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It appears there is nothing that Hillary Clinton will not say if she thinks it will get her elected President of the United States.

Clinton touts her experience with guns

VALPARAISO, Indiana (CNN) — Hillary Clinton appealed to Second Amendment supporters on Saturday by hinting that she has some experience of her own pulling triggers.[..]

She then introduced a fond memory from her youth.

“You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” she said.

“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.”

Minutes later, in a slightly awkward moment, Clinton faced a question from a woman in the audience whose son had been paralyzed by a gunshot. The woman asked Clinton what she would do about gun control as president.

Clinton touted her husband’s record on gun control during his administration, and said “there is not a contradiction between protecting Second Amendment rights” and the effort to reduce crime.

Noting that many hunters and gun collectors want to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals, Clinton referred to her positive childhood experiences with firearms.

“As I told you, my dad taught me how to shoot behind our cottage,” she said. “I have gone hunting. I am not a hunter. But I have gone hunting.”

There’s pandering and then there’s pandering. This here is what you call pandering. Next she’ll be telling us that she was raised in a two-bedroom trailer with four dogs sleeping under the front porch and a Chevy up on blocks in the front yard. (I am not being elitist. If that describes your home, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I’m just saying that in no way resembles the circumstances in which Hillary Rodham Clinton spent her youth.)

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I have never in my entire life voted for a Republican and I will not do so this time, but I gotta tell you… if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, I am really going to think about it.

Tags: 2008, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, presidential campaign