

21. I'm not convinced that it's pointed at her elbow either

photographs can really screw perspective.

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Response to cali (Reply #21)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:21 AM

Jenoch (7,720 posts)

85. The gun is not pointed at her at all.

Her right elbow is above the trajectory of any bullet fired from that rifle in that position. That being said, if she had to pose for that photo, having the rifle more clearly pointed in a safe direction would have been better.

I wonder if she really shot the bear or not.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:25 PM

ZomBoy (36 posts)

32. I was thinking the same thing.

Palin is an idiot but the title is misleading.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:34 PM

Logical (22,457 posts)

39. Really, that is what you got from this? Well....

I guess you think she is frozen in time and not moving?

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:17 PM

DefenseLawyer (11,101 posts)

48. You never point a gun at anyone, even in their general direction.

That's pretty basic gun safety. In fact, that's probably Rule 1 of gun safety. She's in a staged photo with her gun pointed back in her direction. I haven't held a gun in 20 years, but I think anyone who has held a gun knows that you just don't do that.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:18 PM

L0oniX (31,493 posts)

50. My guess is that it is the power of wishful thinking at play here.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:53 PM

greyl (22,989 posts)

64. You're wrong, it's pointing to the right rear of her head.

Do you what you have to do to double check your claim in a more scientific manner.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 08:01 PM

IronLionZion (43,630 posts)

74. a gun barrel should never point anywhere close to the direction of a person ever.

There shouldn't be any doubt. That's basic gun safety.

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Tue Oct 29, 2013, 08:59 AM

gulliver (12,809 posts)

77. It's a gun. It's plenty close enough to be considered pointing at her head.

Palin is breathtakingly stupid. That photo shows her making a statistically significant effort to win a Darwin Award. And yes, it does show rank cluelessness about gun safety.

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Response to cali (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 09:28 AM

Dash87 (3,220 posts)

81. Doesn't matter - it's in an unsafe, careless position.

I suspect it was just throw there for the photo shoot by someone who has no clue about gun safety. It's people like this that cause accidents.

A gun, loaded or unloaded, should never be remotely close to pointed at something that you don't want to destroy.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:50 AM

Brickbat (19,339 posts)

15. It's like she doesn't even know it's bad form to pose with something you haven't killed.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:54 AM

Mikeystyle (208 posts)

18. How can anyone not spot what a phony she is?

she obviously knows even less about gun safety than I do

just like on her "reality" show where someone had to stand a moose up for her to shoot, load and hand her the rifle and even then she can't figure out how it works--- from a woman who claims to have done this many times

she should go hunting with Dick Cheney

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:17 PM

calimary (77,994 posts)

24. Poor bear...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:30 PM

lpbk2713 (42,320 posts)

35. OH NOES!!11! The half-governor shot Pooh Bear??

Oh ...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:17 PM

Orsino (37,428 posts)

25. A gun pointing at her foot would be a more apt metaphor. n/t

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:20 PM

NuclearDem (16,184 posts)

27. Don't see a helicopter in the shot, therefore not her kill.

Also, fuck her for having an animal killed for a stupid fucking photo op.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:23 PM

HillWilliam (3,310 posts)

31. No brain, no pain. n/t

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:32 PM

BlueStreak (8,377 posts)

36. This is performance art. She is depicting today's GOP

The mainstream republicans are represented by the bear. And she represents the teabaggers, and the gun represents the irony because the teabaggers are too stupid to avoid blowing their own brains out.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:32 PM

Erose999 (5,624 posts)

37. If only one of those bears or wolves her handlers shoot for her to pose with would wake up during

the photo op and just maul the motherfucking shit out of her. Idiots can't appreciate nature unless they're destroying it.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:52 PM

heaven05 (18,124 posts)

40. she really is stupid

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:53 PM

adirondacker (2,921 posts)

41. She and Cheney should go on a hunting trip together. nt

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:26 PM

srican69 (1,426 posts)

54. 'She' and Cheney should go on a hunting trip together.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 02:23 PM

adirondacker (2,921 posts)

63. OK you gone to far their too make you're point.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:32 PM

noiretextatique (27,275 posts)

73. +1000

darth and pea-brain...someone's bound to get hurt.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 12:57 PM

Blue Owl (47,368 posts)

44. One of these things is firing blanks

(Hint: it ain't the gun)

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:02 PM

benld74 (9,781 posts)

45. Lets all give John Mcain a big thank you for this nimrod,,,,,

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:15 PM

L0oniX (31,493 posts)

47. The perfect GOP candidate for POTUS.

Does it get any more stupid than this? Hey how about Batshit for a running mate?

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:18 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

49. Actually, if it where to discharge by accident it would blow off her right arm.

A 270 at close range would mean she would be missing a limb and possibly the right side of her face. Goes to show what a total fake she is, just like the GOP pretends to be a political organization.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:23 PM

trumad (41,692 posts)

52. OK---so it may miss her head by just a bit...

but anyone with gun safety knowledge knows that this is a big no no. The minute she stands up she's in line of sight for the rifle.

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Response to trumad (Reply #52)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:28 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

55. Might rip off the right side of her face too, depends on how the rifle jumps

in a accidental discharge. I would think a 270 (or whatever similar caliber it is) at close range would do some huge damage, her face included. Just looks like the barrel is pointing straight at her elbow, which like you said even a rookie hunter would know never to point your weapon at somebody. Nor lay it down to where it can accidentally kill/maim you.

She was just so proud of her camera man for shooting the bear, that as she clamored to get the picture for herself the rifle became background - like the bear.

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Response to Rex (Reply #49)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:51 PM

berni_mccoy (23,018 posts)

61. Assuming the gun doesn't move when it's discharged...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:55 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

62. True it could well jump to the right and erase her head.

It is just so mindnumbingly stupid to have the barrel pointing in a human's direction, that I have to remember Sarah Palin is a GOP created persona. A D class actor at best.

I agree with some of the other posters, I bet someone else shot it.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:20 PM

Mr.Bill (22,445 posts)

51. I seriously doubt she has ever even held a gun for anything

but photo ops. I wish Rachel Maddow would challenge her to a shooting competition. Most people don't know it, but Rachel is an NRA member, gun enthusiast and competitive shooter. What better person to expose Palin for the phony she is.

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Response to Mr.Bill (Reply #51)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:29 PM

Rex (65,616 posts)

56. +1

She reminds me of Rick Perry, all hat and no cattle.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 01:48 PM

tomm2thumbs (13,297 posts)

60. I can only imagine

bwahahahaha

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 05:54 PM

progressoid (48,667 posts)

70. ...derp...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:13 PM

riqster (13,986 posts)

71. Brain bleach, Stat!!!!

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:17 PM

tomm2thumbs (13,297 posts)

72. talk about half-cocked...

<LOL> great gif - thanks for posting

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:03 PM

gopiscrap (23,317 posts)

65. I'm not gonna say what I am thinking

because I would have a DU jury all over me...needless to say it refers hoping the gun works

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:46 PM

madville (7,319 posts)

66. Maybe at her elbow, not pointed at her head

The chances of that gun going off in that situation are basically zero. Yes, when one is handling a firearm, proper muzzle discipline is a must. When it is sitting by it's lonesome there is no danger.

Name an incident where a gun just actually "went off" on it's own? The only time I have ever seen it happen is in the military when a machine gun had fired hundreds of rounds quickly and "cooked" a chambered round off due to heat.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:55 PM

riqster (13,986 posts)

67. Not according to my firearms training.

Boy Scouts and Army. We were taught to never point a muzzle at anyone we might not wish to get shot. And not to leave a weapon lying about, pointing at people or property.

When people get relaxed, and say things like "basically no danger", that is when accidents happen.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:22 PM

madville (7,319 posts)

68. Ever been to a gun show or store?

There are hundreds/thousands of firearms in display cases, hanging on walls and on tables pointing at people in every direction at any given moment. No one gives it a second thought because there is no danger if it is not being handled.

A hunting rifle is in a case laying flat in the trunk of someone's car. The muzzle is going to point at a bunch of people during this car ride. Would that be unsafe? I don't consider it to be because it can't be fired.

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 04:30 PM

riqster (13,986 posts)

69. At a gun show or store, it is rare to see a just-fired weapon laying casually aimed at a shooter

Those weapons are (mostly) stock for sale, in a controlled environment that does not involve live fire. This situation with Palin is quite different.

The situation I would use as a comparison would be a rifle range. Weapons are pointed in a specific direction when not being fired...because, yep, they have recently been fired.

People with casual attitudes about gun safety get people killed.

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Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:30 AM

Scurrilous (38,676 posts)

82. Boink

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Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:06 AM

riqster (13,986 posts)

84. And a very happy Boinkday to you, too.

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